Optical resonant assembly
US4834511A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 5, 1986 |
| Grant date | May 30, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 5, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/3523
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical resonant assembly which has at least two stable light transmittance values dependent on incident light beams. The assembly consists of a pair of parallel partially transmission mirrors with a photochromic layer placed therebetween which has a refractive index dependent upon the intensity of incident light beams. The parallel mirrors constitute a Fabry-Perot type resonator. The incident light beams have the effect of "couloring" or "bleaching" the photochromatic material.
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