Inducing or enhancing electro-optic properties in optically transmissive material with simultaneous UV irradiation and electric field application

US5966233A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The University of Sydney · AU

Inventors

• Takumi Fujiwara · Tokyo, JP
• Danny Wong · Parramatta, AU
• Simon Fleming · Bundaberg, AU
• Yuxing Zhao · Suzhou, CN
• Mark Sceats · Sydney, AU
• Simon Poole · Sydney, AU
• Graham Town · Amherst, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 19, 1997
• Grant date: Oct 12, 1999
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02F1/383
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of inducing or enhancing the electro-optic properties of an optically transmissive material such as an optical fiber (1) which comprises applying an electric field by means of electrodes (4) to the optical fiber and subjecting the material to UV radiation (9).