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A flat panel display is based on a new switching technology for routing laser light among a set of optical waveguides and coupling that light toward the viewer. The switching technology is based on poled electro-optical structures. The display technology is versatile enough to cover application area

A flat panel display is based on a new switching technology for routing laser light among a set of optical waveguides and coupling that light toward the viewer. The switching technology is based on poled electro-optical structures. The display technology is versatile enough to cover application areas spanning the range from miniature high resolution computer displays to large screen displays for high definition television formats. The invention combines the high brightness and power efficiency inherent in visible semiconductor diode laser sources with a new waveguide electro-optical switching technology to form a dense two-dimensional addressable array of high brightness light emissive pixels.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for displaying an image, comprising the steps of:guiding optical energy along a first optical energy path in a material;coupling optical energy out of said first path and into a waveguide defining a first secondary optical energy path in said material and transve

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for displaying an image, comprising the steps of:guiding optical energy along a first optical energy path in a material;coupling optical energy out of said first path and into a waveguide defining a first secondary optical energy path in said material and transverse of said first path; andprojecting optical energy out of a plane defined locally by said first path and said first secondary path in response to energy received from said first secondary path.