The 26th International Display Workshops (IDW '19)

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[LCT2] LC Flat Diffractive Optics

Special Topics of Interest on AR/VR and Hyper Reality

Wed. Nov 27, 2019 3:20 PM - 4:50 PM Room 107 (1F)

Chair: Toshiaki Nose (Akita Prefecture University)
Co-Chair: Hiroyuki Yoshida (Osaka University)

3:40 PM - 4:05 PM

[LCT2-2(Invited)] Ultimate Planar Optics for AR/VR and Next Generation Displays

*Nelson Tabirian1, David Roberts1, Anna Tabirian1, Brian R Kimball2, Timothy J Bunning3 (1. BEAM Engineering for Advanced Measurements Co. (United States of America), 2. U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center, Natick, Massachusetts (United States of America), 3. Air Force Research Laboratories, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (United States of America))

Keywords:Switchable optics, Flat lenses, Augmented reality, Displays, Liquid crystals

Only one planar optics technology – diffractive waveplates – has shown capability to match large sizes and low-cost of Fresnel optics and the bandwidth of refractive optics. Electrically switchable and tunable with low-power controls, the thinnest lenses, prisms, and holograms make diffractive waveplate optics best suitable for AR/VR applications.