Patent ID: 6879306

Claim:
A display system for providing a user viewable visible color image, comprising: a) a display for receiving color laser light and having a diffusing element so that the display, in response to color laser light, produces a viewable visible colored image; b) a plurality of different color laser light sources arranged in an array with each such laser light source 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 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 second dielectric stacks and the organic active region produces the laser light; c) an incoherent light source for directing light into the organic active region which in response to such incoherent light produces colored laser light; and d) means for projecting color laser light from the array onto the display in a pattern to cause a visual image to be produced by the display; wherein each vertical cavity laser array further includes an etched region in the first dielectric stack to provide an array of spaced laser pixels which have higher reflectance than the interpixel regions.