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Broadband cholesteric polarizer and an optical device employing the same

US6061108A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 22, 1998
Grant dateMay 9, 2000
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/133634
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A broadband cholesteric polariser includes at least one pair of adjacent layers. The at least one pair includes a cholesteric layer and a compensating layer. The compensating layer has a refractive index perpendicular to the compensating layer greater than a refractive index oriented within the compensating layer.

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