Optical fibre for display application
CA 2338860 A1 · Owner: The Court Of Napier University · Inventors: Hindle, Colin; Graham, Andrew; Hajto, Janos
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The present invention describes a fluorescent dye doped polymer based optical wave-guide structure. The described polymers can be used to fabricate a range of display elements and illumination systems which work without the use of external electrical power. This is due to the process of the fluorescent dyes absorbing ambient light and then subsequently emitting light which is conducted by the polymer host material to a point where it is emitted. The emitted light can be of a range of colours depending upon the type of dye that polymers are doped with. There is a constant contrast between the light power flux emitted for the wave-guide structure and the light power flux of the …
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- Filed July 29, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 29, 2019.
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