2001/06/18 by E. Canessa, Canessa, E.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Optics (physics.optics) #physics.gen-ph #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0106050
15 pages. To appear Momento - Revista de Fisica (June 2001)
arxiv created 2001/06/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
We discuss on the potential of suspensions of gold nanoparticles with variable refractive index for the possible physical realization of in-relief virtual dynamic display of plane images. A reasoning approach for a vision system to display in real-time volumetric moving images is proposed based on well-known properties of optical media, namely the anomalous dispersion of light on certain transparent media and the virtual image formed by a refracting transparent surface. The system relies on creating mechanisms to modify the refractive index of in-relief virtual dynamical display (iVDD) bulbs that ideally would contain a suspension of gold nanoparticles each and that might be ordered in an array filling up a whole screen.