Patent ID: 6504525
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: G02B,G09F,G09G

Abstract:
Rotating element sheet material comprising:a substrate; enabling fluid; a plurality of rotatable elements of a first class; and a plurality of rotatable elements of a second class wherein said plurality of rotatable elements of a first class are defined by a first common response or responses to incident electromagnetic radiation of interest, and wherein said plurality of rotatable elements of a second class are defined by a second common response or responses to said incident electromagnetic radiation of interest, wherein said substrate comprises a cavity-containing matrix having a plurality of cavities of a first class and a plurality of cavities of a second class, wherein said plurality of rotatable elements of a first class are disposed within said plurality of cavities of a first class and in contact with said enabling fluid; and wherein said plurality of rotatable elements of a second class are disposed within said plurality of cavities of a second class and in contact with said enabling fluid, and wherein said plurality of rotatable elements of a first class disposed within said plurality of cavities of a first class have a common first addressing polarity and a common first work function, wherein said plurality of rotatable elements of a second class disposed within said plurality of cavities of a second class have a common second addressing polarity and a common second work function, and wherein said plurality of cavities of a first class and said plurality of cavities of a second class are arranged in a regular, repeating pattern in a substantially single layer.