Methods and apparatus for transparent display using up-converting nanoparticles
Abstract
Disclosed herein are transparent color displays with nanoparticles made with nonlinear materials and/or designed to exhibit optical resonances. These nanoparticles are embedded in or hosted on a transparent substrate, such as a flexible piece of clear plastic or acrylic. Illuminating the nanoparticles with invisible light (e.g., infrared or ultraviolet light) causes them to emit visible light. For example, a rare-earth doped nanoparticle may emit visible light when illuminated simultaneoulsy with a first infrared beam at a first wavelength .lamda..sub.1 and a second infrared beam at a second wavelength .lamda..sub.2. And a frequency-doubling nanoparticle may emit visible light when illuminated with a single infrared beam at the nanoparticle's resonant frequency. Selectively addressing these nanoparticles with appropiately selected pump beams yields visible light emitted from the nanoparticles hosted by the transparent substrate in a desired pattern.
- Inventors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1327921
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,458,989
- Application Number:
- 14/143,558
- Assignee:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2013 Dec 30
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Hsu, Chia Wei, Qiu, Wenjun, Zhen, Bo, Shapira, Ofer, and Soljacic, Marin. Methods and apparatus for transparent display using up-converting nanoparticles. United States: N. p., 2016.
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Hsu, Chia Wei, Qiu, Wenjun, Zhen, Bo, Shapira, Ofer, & Soljacic, Marin. Methods and apparatus for transparent display using up-converting nanoparticles. United States.
Hsu, Chia Wei, Qiu, Wenjun, Zhen, Bo, Shapira, Ofer, and Soljacic, Marin. 2016.
"Methods and apparatus for transparent display using up-converting nanoparticles". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1327921.
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abstractNote = {Disclosed herein are transparent color displays with nanoparticles made with nonlinear materials and/or designed to exhibit optical resonances. These nanoparticles are embedded in or hosted on a transparent substrate, such as a flexible piece of clear plastic or acrylic. Illuminating the nanoparticles with invisible light (e.g., infrared or ultraviolet light) causes them to emit visible light. For example, a rare-earth doped nanoparticle may emit visible light when illuminated simultaneoulsy with a first infrared beam at a first wavelength .lamda..sub.1 and a second infrared beam at a second wavelength .lamda..sub.2. And a frequency-doubling nanoparticle may emit visible light when illuminated with a single infrared beam at the nanoparticle's resonant frequency. Selectively addressing these nanoparticles with appropiately selected pump beams yields visible light emitted from the nanoparticles hosted by the transparent substrate in a desired pattern.},
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