摘要 |
An apparatus and method for a multicolor picture element for a display, including a number N of radiation sources for producing N number of input wave components, at least one input wave component for each primary color in a color model; a number M of modulators proximate one another, where M is greater than or equal to N, each the modulator including: a transport for receiving one of the input wave components, the transport including a waveguide having a guiding region and one or more bounding regions; and a plurality of constituents disposed in the waveguide for enhancing an influencer response in the waveguide; and a transport influencer, operatively coupled to the transport and responsive to a control signal, for affecting a radiation-amplitude-controlling property of the input wave component by inducing the influencer response in the waveguide as the input wave component travels through the transport; a controller, coupled to the modulators, for selectively asserting each the control signal to independently control the amplitude-controlling property of each the modulator; and an amplitude-modulating system, coupled to the modulators, for producing an output wave component from each the input wave component, the output wave component having an amplitude varying responsive to an interaction of the amplitude-controlling-property and the amplitude modulating system. |