[HTML][HTML] Augmented reality and virtual reality displays: emerging technologies and future perspectives

J Xiong, EL Hsiang, Z He, T Zhan, ST Wu - Light: Science & …, 2021 - nature.com
With rapid advances in high-speed communication and computation, augmented reality
(AR) and virtual reality (VR) are emerging as next-generation display platforms for deeper …

Planar liquid crystal polarization optics for augmented reality and virtual reality: from fundamentals to applications

J Xiong, ST Wu - ELight, 2021 - Springer
Planar and ultrathin liquid crystal (LC) polarization optical elements have found promising
applications in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and photonic devices. In this …

Holographic optical elements for augmented reality: principles, present status, and future perspectives

J Xiong, K Yin, K Li, ST Wu - Advanced Photonics Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Holographic optical elements (HOEs) exhibit several unique properties in arbitrary wavefront
recording and extraction. Versatile recording mechanisms and material availabilities further …

Full degree-of-freedom polarization hologram by freeform exposure and inkjet printing

J Xiong, H Zhong, D Cheng, ST Wu, Y Wang - PhotoniX, 2023 - Springer
Since the invention of holography by Dennis Gabor, the fabrication of holograms has mainly
relied on direct recording of wavefront by engraving the intensity fringes of interfering electric …

Holo-imprinting polarization optics with a reflective liquid crystal hologram template

J Xiong, Q Yang, Y Li, ST Wu - Light: Science & Applications, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid crystal polarization optics based on photoalignment technique has found pervasive
applications in next-generation display platforms like virtual reality and augmented reality. Its …

High-efficiency and compact two-dimensional exit pupil expansion design for diffractive waveguide based on polarization volume grating

Y Weng, Y Zhang, W Wang, Y Gu, C Wang, R Wei… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We propose a two-dimensional exit pupil expansion (2D-EPE) design of a diffractive
waveguide (DW) based on polarization volume grating (PVG). The designed waveguide …

Holographic waveguide display with large field of view and high light efficiency based on polarized volume holographic grating

Y Gu, Y Weng, R Wei, Z Shen, C Wang… - IEEE Photonics …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a polarization multiplexing structure based on multilayer reflective polarized
volume holographic gratings (PVGs) to improve the field of view and brightness of the …

Reflective Polarization Volume Lens with Small f‐Number and Large Diffraction Angle

K Yin, Z He, ST Wu - Advanced Optical Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Planar optics based on patterned cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCs) has attracted increasing
attention owing to the self‐organized helical structure and the ability to create arbitrary …

Aberration-free pupil steerable Maxwellian display for augmented reality with cholesteric liquid crystal holographic lenses

J Xiong, Y Li, K Li, ST Wu - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Maxwellian displays offer unique features like always-in-focus quality, high efficiency, and
large field-of-view, but its small eyebox remains a major challenge for augmented reality. To …

Patterning liquid-crystal alignment for ultrathin flat optics

K Yin, J Xiong, Z He, ST Wu - ACS omega, 2020 - ACS Publications
Liquid-crystal (LC)-based ultrathin flat optical elements (FOEs) exhibit several attractive
properties, such as a high degree of optical tunability, strong polarization selectivity, nearly …