A reflective display device using photonic crystals includes a plurality
of reflective color filters, each reflective color filter reflects a
predetermined wavelength range of an incident visible light; and a
plurality of optical switches disposed adjacent to and facing a
corresponding one of the plurality of reflective color filters, each of
the plurality of optical switches extracts a predetermined color by
adjusting an intensity or on/off-frequency of light reflected from the
corresponding one of the plurality of reflective color filters.
Accordingly, a reflective display device using photonic crystals may have
a simplified structure requiring no conventional reflecting mirror.