Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements

Introduced: January 1985

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: PHYSICS
Class:: OPTICS
Subclass:: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

Scope Notes

Glossary: control when referred to light or optical elements, systems or apparatus, covers affecting or directing one or more of the following properties of light: intensity; colour; phase; frequency or wavelength; polarisation; direction; and one or more of the following optical operations: gating; switching or deflecting; modulation. | Limiting references: Devices or arrangements, the optical operation of which is modified by changing the optical properties of the medium of the devices or arrangements | Application references: Devices or arrangements specially adapted for measuring characteristics of light

3 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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G02B 26/02 for controlling the intensity of light
G02B 26/06 for controlling the phase of light
G02B 26/08 for controlling the direction of light