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Polymers glow bright for 3-D displays

Commercially available polymers now used in toys could form the basis of large, inexpensive three-dimensional displays.

References:

Rapaport, A. . . . and M. Bass. 1999. Visible light emission from dyes excited by simultaneous absorption of two different frequency beams of light. Applied Physics Letters 74(Jan. 18):329.

Further Readings:

Wu, C. 1996. Sculptures of light. Science News 150(Oct. 26):270.

______. 1996. New dye adds depth to data storage. Science News 150(Sept. 7):148.

Sources:

Michael Bass
University of Central Florida
School of Optics
Center for Research snd Education in Optics and Lasers
Orlando, FL 32816-2700

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 9, February 27, 1999, p. 140. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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