GB2204961B - Electro-optic device - Google Patents

Electro-optic device

Info

Publication number: GB2204961B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: electro; optic device; optic
Prior art date: 1987-05-13
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Lifetime

Application number

GB8808945A

Other versions

GB2204961A (en

GB8808945D0 (en

Inventor

Norman Apsley

Michael Kane

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

UK Secretary of State for Defence

Original Assignee

UK Secretary of State for Defence

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1987-05-13

Filing date

1988-04-15

Publication date

1991-01-16

1988-04-15 Application filed by UK Secretary of State for Defence filed Critical UK Secretary of State for Defence

1988-05-18 Publication of GB8808945D0 publication Critical patent/GB8808945D0/en

1988-11-23 Publication of GB2204961A publication Critical patent/GB2204961A/en

1991-01-16 Application granted granted Critical

1991-01-16 Publication of GB2204961B publication Critical patent/GB2204961B/en

2008-04-15 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
- B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
- B82Y20/00—Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
- 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
- G02F1/015—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 semiconductor elements having potential barriers, e.g. having a PN or PIN junction
- G02F1/017—Structures with periodic or quasi periodic potential variation, e.g. superlattices, quantum wells
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F77/00—Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass
- H10F77/10—Semiconductor bodies
- H10F77/14—Shape of semiconductor bodies; Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of semiconductor regions within semiconductor bodies
- H10F77/146—Superlattices; Multiple quantum well structures

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Nonlinear Science (AREA)
Optics & Photonics (AREA)
Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Nanotechnology (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
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Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
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GB8808945A 1987-05-13 1988-04-15 Electro-optic device Expired - Lifetime GB2204961B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB878711304A GB8711304D0 (en)	1987-05-13	1987-05-13	Electro-optic device

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
GB8808945D0 GB8808945D0 (en)	1988-05-18
GB2204961A GB2204961A (en)	1988-11-23
GB2204961B true GB2204961B (en)	1991-01-16

Family

ID=10617268

Family Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB878711304A Pending GB8711304D0 (en)	1987-05-13	1987-05-13	Electro-optic device
GB8808945A Expired - Lifetime GB2204961B (en)	1987-05-13	1988-04-15	Electro-optic device

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
GB878711304A Pending GB8711304D0 (en)	1987-05-13	1987-05-13	Electro-optic device

Country Status (1)

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GB (2)	GB8711304D0 (en)

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
FR2637092B1 (en) *	1988-05-11	1991-04-12	Thomson Csf	ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE MODULATOR WITH QUANTIC COUPLED WELLS AND APPLICATION TO AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DETECTOR
US4915482A (en) *	1988-10-27	1990-04-10	International Business Machines Corporation	Optical modulator
GB2231969B (en) *	1989-05-12	1993-11-03	Stc Plc	Optical modulator
WO2011089243A1 (en) *	2010-01-22	2011-07-28	Vrije Universiteit Brussel	Evanescent wave absorption based devices

Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4620214A (en) *	1983-12-02	1986-10-28	California Institute Of Technology	Multiple quantum-well infrared detector
GB2189619A (en) *	1986-04-25	1987-10-28	Secr Defence	Electro-optical device

1987
- 1987-05-13 GB GB878711304A patent/GB8711304D0/en active Pending
1988
- 1988-04-15 GB GB8808945A patent/GB2204961B/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4620214A (en) *	1983-12-02	1986-10-28	California Institute Of Technology	Multiple quantum-well infrared detector
GB2189619A (en) *	1986-04-25	1987-10-28	Secr Defence	Electro-optical device

Non-Patent Citations (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
Applied Physics Letters *
March 1987 pages 708-710 *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
GB2204961A (en)	1988-11-23
GB8711304D0 (en)	1987-06-17
GB8808945D0 (en)	1988-05-18

Publication	Publication Date	Title
GB8621438D0 (en)	1986-10-15	Electro-optic device
GB2189619B (en)	1990-07-25	Electro-optical device
GB8621439D0 (en)	1986-10-15	Electro-optic device
GB8718119D0 (en)	1987-09-03	Display device
EP0300754A3 (en)	1990-06-13	Display device
EP0288168A3 (en)	1990-07-04	Display device
EP0285402A3 (en)	1990-07-04	Display device
EP0289144A3 (en)	1989-05-24	Display device
EP0307231A3 (en)	1990-04-11	Display device
EP0285401A3 (en)	1990-07-18	Display device
HK108397A (en)	1997-08-22	Electro-optical device
HK103297A (en)	1997-08-15	Electro-optical device
GB2221548B (en)	1992-06-24	Electro-optical device
HK89591A (en)	1991-11-15	Electro-optical device
GB2206718B (en)	1992-02-05	Display device
GB8706912D0 (en)	1987-04-29	Alignment device
GB2200781B (en)	1990-06-06	Display device
GB8718879D0 (en)	1987-09-16	Display device
GB8725133D0 (en)	1987-12-02	Alignment device
GB2204961B (en)	1991-01-16	Electro-optic device
GB8811689D0 (en)	1988-06-22	Electro-optic device
GB8722868D0 (en)	1987-11-04	Infinity-mirror display device
GB8727063D0 (en)	1987-12-23	Display device
GB2243932B (en)	1992-01-29	Display device
GB2199980B (en)	1990-09-12	Display device

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2001-12-12	732E	Amendments to the register in respect of changes of name or changes affecting rights (sect. 32/1977)