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Title: Transparent electrode for optical switch

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OSTI ID:5032164

A transparent electrode assembly is described for applying an electric field through an electro-optic crystal comprising: a pair of regions of low pressure gas adjacent the crystal at opposing faces through which an optical beam is propagated through the crystal; means operatively connected to the regions of low pressure gas to ionize the gas to produce an optically transparent conducting plasma adjacent to the faces of the crystal; means operatively connected to the regions to apply an electrical potential across the pair of plasma regions.

Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC
Patent Number(s):
US 4615588
OSTI ID:
5032164
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 19 Oct 1984
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English