OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF
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Abstract
The present invention provides and optical display device and a method for use in displaying an image. The optical display device comprises An optical display device comprising: at least one region of nanostructures operable as an optically active media, such that said nanostructures are responsive to input electromagnetic radiation to emit output electromagnetic radiation, and an arrangement of electrodes being configured and operable to be selectively addressable to create an external electric field to said at least one region of nanostructures, said region of nanostructures and said arrangement of electrodes defining together a pixel arrangement of said display device; said external electric field affecting said at least one region of nanostructures to selectively modulate emission of said output electromagnetic radiation, said output electromagnetic radiation being an output of at least one pixel element of the display device.
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87 Claims
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63. An optical display device comprising:
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at least one region of nanostructures operable as an optically active media, such that said nanostructures are responsive to input electromagnetic radiation to emit output electromagnetic radiation, and an arrangement of electrodes being configured and operable to be selectively addressable to create an external electric field to said at least one region of nanostructures, said at least one region of nanostructures and said arrangement of electrodes defining together a pixel arrangement of said display device; said external electric field affecting said at least one region of nanostructures to selectively modulate emission of said output electromagnetic radiation, the modulated output electromagnetic radiation being an output of at least one pixel element of the pixel arrangement display device;
said pixel arrangement carrying out selective wavelength conversion and spatial modulation of the input electromagnetic radiation at a specific addressed pixel in accordance with an image to be displayed. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 87)
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77. A method for use in displaying an image comprising:
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providing nanostructures capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation with a predetermined number of wavelength ranges upon excitation by certain input electromagnetic radiation; exciting said nanostructures by the input electromagnetic radiation to thereby generate the electromagnetic radiation of said predetermined number of wavelength ranges; selectively applying an external electric field to at least a region of said nanostructures thereby selectively enabling modulation of the generated electromagnetic radiation, thus providing modulation of the input electromagnetic radiation at a specific addressed pixel in accordance with an image to be displayed. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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86. An optical display device comprising:
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at least one region of nanostructures operable as an optically active media, said nanostructures being anisotropic;
said nanostructures are aligned with a specific orientation with respect to each other such that said nanostructures are responsive to input electromagnetic radiation to emit output polarized electromagnetic radiation, said output polarized electromagnetic radiation being an output of at least one pixel element of the display device; and
;a liquid crystal (LC) arrangement located at propagation of the electromagnetic radiation output of said at least one pixel element;
said LC arrangement being configured and operable to modulate transmission of the polarized electromagnetic radiation from said region of nanostructures and to thereby induce modulation of the polarized photon emission.
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