Polarization-dependent liquid crystalline polymeric lens array with aberration-improved aspherical curvature for low 3D crosstalk in 2D/3D switchable mobile multi-view display

We demonstrated a 2D/3D switchable mobile display using a polarization-dependent switching liquid crystalline polymeric (LCP) lens array film. In spite of short viewing distance and enough viewing window conditions provided by a small f-number lens for mobile displays, the 3D images when switched to the multi-view 3D mode showed a low crosstalk property owing to the improved lens aberration, as applying an aspherical lens curvature interface between the planar-convex LCP layer and the concave-planar isotropic polymer layer. Both 2D and 3D images were demonstrated based on a 5.5-inch quad high definition mobile display panel, where the binocular crosstalk of the 3D mode was 3.3%. (C) 2018 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement