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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:
Sep. 06, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard L McAdams, New Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
ITT Corporation, Defense Communications Division, Nutley, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350330 ; 3503 / ;
Abstract
A liquid crystal polarization reorientation cell includes Helmholtz coils disposed on either side of the cell to provide a magnetic field that is substantially perpendicular to the transparent members. The energizing of the magnetic field is utilized to selectively reorient the polarization of at least one frequency of an incident light beam.