Design of Hybrid Refractive/Diffractive Lenses for Wearable Reality Displays

Year 2019, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 94 - 98, 31.01.2019

Furkan E Sahin

https://doi.org/10.17694/bajece.493821

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Wearable reality displays promise revolutionary developments
for a wide range of applications. The key to achieving a high‑quality wearable
reality display system is to design a comfortable‑to‑wear, compact, lightweight
system that can provide high resolution and high contrast. One potential method
for achieving a compact and high‑resolution display system is through designing
a hybrid refractive/diffractive lens. With this approach, a chromatically‑corrected
optical system can be implemented with a single‑element lens. 

Keywords

Diffractive optics, Displays, Lens design, Optical system design, Virtual Reality

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