VOLUMETRIC 3-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY

被引:38
作者
MACFARLANE, DL [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TEXAS, CTR APPL OPT, RICHARDSON, TX 75083 USA
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10.1364/AO.33.007453
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A true three-dimensional monitor is being developed for the direct display of three- (or higher-) dimensional information. The device is constructed of a three-dimensional array of pixels, actually voxels or volume elements, which in their quiescent state are transparent. When these elements are excited optically through a fiber-optic pigtail, they fluoresce. The sum of many fluorescing elements thus compose a three-dimensional image.
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页码:7453 / 7457
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