Optical device with dielectric heating

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G02F 1/133 (2006.01) G02F 1/1334 (2006.01)

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CA 1315378

OPTICAL DEVICE WITH DIELECTRIC HEATING Abstract of the Disclosure In an optical device containing material which is dielectric wherein the device is switchable between an inactive relatively opaque state and an activated relatively transparent state in response to the application of a driving electric field of sufficiently low frequency, a problem may arise in that the switching time between the inactive- opaque state and the activated-transparent state is increased and/or the light transmissivity in the activated-transparent state is decreased when the device is at a relatively low temperature. This problem is alleviated by applying a heating electric field of sufficiently high frequency as to heat the dielectric material while not switching the device to the activated-transparent state thereby raising the temperature of the device to decrease the switching time between the inactive-opaque state and the activated-transparent state and/or to increase the light transmissivity in the activated- transparent state. The dielectric material may be a polymer film containing dispersed liquid crystal droplets.

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