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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1976
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean Pierre Laude, Ballainvilliers, FR;
Guy Pieuchard, Fontenay-le-Fleury, FR;
Assignee:
Jobin-Yvon, Longjumeau, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310-81 ; 310-8 ; 310-83 ; 2502 / ;
Abstract
An optical grating assembly comprises a piezo-electric substrate which supports on two opposite faces thereof respective metallic layers. One of these faces of the substrate also carries a grating either formed in that face, in the metal layer supported by that face, or in a resin layer carried by that face. Application of a variable voltage between the metal layers sets up an electric field of variable strength in the substrate and this results in the pitch of the grating being variable due to the piezo-electric nature of the substrate.