Metasurface displays are a new technology that may change the future of flat screens. These displays use a "metasurface" technology that allows you to manipulate light to create images with high resolution, sharpness and high color depth. Metasurface technology also allows for thin, flexible displays that are suitable for many different applications, such as displays for portable devices, virtual reality, and car and aircraft displays.
What are Metasurfaces?
Metasurfaces are artificial materials designed to manipulate light in specific ways. These materials are made up of small structures that are repeated over a surface, forming a periodic lattice. Metasurfaces can be used to control the direction, intensity, and polarization of incident light, allowing you to create complex optical effects such as selective light absorption, reflection, refraction, and interference.
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Metasurface screens use an array of small structures called “metasurface pixels”. Each metasurface pixel is composed of a set of nanoscale structures that can be programmed to emit or absorb light in a specific way. When light strikes a metasurface pixel, its structures manipulate the light to create a sharp, sharp image.
What are the advantages of metasurfaces?
The advantages of metasurface displays are their flexibility and ability to offer a wider range of colors than traditional displays. Thanks to their structure based on metasurfaces they are 200 times thinner than a hair with a response time of 1ms, these screens can be designed to be extremely thin and flexible. This makes them suitable for many different applications, such as i handheld devices, virtual reality, and car and aircraft screens. Additionally, metasurface pixels can be programmed to emit or absorb light at different frequencies, resulting in a wider range of colors than traditional LCD and OLED screens.
In summary, metasurface screens could represent a new generation of highly performing and customizable electronic screens, which could replace traditional displays being a new material but which it does not require a completely new production chain.
