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Title: Device and method for redirecting electromagnetic signals

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OSTI ID:872548
 [1]
  1. 823 Piedra Larga, NE., Albuquerque, NM 87123
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A device fabricated to redirect electromagnetic signals, the device including a primary driver adapted to provide a predetermined force, a linkage system coupled to the primary driver, a pusher rod rotationally coupled to the linkage system, a flexible rod element attached to the pusher rod and adapted to buckle upon the application of the predetermined force, and a mirror structure attached to the flexible rod element at one end and to the substrate at another end. When the predetermined force buckles the flexible rod element, the mirror structure and the flexible rod element both move to thereby allow a remotely-located electromagnetic signal directed towards the device to be redirected.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Garcia, Ernest J. (823 Piedra Larga, NE., Albuquerque, NM 87123)
Patent Number(s):
US 5959375
OSTI ID:
872548
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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