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APPLIED OPTICS
Volume 60, Issue 25, Pages 7545-7551Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/AO.428364
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- Korea government [IITP-2020-0-01846, NRF-2020R1A2C1 101258]
- Institute for Information & Communication Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP), Republic of Korea [2020-0-01846-002] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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The paper introduces a three-dimensional see-through augmented-reality display system that uses holographic micromirror array instead of traditional waveguide technology, allowing for simple and effective display of three-dimensional images.
It is difficult to find the micromirror array with desired specifications for augmented-reality displays, and the custom fabricating methods are complicated and unstable. We propose a novel, to our knowledge, three-dimensional see-through augmented-reality display system using the holographic micromirror array. Unlike the conventional holographic waveguide-type augmented-reality displays, the proposed system utilizes the holographic micromirror array as an in-coupler, without any additional elements. The holographic micromirror array is fabricated through the simple, effective, and stable method of applying the total internal reflection-based hologram recording using a dual-prism. The optical mirror and microlens array are set as references, and the specifications can be customized. It reconstructs a three-dimensional image from a displayed elemental image set without using any additional device, and the user can observe a three-dimensional virtual image while viewing the real-world objects. Thus, the principal advantages of the existing holographic waveguide-type augmented-reality system are retained. An optical experiment confirmed that the proposed system displays three-dimensional images exploiting the augmented-reality system simply and effectively. (C) 2021 Optical Society of America
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