Experimental model of 3D volumetric display based on a stack of FLC light-scattering shutters

3D display with a volumetric screen is developed because it composes the most realistic 3D image of 3D object or scene. The display experimental model using a stack of light-scattering shutters based on the ferroelectric LC layer was created for the first time. Physical mechanisms of FLC layer scattering were studied. The bistable scattering regime which is most appropriate for practical applications was found, and the total time of scattering switching on and switching off was less than 250μs at ± 80 V. The experiments showed that the possible number of FLC shutters in a volumetric screen of the real time 3D display can be as high as 30-100.