GB0501696D0 - Switchable phase grating - Google Patents

Switchable phase grating

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GB0501696D0
GB0501696D0 GB0501696A GB0501696A GB0501696D0 GB 0501696 D0 GB0501696 D0 GB 0501696D0 GB 0501696 A GB0501696 A GB 0501696A GB 0501696 A GB0501696 A GB 0501696A GB 0501696 D0 GB0501696 D0 GB 0501696D0
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Prior art keywords
phase grating
switchable phase
switchable
grating
phase
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GB0501696A
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GB2422680A (en
GB2422680B (en
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Nottingham Trent University
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Nottingham Trent University
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Priority to GB0501696A priority Critical patent/GB2422680B/en
Publication of GB0501696D0 publication Critical patent/GB0501696D0/en
Priority to PCT/GB2006/000274 priority patent/WO2006079821A1/en
Publication of GB2422680A publication Critical patent/GB2422680A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2422680B publication Critical patent/GB2422680B/en
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B5/00—Optical elements other than lenses
    • G02B5/18—Diffraction gratings
    • G02B5/1828—Diffraction gratings having means for producing variable diffraction
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B26/00—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements
    • G02B26/004—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements based on a displacement or a deformation of a fluid
    • 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
    • G02F1/29—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 position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
    • 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
    • G02F1/29—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 position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/292—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 position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection by controlled diffraction or phased-array beam steering

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Light Control Or Optical Switches (AREA)
GB0501696A 2005-01-27 2005-01-27 Switchable phase grating Expired - Fee Related GB2422680B (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0501696A GB2422680B (en) 2005-01-27 2005-01-27 Switchable phase grating
PCT/GB2006/000274 WO2006079821A1 (en) 2005-01-27 2006-01-27 Switchable phase grating

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0501696A GB2422680B (en) 2005-01-27 2005-01-27 Switchable phase grating

Publications (3)

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GB0501696D0 true GB0501696D0 (en) 2005-03-02
GB2422680A GB2422680A (en) 2006-08-02
GB2422680B GB2422680B (en) 2010-04-14

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WO (1) WO2006079821A1 (en)

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GB2422680B (en) 2010-04-14

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