Large‐Scale Huygens’ Metasurfaces for Holographic 3D Near‐Eye Displays

Large‐Scale Huygens’ Metasurfaces for Holographic 3D Near‐Eye Displays

Laser & Photonics Reviews

10.1002/lpor.202000538

http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202000538

Weitao Song, Xinan Liang, Shiqiang Li, Dongdong Li, Ramón Paniagua‐Domínguez, Keng Heng Lai, Qunying Lin, Yuanjin Zheng, Arseniy I. Kuznetsov

16 August 2021

Song, W., Liang, X., Li, S., Li, D., Paniagua‐Domínguez, R., Lai, K. H., Lin, Q., Zheng, Y., & Kuznetsov, A. I. (2021). Large‐Scale Huygens’ Metasurfaces for Holographic 3D Near‐Eye Displays. Laser & Photonics Reviews, 15(9). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202000538

AbstractNovel display technologies aim at providing users with increasingly immersive experiences. It is a long‐sought dream to generate three‐dimensional (3D) scenes with high resolution and continuous depth, which can be overlaid with the real world. Current attempts, however, fail in providing either truly 3D information, or large viewing area and angle, strongly limiting the user immersion. Here, a proof‐of‐concept solution for this problem is developed. A compact holographic 3D near‐eye display with a large exit pupil of 10 mm × 8.66 mm is realized. The 3D image is generated from a highly transparent Huygens’ metasurface hologram with large (>108) pixel count and subwavelength pixels, fabricated via deep‐ultraviolet immersion photolithography on 300 mm glass wafers. High‐quality virtual 3D scenes with ∼50k active data points and continuous depth ranging from 0.5 to 2 m, overlaid with the real world and easily viewed by naked eye are experimentally demonstrated. A new design method for holographic near‐eye displays is introduced that is able to provide both parallax and accommodation cues, solving the vergence–accommodation conflict existing in current 3D displays. Additionally, the complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) compatible, industry‐grade fabrication technology employed opens new avenues for the large‐scale, mass manufacturing of metasurfaces.

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This research / project is supported by the A*STAR - RIE2020 AME Programmatic Funding
Grant Reference no. : A18A7b0058

This research / project is supported by the National Research Foundation - Investigatorship Award
Grant Reference no. : NRF-NRFI2017-01

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Song, W., Liang, X., Li, S., Li, D., Paniagua‐Domínguez, R., Lai, K. H., Lin, Q., Zheng, Y., & Kuznetsov, A. I. (2021). Large‐Scale Huygens’ Metasurfaces for Holographic 3D Near‐Eye Displays. Laser & Photonics Reviews, 15(9). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202000538, which has been published in final form at doi.org/10.1002/lpor.20200053. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.

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