Abstract
In this paper, a compact waveguide eyeglass integrating freeform surfaces and volume holographic gratings (VHGs) is proposed for full-color display with high energy utilization. The in-coupler with four freeform surfaces collimates the light emitting from the micro image source (MIS) and couples them into the waveguide. The six-layer VHGs as an outcoupler are designed to modulate the light propagating toward the user’s eye. The chromatic aberrations and aberrations are well optimized and compensated by the in-coupler. The diffraction angular bandwidth of the gratings matches the angular range of the light propagating in the waveguide. The simulation results show that our proposed eyeglass achieves a diagonal field of view (FOV) of 39.5°, the average diffraction efficiency of the outcoupler achieves 95.22%, and the diffraction uniformity is about 0.95. Because of the integrated designs and compact stable structures, the optimized display system is expected to be flexibly used in various applications.
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