Integrierte elektrooptische Flüssigkristallvorrichtung und Verfahren zu seiner Verwendung

摘要

An integrated electro-optical device comprises a pixellated liquid crystal modulation layer (6) superposed over an electronic detection layer (3). Modulator pads (12) for the liquid crystal layer (6) may be formed as electrically conductive combs to achieve optical polarisation. Where the liquid crystal layer provides selective absorption of unpolarised light, and separate polarisers between the liquid crystal and detection layers are therefore unnecessary, the device comprises such a liquid crystal layer (6) superimposed over the electronic detector layer (3). Further, an integrated electro-optical device, optionally of the above type, has a plurality of pixels (A', B') of the liquid crystal layer for each pixel (AB) of the detector array. This allows optical shuttering of the detector pixels by electrically modulating the pixellated liquid crystal layer (6).