Compact and High-Efficiency Liquid-Crystal-on-Silicon for Augmented Reality Displays
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Simulations
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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HWP 0° | HWP 15° | |
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Full on * (lm) | 0.33876 | 0.36715 |
Full off * (lm) | 0.00223 | 0.00248 |
Contrast | 151.6 | 148.0 |
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Luo, Z.; Ding, Y.; Peng, F.; He, Z.; Wang, Y.; Wu, S.-T. Compact and High-Efficiency Liquid-Crystal-on-Silicon for Augmented Reality Displays. Photonics 2024, 11, 669. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11070669
Luo Z, Ding Y, Peng F, He Z, Wang Y, Wu S-T. Compact and High-Efficiency Liquid-Crystal-on-Silicon for Augmented Reality Displays. Photonics. 2024; 11(7):669. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11070669
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuo, Zhenyi, Yuqiang Ding, Fenglin Peng, Ziqian He, Yun Wang, and Shin-Tson Wu. 2024. "Compact and High-Efficiency Liquid-Crystal-on-Silicon for Augmented Reality Displays" Photonics 11, no. 7: 669. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics11070669