DE3674757D1 - Optischer schalter. - Google Patents

Optischer schalter.

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Publication number
DE3674757D1
DE3674757D1 DE8686116694T DE3674757T DE3674757D1 DE 3674757 D1 DE3674757 D1 DE 3674757D1 DE 8686116694 T DE8686116694 T DE 8686116694T DE 3674757 T DE3674757 T DE 3674757T DE 3674757 D1 DE3674757 D1 DE 3674757D1
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Germany
Prior art keywords
optical switch
switch
optical
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DE8686116694T
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Inventor
Yasuhiro Gunji
Sadayuki Okada
Masato Isogai
Katsumi Kondo
Masahiko Ibamoto
Kazuhiro Hitachi Ibar Kuwabara
Atsushi Kanke
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Hitachi Ltd
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Hitachi Ltd
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Priority claimed from JP27791685A external-priority patent/JPS62138837A/ja
Priority claimed from JP29275385A external-priority patent/JPH0750284B2/ja
Priority claimed from JP2119486A external-priority patent/JPS62180333A/ja
Application filed by Hitachi Ltd filed Critical Hitachi Ltd
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Publication of DE3674757D1 publication Critical patent/DE3674757D1/de
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Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
    • G02F1/1326—Liquid crystal optical waveguides or liquid crystal cells specially adapted for gating or modulating between optical waveguides
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
    • G02F1/137—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering
    • G02F1/139—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering based on orientation effects in which the liquid crystal remains transparent
    • G02F1/141—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering based on orientation effects in which the liquid crystal remains transparent using ferroelectric liquid crystals

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Liquid Crystal (AREA)
DE8686116694T 1985-12-12 1986-12-01 Optischer schalter. Expired - Lifetime DE3674757D1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP27791685A JPS62138837A (ja) 1985-12-12 1985-12-12 光路切換器
JP29275385A JPH0750284B2 (ja) 1985-12-27 1985-12-27 光路切換器
JP2119486A JPS62180333A (ja) 1986-02-04 1986-02-04 光路切換装置

Publications (1)

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DE3674757D1 true DE3674757D1 (de) 1990-11-08

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DE8686116694T Expired - Lifetime DE3674757D1 (de) 1985-12-12 1986-12-01 Optischer schalter.

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US (1) US4836657A (de)
EP (1) EP0229287B1 (de)
CA (1) CA1277521C (de)
DE (1) DE3674757D1 (de)

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US5381251A (en) * 1992-04-07 1995-01-10 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Optical switch element and a liquid crystal light directional coupler used in the optical switch element
US5337106A (en) * 1993-06-09 1994-08-09 Kowa Company, Ltd. Liquid-crystal image director for single-lens-reflex camera
US5440654A (en) * 1993-12-30 1995-08-08 Raytheon Company Fiber optic switching system
US6704474B1 (en) 1994-05-24 2004-03-09 Raytheon Company Optical beam steering system
US6147741A (en) * 1997-02-25 2000-11-14 Motorola, Inc. Digital scanner employing recorded phase information and method of fabrication
US6111633A (en) * 1998-02-12 2000-08-29 Spectraswitch, Inc. Polarization independent optical switching device
US6917456B2 (en) * 2003-12-09 2005-07-12 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Light modulator
JP2006317873A (ja) * 2005-05-16 2006-11-24 Sharp Corp フリッカを抑制した液晶表示装置
US20100149444A1 (en) 2007-04-17 2010-06-17 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Beam-shaping device

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US4272162A (en) * 1978-11-21 1981-06-09 Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. Guest-host liquid crystal display device
US4278327A (en) * 1979-11-26 1981-07-14 Sperry Corporation Liquid crystal matrices
US4333708A (en) * 1979-11-30 1982-06-08 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated Mechanically multistable liquid crystal cell
US4563059A (en) * 1983-01-10 1986-01-07 Clark Noel A Surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal devices
US4367924A (en) * 1980-01-08 1983-01-11 Clark Noel A Chiral smectic C or H liquid crystal electro-optical device
US4493531A (en) * 1980-07-03 1985-01-15 Control Interface Company Limited Field sensitive optical displays, generation of fields therefor and scanning thereof
US4398805A (en) * 1981-07-06 1983-08-16 General Electric Company Transflective liquid crystal display
US4682858A (en) * 1984-08-20 1987-07-28 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Liquid crystal device having reduced-pressure region in communication with ferroelectric liquid crystal
US4720172A (en) * 1985-11-05 1988-01-19 Itt Defense Communications, A Division Of Itt Corporation Liquid crystal optical switching device
US4720171A (en) * 1985-11-05 1988-01-19 Itt Defense Communications, A Division Of Itt Corporation Liquid crystal optical switching device having reduced crosstalk

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EP0229287A3 (en) 1989-05-24
EP0229287B1 (de) 1990-10-03
US4836657A (en) 1989-06-06
CA1277521C (en) 1990-12-11
EP0229287A2 (de) 1987-07-22

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