Optical waveguides – Integrated optical circuit
Patent
1999-06-15
2000-09-12
Healy, Brian
Optical waveguides
Integrated optical circuit
385 18, 385 39, 385 50, 385130, 385131, 385132, 385147, 385901, G02B 612
Patent
active
061189081
ABSTRACT:
A flat panel display is based on a new switching technology for routing laser light among a set of optical waveguides and coupling that light toward the viewer. The switching technology is based on poled electro-optical structures. The display technology is versatile enough to cover application areas spanning the range from miniature high resolution computer displays to large screen displays for high definition television formats. The invention combines the high brightness and power efficiency inherent in visible semiconductor diode laser sources with a new waveguide electro-optical switching technology to form a dense two-dimensional addressable array of high brightness light emissive pixels.
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Bischel William K.
Brinkman Michael J.
Deacon David A. G.
DeWath Edward J.
Dyer Mark J.
Gemfire Corporation
Healy Brian
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