DE3062957D1 - Optical display devices - Google Patents

Optical display devices

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DE3062957D1
DE3062957D1 DE8080103390T DE3062957T DE3062957D1 DE 3062957 D1 DE3062957 D1 DE 3062957D1 DE 8080103390 T DE8080103390 T DE 8080103390T DE 3062957 T DE3062957 T DE 3062957T DE 3062957 D1 DE3062957 D1 DE 3062957D1
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display devices
optical display
optical
devices
display
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Glenn Tavernia Sincerbox
Joseph Grover Gordon
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International Business Machines Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/19—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on variable-reflection or variable-refraction elements not provided for in groups G02F1/015 - G02F1/169
    • G02F1/195—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on variable-reflection or variable-refraction elements not provided for in groups G02F1/015 - G02F1/169 by using frustrated reflection
DE8080103390T 1979-06-21 1980-06-18 Optical display devices Expired DE3062957D1 (en)

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US06/050,590 US4249796A (en) 1979-06-21 1979-06-21 Projection display device

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US (1) US4249796A (de)
EP (1) EP0021336B1 (de)
JP (1) JPS6034097B2 (de)
CA (1) CA1147837A (de)
DE (1) DE3062957D1 (de)

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EP0021336A1 (de) 1981-01-07
JPS6034097B2 (ja) 1985-08-07
US4249796A (en) 1981-02-10
JPS565525A (en) 1981-01-21
CA1147837A (en) 1983-06-07
EP0021336B1 (de) 1983-05-04

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