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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:
May. 28, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Agency of Industrial Science & Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Minstry of International Trade and Industry, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3503 / ; 3503 / ; 350333 ; 350345 ;
Abstract
Optical spatial phase modulation is achieved by positioning a liquid crystal layer in the path of a light beam to be modulated and controlling the spatial distribution of refractive index of the liquid crystal layer by controlling the spatial distribution of the electrical field generated across the liquid crystal layer.