This paper discusses features of the control of the electrooptic and dynami
c characteristics of high-information-content passive-array liquid-crystal
optical memory displays. It is shown that the use of' a two-frequency contr
ol circuit, based on multipulse distribution of the addressing voltages, an
d the principle of total "quenching" of the frame make it possible to incre
ase the response rate of smectic-A memory displays by at least an order of'
magnitude. (C) 2001 The Optical Society of America.