THERMOREFRACTIVE OPTICAL SWITCH
Assignee
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE, AS REPRESENTED BY THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Filed
Jun 14, 1991
Granted
Jan 17, 1995
Location
Arlington VA (defense contractors)
Abstract
An optical switching device is described which comprises a substrate of light absorbent material, a plurality of holes defined through the substrate containing a liquid material having an index of refraction which is highly temperature dependent within a selected temperature range of operation, the liquid-filled holes defining a plurality of waveguides for conducting light through the substrate.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Oct 7, 1991
Rescinded
May 19, 1994
Duration
2 years, 7 months
Inventor
- 1ROGER J. BECKER
Sensitive facility: Arlington VA (defense contractors)
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5382985
- Application
- 07720575
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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