MULTIWAVE INTERFERENCE PHENOMENA FOR DISPLAY APPLICATIONS

The potential of multiwave interference phenomena for display applicat ions is discussed. It is aimed at the realization of polarizer and col or-filter-free flat-panel displays on the basis of liquid crystal disp lay technologies. It is shown that the system of even thick optical re sonators 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 interference phenomena i n cholesteric liquid crystals allow for new display principles-through effective redistribution of polarization states over the frequency sp ectrum. It is emphasized that this distribution is an important charac teristic of wide-spectrum sources determining the state of radiation a long with coherence matrix and correlation function.