Curved Holographic Combiner for Color Head Worn Display

Author

Guillaumee, Mickael ; Vahdati, Seyed Payam ; Tremblay, Eric ; Mader, Arnaud ; Bernasconi, Gabriel ; Cadarso, Victor J. ; Grossenbacher, Jonas ; Brugger, Juergen ; Sprague, Randall ; Moser, Christophe

Author_Institution

Lab. of Appl. Photonics Devices, Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Volume

10

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

Jun-14

Firstpage

444

Lastpage

449

Abstract

A volume hologram recorded with a lens array is proposed as a color transflective screen for Head Worn Display (HWD) systems. Design, fabrication as well as proof of concept are reported. Light from a single MEMS-based projector is efficiently diffracted towards the eye with an angular spread given by the numerical aperture of the lenses forming the lens array. Using a dual-focus contact lens, full color high-resolution images are added to the HWD user´s normal vision. A full color system with a 55 degrees lateral field of view is demonstrated. This screen offers the possibility for small footprint and large field of view HWD´s.

Keywords

colour displays; helmet mounted displays; holographic displays; image colour analysis; image resolution; microdisplays; microlenses; optical arrays; optical focusing; optical projectors; MEMS-based projector; color HWD system; color transflective screen; curved holographic combiner; dual focus contact lens; eye; field of view; full color high resolution image; full color system; head worn display; lens array; numerical aperture; user normal vision; volume hologram recording; Apertures; Arrays; Augmented reality; Cameras; Films; Laser beams; Lenses; Augmented reality; contact lens; diffractive optical element; display; head mounted display; head worn display (HWD); holography; near-to-eye display; see-through display;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Display Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1551-319X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JDT.2013.2277933

Filename

6578068