DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS (optical transfer means between sensing member and indicating or recording part in connection with measuring Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01D 5/26; devices in which mathematical operations are carried out with optical elements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G06G 9/00; electrical signal transmission systems using optical means to convert the input signal Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G08C 19/36; information-recording by electric or magnetic means and reproducing by sensing optical properties Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G11B 11/00; static stores using optical elements Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G11C 13/04; transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. light, infra-red radiation, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H04B 9/00; pictorial communication, e.g. television Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H04N) |