Claims
- 1. In an optical light switch or light modulator device the improvement which comprises an optical medium component which is a composite composition consisting of an inorganic oxide glass monolith with a microporous structure containing an encapsulated liquid crystalline component; wherein the glass monolith microporous structure has an average pore diameter in the range between about 50-300 angstroms, and substantially all of the pore diameters are within about a 100 angstrom diameter variation range.
- 2. An optical light switch or light modulator device in accordance with claim 1 wherein the optical medium component is in a transparent or potentially transparent state.
- 3. A process for switching or modulating light transmission which comprises directing an incident fundamental light frequency into a transparent optical medium which is a composite composition consisting of an inorganic oxide glass monolith with a microporous structure containing an encapsulated liquid crystalline component; wherein the glass monolith microporous structure has an average pore diameter in the range between about 50-300 angstroms, and substantially all of the pore diameters are within about a 100 angstrom diameter variation range.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 015,757, filed 4/10/87, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,814,211.
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