Status of Leaky Mode Holography
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Historical Context
1.2. Operation
1.3. Variations
1.4. Advantages
1.5. Limitations
2. Theory
3. Design and Fabrication
3.1. Substrate Selection
3.2. Choice of Proton Exchange
3.3. Choice of IDT
4. Metrology
4.1. Prism Coupling
4.2. SAW Visualization
5. Methods
5.1. Etendue Expansion
5.2. GPU Matching
5.3. Surface Emission
5.4. Induced Diffractive Structures
5.5. Stacking
6. Architectures
6.1. Scanned Aperture Displays
6.2. Near Eye Displays
6.3. Direct View Displays
7. Discussion
8. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Smalley, D.E.; Jolly, S.; Favalora, G.E.; Moebius, M.G. Status of Leaky Mode Holography. Photonics 2021, 8, 292. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080292
Smalley DE, Jolly S, Favalora GE, Moebius MG. Status of Leaky Mode Holography. Photonics. 2021; 8(8):292. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080292
Chicago/Turabian StyleSmalley, Daniel E., Sundeep Jolly, Gregg E. Favalora, and Michael G. Moebius. 2021. "Status of Leaky Mode Holography" Photonics 8, no. 8: 292. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080292