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Optical Components for Head-Worn Displays

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Head-worn displays provide a challenging set of requirements for the optical components. The optics must be lightweight, operate in unusual non-in-line configurations, and be cost effective to manufacture. In this section, we will review the different types of optical components that may be used to meet the design requirements, specifically holographic and diffractive optical elements and aspheric and free-form surfaces.

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Abbreviations

Cop:

Cycloolefin polymer

CTE:

Coefficient of thermal expansion

DOE:

Diffractive optical element

FOV:

Field of view

HOE:

Holographic optical element

MTF:

Modulation transfer function

NURBS:

Nonuniform rational B-splines

PMMA:

Polymethyl methacrylate

RBF:

Radial basis functions

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Optical Research Associates, Optical Solutions Group of Synopsys, Inc., 3280 East Foothill Boulevard, Suite 300, Pasadena, CA, 91107-3103, USA

    Michael J. Hayford

  2. Optical Solutions Group, Synopsys, Pasadena, CA, USA

    Ozan Cakmakci

  3. Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, 94043, USA

    Ozan Cakmakci

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Correspondence to Michael J. Hayford .

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  1. Display Technology Center, Panel Integration Division I, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Chutung, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Temple, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Hayford, M.J., Cakmakci, O. (2016). Optical Components for Head-Worn Displays. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14346-0_136

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