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Electro- and magneto-optic devices

US4657349A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 14, 1984
Grant dateApr 14, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/172
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electro- and magneto-optic device which comprises a fluid suspension of anisotropic platelets in a dielectric media, and a means for imposing an electrical or magnetic field on the suspension. Orientation of such platelets in the media is accomplished by imposition of an electrical or magnetic field. The invention may be used to provide an information display or a field controlled shutter in window glass.

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