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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:
Aug. 22, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1987
Carl W Dirk, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Howard E Katz, Summit, NJ (US);
Salvatore J Lalama, Clifton, NJ (US);
Kenneth D Singer, Abington Township, Montgomery County, PA (US);
John E Sohn, Voorhees, NJ (US);
Other;
AT&T Technologies, Inc., Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Abstract
An electrooptic or optical parametric device comprises a noncrystalline second order optically nonlinear element and means for providing an optical input to and an optical output from said element wherein said element comprises an organic molecule having second order optical susceptibility incorporated in a directionally oriented manner in an optically clear glassy polymer. When said device is employed in an electrooptic mode it includes means for applying an electric field and/or optical input to said element for altering an optical property thereof.