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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:
Mar. 30, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard T Ingwall, Newton, MA (US);
Mark A Troll, Somerville, MA (US);
Duncan H Whitney, Beverly, MA (US);
Assignee:
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02F / ; G03H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359-3 ; 359-7 ; 359 52 ; 359 94 ; 430-1 ;
Abstract
Composite holograms are disclosed wherein microvoids between the holographic interference fringes are filled with a liquid crystal. The diffraction efficiency and other holographic properties of such composite holograms may be varied by external stimuli, e.g., application of an electric field of thermal energy.