Wavelength-dependent birefringence and dielectric anisotropy.two major optical properties of the nematie liquid crystal materials used in phase-only liquid crystal on silicon（LCOS） devices,are measured as a function...Wavelength-dependent birefringence and dielectric anisotropy.two major optical properties of the nematie liquid crystal materials used in phase-only liquid crystal on silicon（LCOS） devices,are measured as a function of operating temperatures.The dynamic phase modulation depth and threshold voltage of these phase-only LCOS devices are also measured in the corresponding temperature range and compared with theoretical predictions.The results show that the dynamic response time can he reduced significantly by an appropriate increase ol device operative temperature,while the necessary device elements,such as phase modulation depth and threshold voltage,can be maintained at the same time.展开更多
An ideal holographic 3D display should have the characteristics of large viewing angle,full color,and low speckle noise.However,the viewing angle of the holographic 3D display is usually limited by existing strategies...An ideal holographic 3D display should have the characteristics of large viewing angle,full color,and low speckle noise.However,the viewing angle of the holographic 3D display is usually limited by existing strategies,which vastly hinders its extensive application.In this paper,a large viewing angle holographic 3D display system based on maximum diffraction modulation is proposed.The core of the proposed system comprises the spatial light modulators(SLMs)and liquid crystal grating.We also present a new feasible scheme for the realization of large viewing angle holographic 3D display.This is achieved by considering the maximum diffraction angle of SLM as the limited diffraction modulation range of each image point.By doing so,we could not only give access to the maximum hologram size of the object,but also tune the reconstructed image of secondary diffraction by using a self-engineered liquid crystal grating.More importantly,the proposed maximum diffraction modulation scheme enables the viewing angle of the proposed system to be enlarged to 73.4°.The proposed system has huge application potential in the fields such as education,culture,and entertainment.展开更多
基金supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.4144076)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61307077 and 61376083)+1 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Nos.2013M530613 and 2015T80080)supported by the EPSRC Platform Grant for Liquid Crystal Photonics(EP/F00897X/1)
文摘Wavelength-dependent birefringence and dielectric anisotropy.two major optical properties of the nematie liquid crystal materials used in phase-only liquid crystal on silicon（LCOS） devices,are measured as a function of operating temperatures.The dynamic phase modulation depth and threshold voltage of these phase-only LCOS devices are also measured in the corresponding temperature range and compared with theoretical predictions.The results show that the dynamic response time can he reduced significantly by an appropriate increase ol device operative temperature,while the necessary device elements,such as phase modulation depth and threshold voltage,can be maintained at the same time.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62020106010,62275009,U22A2079,11974258).
文摘An ideal holographic 3D display should have the characteristics of large viewing angle,full color,and low speckle noise.However,the viewing angle of the holographic 3D display is usually limited by existing strategies,which vastly hinders its extensive application.In this paper,a large viewing angle holographic 3D display system based on maximum diffraction modulation is proposed.The core of the proposed system comprises the spatial light modulators(SLMs)and liquid crystal grating.We also present a new feasible scheme for the realization of large viewing angle holographic 3D display.This is achieved by considering the maximum diffraction angle of SLM as the limited diffraction modulation range of each image point.By doing so,we could not only give access to the maximum hologram size of the object,but also tune the reconstructed image of secondary diffraction by using a self-engineered liquid crystal grating.More importantly,the proposed maximum diffraction modulation scheme enables the viewing angle of the proposed system to be enlarged to 73.4°.The proposed system has huge application potential in the fields such as education,culture,and entertainment.
