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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:
Jan. 27, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thomson-CSF, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3503 / ; 35016224 ; 350348 ;
Abstract
The diffraction grating principle is used to deflect an infrared beam in a series of discrete predetermined directions. A periodic control voltage having a staircase waveform with N steps is applied across a liquid crystal layer to create local variations of refractive index therein, thereby setting up an infrared diffraction grating of adjustable pitch.