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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. 03, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Phillip R Peterson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Athanasios Gavrielides, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G02F / ; G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359241 ; 359299 ; 359254 ; 359258 ; 359321 ;
Abstract
An intensity sensitive optical switch is described which comprises a nonlinear thin film Kerr material deposited on a conducting surface.