Ferro-fluid mirror with shape determined in part by an inhomogeneous magnetic field

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PATENT NO 5650880
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08409652

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A controllable optical mirror system incorporating a ferro-fluid having a surface which acquires an equilibrium shape in response to a gravitational field, rotational motion, and applied magnetic fields. The magnetic field has a predetermined spatial variation which produces an advantageous optical shape in the ferro-fluid surface.

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UNIV OF BRITISH COLUMBIA THEVANCOUVER B C V6T 1

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Shuter, deceased William L H late of Vancouver, CA 1 35
Whitehead, Lorne A Vancouver, CA 154 5114

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