Wide field of view large aperture meta-doublet eyepiece
PubDate: Jan 2025
Teams:: University of Washington,Massachusetts Institute of Technology,University of California
Writers: Anna Wirth-Singh, Johannes E. Fröch, Fan Yang, Louis Martin, Hanyu Zheng, Hualiang Zhang, Quentin T. Tanguy, Zhihao Zhou, Luocheng Huang, Demis D. John, Biljana Stamenic, Juejun Hu, Tian Gu & Arka Majumdar
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Abstract
Wide field of view and light weight optics are critical for advanced eyewear, with applications in augmented/virtual reality and night vision. Conventional refractive lenses are often stacked to correct aberrations at a wide field of view, leading to limited performance and increased size and weight. In particular, simultaneously achieving a wide field of view and large aperture for light collection is desirable but challenging to realize in a compact form-factor. Here, we demonstrate a wide field of view (greater than 60∘) meta-optic doublet eyepiece with an entrance aperture of 2.1 cm. At the design wavelength of 633 nm, the meta-optic doublet achieves comparable performance to a refractive lens-based eyepiece system. This meta-doublet eyepiece illustrates the potential for meta-optics to play an important role in the development of high-quality monochrome near-eye displays and night vision systems.