ir-laser-addressed thermo-optic smectic liquid-crystal storage displays
- 1 February 1973
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 22 (3) , 111-113
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1654570
Abstract
Thermally induced optical storage and erasure (local and nonlocal) of scattering centers in thin films of smectic liquid crystals has been demonstrated. These new thermo-optic and electrothermo-optic effects provide the basis for what is believed to be the first practical application of smectic liquid crystals, an infrared-laser-addressed light valve for the recording, storage, and display of high-resolution graphic images.Keywords
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