IPC Definitions - January 01, 2012

H04B 10/00 - Definition fr

Definition statement

This main group covers:

Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. light, infra-red or beams of corpuscular radiation.

Informative references

Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:

Optical elements, systems or apparatus

G02B

Devices or arrangements, the optical operation of which is modified by changing the optical properties of the medium of the devices or arrangements for control of the intensity, color, phase, polarization or directing of light, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating; Frequency changing Non-linear optics; Optical analogue/digital converters

G02F

Arrangements for handling radiation or particles, e.g. focusing, moderating

G21K 1/00

Optical multiplex systems

H04J 14/00

Glossary of terms

In this main group, the following terms or expressions are used with the meaning indicated:

Corpuscular radiation

The beams of atomic or subatomic discrete particles, e.g. alpha, neutron, fission fragment or fissionable isotope.