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The screen is a key part of stereoscopic display systems using polarization to separate the different channels for each eye. The system crosstalk, characterizing the imperfection of the screen in terms of preserving the polarization of the incoming signal, and the scattering rate, characterizing the ability of the screen to deliver the incoming light to the viewers, determine the image quality of the system. Both values will depend on the viewing angle. In this work we measure the performance of three silver screens and three rear-projection screens. Additionally, we measure the surface texture of the screens using white-light interferometry. While part of our optical results can be explained by the surface roughness, more work is needed to understand the optical properties of the screens from a microscopic model.
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Zhang, X., Hantke, K., Fischer, C. et al. Performance of polarization-based stereoscopy screens. 3D Res 3, 4 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/3DRes.04(2012)4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3DRes.04(2012)4