GB1531010A - Thermal method for controlling the optical properties of a liquid crystal and to devices for carrying out said method - Google Patents

Thermal method for controlling the optical properties of a liquid crystal and to devices for carrying out said method

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GB1531010A
GB1531010A GB50452/75A GB5045275A GB1531010A GB 1531010 A GB1531010 A GB 1531010A GB 50452/75 A GB50452/75 A GB 50452/75A GB 5045275 A GB5045275 A GB 5045275A GB 1531010 A GB1531010 A GB 1531010A
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liquid crystal
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electric field
temperature
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Commissariat a lEnergie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives CEA
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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
    • G02F1/132—Thermal activation of liquid crystals exhibiting a thermo-optic effect

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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)
  • Liquid Crystal Display Device Control (AREA)
  • Devices For Indicating Variable Information By Combining Individual Elements (AREA)
GB50452/75A 1974-12-24 1975-12-09 Thermal method for controlling the optical properties of a liquid crystal and to devices for carrying out said method Expired GB1531010A (en)

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FR7442766A FR2296198A1 (fr) 1974-12-24 1974-12-24 Procede thermique de commande de proprietes optiques d'un cristal liquide et dispositifs mettant en oeuvre ledit procede

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GB1531010A true GB1531010A (en) 1978-11-01

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US (1) US4031529A (enExample)
JP (1) JPS5189447A (enExample)
DE (1) DE2558176A1 (enExample)
FR (1) FR2296198A1 (enExample)
GB (1) GB1531010A (enExample)

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FR2296198A1 (fr) 1976-07-23
US4031529A (en) 1977-06-21
FR2296198B1 (enExample) 1978-07-07
JPS5189447A (enExample) 1976-08-05
DE2558176A1 (de) 1976-07-08

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PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee