Here is one of Marks' patent on what his company, Phototherm, called
   ELCON.

   On Mon, Jul 1, 2019, 3:19 AM Zenaan Harkness <[1]zen@freedbms.net>
   wrote:

     Any links on the emitting/ light generating version of optical
     rectennas/ nantennas?
     [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_rectenna
     On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 04:02:55PM -0700, Steven Schear wrote:
     > In the early 80s I worked with Alvin Mark's, a very prolific
     inventor, who
     > was one of the first to realize the great potential of optical
     rectennas.
     > He also realized the possibility of running them backwards to
     create
     > efficient color displays.
     >
     > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 11:52 PM Zenaan Harkness
     <[3]zen@freedbms.net> wrote:
     >
     > > A)  There is one major step to "peak flat panel monitor"
     technology
     > > and that is active nano-aerials tuned per wavelength (RGB etc),
     > > which will eliminate the problems with various LCD (brightness,
     color
     > > gamut) and OLED (burn in) tech, from the point of view of
     > > programmers, digital graphic artists and other "dekstop" crowd
     > > computer users.
     > >
     > > We've seen this tech in development for a little while now, for
     > > example with articles over at New-Atlas:
     > >
     > >   Nano antenna amplifies light by a factor of 1,000
     > >   [4]https://newatlas.com/nano-antenna-amplifies-light/16460/
     > >
     > >   Optical antenna may allow LEDs to replace lasers in host of
     devices
     > >
     > >
     [5]https://newatlas.com/nano-optical-antenna-led-laser-optical-commu
     nications/35917/
     > >
     > >   Graphene optical lens a billionth of a meter thick breaks the
     > >   diffraction limit
     > >
     [6]https://newatlas.com/optical-lens-one-billionth-meter-thick/41588
     /
     > >
     > >   Single photon emission from graphene quantum dots at room
     > >   temperature
     > >   [7]https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05888-w
     > >
     > >   Let there be light: Controlled creation of quantum emitter
     arrays
     > >
     [8]https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170522080752.htm
     > >
     > >
     > > So no burn-in, tuned (perfect gamut) spectrum production, high
     > > lifetime and durability, maximum efficiency, infinite contrast
     (like
     > > OLED).  That's active nano light emitting devices on the
     horizon, and
     > > what glorious ocular abundance we shall "soon" indulge in :)
     ...

References

   1. mailto:zen@freedbms.net
   2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_rectenna
   3. mailto:zen@freedbms.net
   4. https://newatlas.com/nano-antenna-amplifies-light/16460/
   5. https://newatlas.com/nano-optical-antenna-led-laser-optical-communications/35917/
   6. https://newatlas.com/optical-lens-one-billionth-meter-thick/41588/
   7. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05888-w
   8. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170522080752.htm