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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael M Salour, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ; H01S / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
332751 ; 377102 ; 373 11 ; 373 21 ; 330 43 ;
Abstract
A light induced unidirectional light switch is described wherein a unidirectionally emitting medium is obtained using the method of Doppler compensation by light-induced velocity-dependent light shifts. The emission in the emitting medium can be switched on by a pulse of laser light which acts as a light induced light switch.