Design and experiments of planar optical light guides for virtual image displays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5182, Issue , 2004, Pages 212-221

  Gurwich, Ioseph ^a   Weiss, Victor ^a   Eisen, Leon ^b   Meyklyar, Michael ^b   Friesem, Asher A ^b  

^a Elbit Systems Electro Optics Elop Limited   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Design methods; Holographic gratings; Locally variable diffraction efficiency; Optical light guides; Planar virtual displays

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; HOLOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

DESIGN METHODS; HOLOGRAPHIC GRATINGS; LOCALLY VARIABLE DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL LIGHT GUIDES (OLG); PLANAR VIRTUAL DISPLAYS;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 1942518444     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.509330     Document Type: Conference Paper

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