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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1997
Michael Gurvitch, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Maurice Halioua, Sea Cliff, NY (US);
Alexander Kastalsky, Wayside, NJ (US);
Sylvain Naar, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Sergey Shokhor, Sound Beach, NY (US);
Copytele, Inc., Huntington Station, NY (US);
Abstract
A display device is disclosed including a plurality of pixels arranged in a predetermined configuration. Each pixel including a mirror element disposed over a flat surface. A light modulating material disposed over the mirror element for selectively modulating a predetermined wave length of light received from an external source by transitioning between a first and a second state. The light modulating material in the first state causes destructive interference in the predetermined wave length of light and in the second state causes constructive interference in the predetermined wave length of light.