IPC Definitions - January 01, 2012
H04B 10/00 - Definition
This main group covers:
Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. light, infra-red or beams of corpuscular radiation.
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 |
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. |