Patent ID: 6950454

Claim:
An electronic imaging system for providing a viewable color image from an image data stream, comprising: a) a plurality of different colored laser light sources arranged in an at least one array with each laser light source including a vertical cavity design having: i) a first dielectric stack for receiving and transmitting incoherent pump beam light and being reflective to laser light over a predetermined range of wavelengths; ii) an organic active region, including one or more periodic gain regions and organic spacer layers disposed on either side of the periodic gain regions, for receiving transmitted incoherent pump beam light from the first dielectric stack and emitting the laser light, and wherein the one or more periodic gain regions are aligned with antinodes of a standing wave electromagnetic field; iii) a second dielectric stack for reflecting transmitted incoherent 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; and b) at least one area light valve for receiving the laser light and producing the viewable color image from the image data stream; and a projection lens for projecting the viewable color image onto a target plane.