Optical waveguides – Directional optical modulation within an optical waveguide
Patent
1997-06-16
1999-11-02
Healy, Brian
Optical waveguides
Directional optical modulation within an optical waveguide
385 2, 385 8, 385 10, 385 14, 385 15, 385 17, 385 37, 385 40, 385130, 385131, 385 16, 385901, G02F 1295, G02B 612
Patent
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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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Gemfire Corporation
Healy Brian
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