OPTICAL COMPOSITE, OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND LIGHT CONTROL METHOD

• Main Authors: TSUTSUI HIROAKI, AKASHI KAZUSHIROU, NAKAYAMA DAISUKE, MORIYAMA MASAHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.08.2006
• Subjects: DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical composite to which memory characteristics are imparted, an optical element having the same, and the light control method of the optical element. SOLUTION: The optical composite contains liquid 30, stimulus responsiveness polymer gel 30 which causes volume...