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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. 19, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anthony P Baker, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
ITT Defense Communications, A Division of ITT Corporation, Nutley, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3503 / ; 350 9614 ; 350334 ; 3503 / ; 3503 / ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal optical switching device having reduced crosstalk includes a liquid crystal beam splitter for splitting incident light into polarized components thereof and a liquid crystal optical switch for directing those components to either a first or a second output port.