Passive polymer-dispersed liquid crystal enabled multi-focal plane displays

Abstract

A multi-focal plane see-through near-eye display using a transparent projection display is demonstrated. The key component of the transparent projection display is a passive polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC), which is highly transparent for a large range of incident angles in air but strongly scattering at large oblique angles in high refractive index medium (e.g. glass). The use of a passive device can avoid temporal multiplexing. Such a display is highly transparent in air and can easily deliver full-color images. The proposed method is an important step toward transparent display-enabled multi-focal plane displays.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
May 05, 2020
Source ID
10.1364/oe.392489

Entities

People

  • Kun Yin
  • Shin-Tson Wu
  • Ziqian He

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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