Wide-angle optical systems with a combiner based on synthesized volume holograms for helmet-mounted displays

Ган М.А., Щеглов С.А., Ган Я.М., Чертков А.С. Широкоугольные оптические системы с комбинером на основе синтезированных объемных голограмм для нашлемных дисплеев // Оптический журнал. 2008. Т. 75. № 3. С. 18–23.

Gan M.A., Shcheglov S.A., Gan Ya.M., Chertkov A.S. Wide-angle optical systems with a combiner based on synthesized volume holograms for helmet-mounted displays [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2008. V. 75. № 3. P. 18–23.

M. A. Gan, S. A. Shcheglov, Ya. M. Gan, and A. S. Chertkov, "Wide-angle optical systems with a combiner based on synthesized volume holograms for helmet-mounted displays," Journal of Optical Technology. 75 (3), 151-155 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.75.000151

This paper discusses questions of the design and fabrication of wide-angle optical systems for helmet-mounted displays (HDs). The requirements imposed on such systems are determined and analyzed. Questions of the design of the key elements of HDs--spectral and polarization combiners--are considered. We have proposed synthesized volume holograms as spectral combiners. The optical and operational properties of holographic optical elements based on volume holograms written by recording a volume interference pattern by the Denisyuk method are analyzed and compared. Color distortions of exterior space observed through a combiner are investigated. Questions of synthesizing a projection objective are considered. The results of the design, analysis, and testing of optical systems for HDs are presented.