УДК: 535.3

Using prism elements to construct flat waveguide screens

Bakholdin, A.V., Vasiliev, V.N., Grimm, V.A., Romanova, G.E., Smirnov, S.A.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Бахолдин А.В., Васильев В.Н., Гримм В.А., Романова Г.Э., Смирнов С.А. Использование призменных элементов для построения плоских волноводных экранов // Оптический журнал. 2013. Т. 80. № 5. С. 25–29.

Bakholdin A.V., Vasiliev V.N., Grimm V.A., Romanova G.E., Smirnov S.A. Using prism elements to construct flat waveguide screens [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2013. V. 80. № 5. P. 25–29.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

A. V. Bakholdin, V. N. Vasil’ev, V. A. Grimm, G. É. Romanova, and S. A. Smirnov, "Using prism elements to construct flat waveguide screens," Journal of Optical Technology. 80(5), 279-282 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.80.000279

Abstract:

This paper discusses questions of the design of structured optical systems with a periodically repeated group of elements in the form of rhomb–prisms for transmitting an image from a microdisplay to the observer’s eyes. Recommendations are given for selecting the parameters of the prism elements that make up the waveguide screen.

Keywords:

prism screen, helmet-mounted display, field of view multiplier

Acknowledgements:

This work was carried out with the financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation as part of State Contract 11.519.11.6014.

OCIS codes: 080.1238, 350.4600, 110.4190

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