FOV expansion by polychromatic light source for holographic near-to-eye display

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Abstract

Near-to-eye display (NED) has been widely used for augmented reality (AR) technology. Among them, holographic waveguide employing volume hologram as an input and output coupler is known to have a high diffraction efficiency compared to surface relief grating based image guide to accommodate field of view (FOV) and eyebox. However, in holographic waveguide, the FOV of volume hologram is seriously restricted, around 5 degrees. Here, we demonstrated to expand the FOV of volume hologram based input and output coupler from 5 degrees to 28 degrees and further even to 42 degrees based on polychromatic light source which mostly approaches the FOV limitation of glass-based waveguide, by utilizing multi-layer couplers or waveguides where each pair of them support portion of entire FOV.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationOptical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR) V
EditorsNaamah Argaman, Hong Hua, Daniel K. Nikolov
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510670860
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
EventOptical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR) V 2024 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: Jan 29 2024 → …

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume12913
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceOptical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR) V 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period1/29/24 → …

Keywords

  • Augmented Reality
  • Holographic Waveguide
  • Large Field of View
  • Near-to-eye Display
  • NED
  • Pupil Expansion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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