title: Portable waveguide display system with a large field of view by integrating freeform elements and volume holograms.
abstract: A compact waveguide display system integrating freeform elements and volume holograms is presented here for the first time. The use of freeform elements can broaden the field of view, which limits the applications of a holographic waveguide. An optimized system can achieve a diagonal field of view of 45° when the thickness of the waveguide planar is 3mm. Freeform-elements in-coupler and the volume holograms out-coupler were designed in detail in our study, and the influence of grating configurations on diffraction efficiency was analyzed thoroughly. The off-axis aberrations were well compensated by the in-coupler and the diffraction efficiency of the optimized waveguide display system could reach 87.57%. With integrated design, stability and reliability of this monochromatic display system were achieved and the alignment of the system was easily controlled by the record of the volume holograms, which makes mass production possible.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xincheng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Yongtian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006696:Holography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D055096:Optical Devices; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
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