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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 1980
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur Miller, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Assignee:
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356 33 ; 356 35 ; 356 731 ;
Abstract
Method comprises (1) introducing a polarized light beam into the convex surface of an optically-transparent body whereby the beam propagates in the body in a guided manner near the surface, (2) extracting at least a portion of the beam from the body through the surface at a distance from where the beam was introduced, (3) sensing the change in polarization state of the extracted portion of the beam occurring during its propagation in the body, and (4) calculating the value of stress from the sensed change in polarization state.