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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 (G02F1/29, G02F1/35 take precedence) > based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells > characterised by the electro-optical or magneto-optical effect, e.g. field-induced phase transition, orientation effect, guest-host interaction or dynamic scattering > based on orientation effects in which the liquid crystal remains transparent