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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2001
Applicants:
Hiroshi Yokoyama, Ibaraki, JP;
Jun Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Lachezar Komitov, Gothenburg, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/135 (2006.01); G02F 1/1337 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fast and highly practical photoinduced switching liquid crystal device is provided. In the photoinduced switching liquid crystal device, in-plane switching of an optical anisotropic axis of dichroic nematic liquid crystal is performed at a high speed by light.