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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998

Filed:

Jul. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Mool C Gupta, Webster, NY (US);

Alan C Nutt, Rochester, NY (US);

Venkatraman Gopalan, Rochester, NY (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359332 ; 385122 ; 359328 ;
Abstract

A method of forming ferroelectric domain regions in a ferroelectric crystal cut so that the polarization direction is in the plane of the crystal and is along the z direction is disclosed. The method includes forming a conductive ground electrode on the surface of the plane and having an edge perpendicular to the z direction or the polarization direction in the crystal plane; and electron beam bombarding the plane of the crystal in particular spots to deposit a charge such that the electric field created between the edge of the electrode and the spots is in a direction opposite to the crystal polarization direction and causing the inversion of the crystal polarization direction between the charge spot and the electrode.


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