Planar optics enables chromatic aberration correction in immersive near-eye displays

Tao Zhan; Junyu Zou; Jianghao Xiong; Hao Chen; Sheng Liu; Yajie Dong; Shin-Tson Wu

doi:10.1117/12.2542365

19 February 2020 Planar optics enables chromatic aberration correction in immersive near-eye displays

Tao Zhan, Junyu Zou, Jianghao Xiong, Hao Chen, Sheng Liu, Yajie Dong, Shin-Tson Wu

Proceedings Volume 11310, Optical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR); 1131003 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2542365
Event: SPIE AR VR MR, 2020, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate an optical chromatic aberration correction method for virtual reality (VR) displays using cost-efficient flat optics. The fabricated ultra-broadband liquid crystal thin-film polymer lens is based on the Pancharatnam-Berry phase and manifests over 97% first-order diffraction efficiency over the display spectrum. By cascading the fabricated polymer lens with the conventional Fresnel VR lens, the lateral color breakup in the near-eye display system can be reduced by more than 10 times. Both optical designs and experimental results are presented and discussed.

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Tao Zhan, Junyu Zou, Jianghao Xiong, Hao Chen, Sheng Liu, Yajie Dong, and Shin-Tson Wu "Planar optics enables chromatic aberration correction in immersive near-eye displays", Proc. SPIE 11310, Optical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR), 1131003 (19 February 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2542365

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