JP2001013471A - 光導素子 - Google Patents

光導素子

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JP2001013471A
JP2001013471A JP2000176992A JP2000176992A JP2001013471A JP 2001013471 A JP2001013471 A JP 2001013471A JP 2000176992 A JP2000176992 A JP 2000176992A JP 2000176992 A JP2000176992 A JP 2000176992A JP 2001013471 A JP2001013471 A JP 2001013471A
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polarization
signal
liquid crystal
optical
polarization signal
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V Sorin Wayne
ウェーン・ブイ・ソーリン
Douglas M Baney
ダグラス・エム・ベイニー
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Agilent Technologies Inc
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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 
    • G02F1/21—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  by interference
    • 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
    • G02F2203/00—Function characteristic
    • G02F2203/06—Polarisation independent

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Liquid Crystal (AREA)
  • Optical Modulation, Optical Deflection, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Demodulation, Optical Logic Elements (AREA)
JP2000176992A 1999-06-16 2000-06-13 光導素子 Ceased JP2001013471A (ja)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US09/334483 1999-06-16
US09/334,483 US6208774B1 (en) 1999-06-16 1999-06-16 Polarization independent light switching device based on liquid crystals

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JP2001013471A true JP2001013471A (ja) 2001-01-19
JP2001013471A5 JP2001013471A5 (enExample) 2007-07-26

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US (1) US6208774B1 (enExample)
EP (1) EP1061406B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JP2001013471A (enExample)
DE (1) DE60018849T2 (enExample)

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JPS57142622A (en) * 1981-02-27 1982-09-03 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Photoswitch
JPS6138934A (ja) * 1984-07-30 1986-02-25 Yamaichi Electric Mfg Co Ltd 光路切換器
JPH01136116A (ja) * 1987-11-24 1989-05-29 Nec Corp 可変波長フィルタ
JPH03139672A (ja) * 1989-10-13 1991-06-13 Xerox Corp ビーム変調用モジュレータ
JPH05323265A (ja) * 1992-05-25 1993-12-07 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> 偏波無依存型波長可変フィルタ
JPH06148692A (ja) * 1992-11-02 1994-05-27 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> 波長可変液晶光フィルタ
JPH085976A (ja) * 1994-06-15 1996-01-12 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> 可変波長光フィルタ
JPH0961771A (ja) * 1995-08-24 1997-03-07 Toshiba Corp 偏波スクランブル装置
WO1998004056A1 (en) * 1996-07-23 1998-01-29 Chorum Technologies, Inc Fault-tolerant optical routing switch
JPH10221655A (ja) * 1997-02-03 1998-08-21 Yazaki Corp 光学装置並びに光スイッチ装置、及びこれらに用いられる制御方法
JPH1138451A (ja) * 1997-07-16 1999-02-12 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> 薄型電界制御複屈折型液晶素子及び光導波路型光変調素子
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JP2008170850A (ja) * 2007-01-15 2008-07-24 Nikon Corp チューナブルフィルタ、光源装置、及びスペクトル分布測定装置
US8351033B2 (en) 2007-05-31 2013-01-08 Nikon Corporation Tunable filter, light source apparatus, and spectral distribution measuring apparatus

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US6208774B1 (en) 2001-03-27
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