Abstract:
An optical image is presented in terms of visible light directed through contiguous light pipes to a Pockels effect plate disposed between a polarizer and an analyzer. Each of the light pipes is coated with a conducting metal so that each point on the Pockels effect plate can be controlled by a potential that is locally applied in such a way as to control transmissivity. In consequence, image information is applied to the assemblage by controlling the transmissivities of the various points independently.
Abstract:
An electro-optic valve construction is capable of transmission throughout the entire field or at selected incremental regions. The construction is characterized by at least one stack of thin electro-optic plates, the opposite faces of which are in contiguity with interposed conducting strata. These plates are disposed in planes that are parallel to an axis of incidentcollimated light in order to provide selected incremental windows under the control of selected pairs of conducting strata.