Multiwave interference phenomena for display applications

Nelson V. Tabiryan; Theo T. Tschudi

doi:10.1117/12.169711

1 July 1994 Multiwave interference phenomena for display applications

Nelson V. Tabiryan, Theo T. Tschudi

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 33, Issue 7, (July 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.169711

Abstract

The potential of multiwave interference phenomena for display applications is discussed. It is aimed at the realization of polarizer and color-filter-free flat-panel displays on the basis of liquid crystal display technologies. It is shown that the system of even thick optical resonators can be tuned so that large-scale selectivity (superspectrum) over the visible spectrum is achieved. Parameters of superspectra can be controlled electrically with the aid of intracavity electro-optical materials. Polarization effects of multiwave interterence phenomena in cholesteric liquid crystals allow for new display principles-through effective redistribution of polarization states over the frequency spectrum. It is emphasized that this distribution is an important characteristic of wide-spectrum sources determining the state of radiation along with coherence matrix and correlation function.

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Nelson V. Tabiryan and Theo T. Tschudi "Multiwave interference phenomena for display applications," Optical Engineering 33(7), (1 July 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.169711

Published: 1 July 1994

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