Microlens array-based exit pupil expander for full color display applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5456, Issue , 2004, Pages 227-236

  Urey, Hakan ^a   Powell, Karlton D ^b  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MICROVISION INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Displays; Micro optics; Microlens array; NA expander; Scanning

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISPLAY DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LITHOGRAPHY; SCANNING;

MICROLENS ARRAYS; MULTI-COLOR DISPLAYS; NA EXPANDERS; PIXELS;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 12344316056     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.547463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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