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Transparent displays enabled by resonant nanoparticle scattering

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  • Chia Wei Hsu

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Harvard University)

  • Bo Zhen

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Wenjun Qiu

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Ofer Shapira

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Brendan G. DeLacy
  • John D. Joannopoulos

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Marin Soljačić

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Abstract

The ability to display graphics and texts on a transparent screen can enable many useful applications. Here we create a transparent display by projecting monochromatic images onto a transparent medium embedded with nanoparticles that selectively scatter light at the projected wavelength. We describe the optimal design of such nanoparticles, and experimentally demonstrate this concept with a blue-color transparent display made of silver nanoparticles in a polymer matrix. This approach has attractive features including simplicity, wide viewing angle, scalability to large sizes and low cost.

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  • Chia Wei Hsu & Bo Zhen & Wenjun Qiu & Ofer Shapira & Brendan G. DeLacy & John D. Joannopoulos & Marin Soljačić, 2014. "Transparent displays enabled by resonant nanoparticle scattering," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 5(1), pages 1-6, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:5:y:2014:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms4152
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4152
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    1. Chao Qian & Yi Yang & Yifei Hua & Chan Wang & Xiao Lin & Tong Cai & Dexin Ye & Erping Li & Ido Kaminer & Hongsheng Chen, 2022. "Breaking the fundamental scattering limit with gain metasurfaces," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-7, December.

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