Patent ID: 6869185

Claim:
A display system for providing a user viewable visible image, comprising: a) a view screen for receiving organic laser light and having a diffusing optical element so that the view screen, in response to organic laser light, produces a viewable visible image, wherein the diffusing optical element includes a viewing angle greater than 120° in a first viewing direction and greater than 60° in a second viewing direction orthogonal to the first viewing direction; b) one or more organic laser light sources arranged in an array with each or the laser light sources including a vertical cavity design having: i) a first dielectric stack for receiving and transmitting pump beam light and being reflective to laser light over a predetermined range of wavelengths; ii) an organic active region for receiving transmitted pump beam light from the first dielectric stack and emitting the laser light; and iii) a second dielectric stack for reflecting transmitted pump beam light and laser light from the organic active region back into the organic active region, wherein a combination of the first and the second dielectric stacks and the organic active region produces the laser light; c) means for projecting and modulating intensity of the organic laser light from the array onto the view screen in a pattern to cause a visual image to be produced by the view screen; and d) means associated with the view screen for reducing speckle in the organic laser light.