Status of leaky mode holography

DE Smalley, S Jolly, GE Favalora, MG Moebius - Photonics, 2021 - mdpi.com
It will soon be a decade since leaky mode waveguide devices were presented as a solution
for holographic video displays. This paper seeks to provide a brief, topical review of …

Saw modulator having optical power component for extended angular redirection of light

GE Favalora, MG Moebius, SJ Byrnes - US Patent 11,243,450, 2022 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A light field generator system including a leaky-mode SAW modulator is
disclosed. The modulator incorporates at least one optical power component, such as a …

Leaky-mode waveguide modulators with high deflection angle for use in holographic video displays

K Qaderi, DE Smalley - Optics Express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Film display holograms typically diffract light over a wide enough view-angle to be viewed,
directly, without intervening optics. However, all holographic video displays (with the …

SAW modulators and light steering methods

IW Frank, SJ Byrnes, JPJ Laine, GE Favalora… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
An electro-holographic light field generator device is disclosed. The light field generator
device has an optical substrate with a waveguide face and an exit face. One or more surface …

Backside emission leaky-mode modulators

S McLaughlin, A Henrie, S Gneiting, DE Smalley - Optics Express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We report on an advancement to leaky-mode modulators that allows for backside emission
from the device. This is accomplished by adding a high spatial frequency surface relief …

Hardware and software improvements to a low-cost horizontal parallax holographic video monitor

A Henrie, JR Codling, S Gneiting, JB Christensen… - Applied …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Displays capable of true holographic video have been prohibitively expensive and difficult to
build. With this paper, we present a suite of modularized hardware components and …

System and method for diffractive steering of electromagnetic radiation

SJ Byrnes, GE Favalora, IW Frank, A Kopa… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A light steeling system and method for diffractive steering of
electromagnetic radiation such as visible light is disclosed. Embodiments of the light …

Frequency division of color for holovideo displays using anisotropic leaky mode couplers

S McClaughlin, C Leach, A Henrie… - … Holography and Three …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Frequency Division of Color for Holovideo Displays using Anisotropic Leaky Mode Couplers
Page 1 DM2A.2.pdf Digital Holography and 3D Imaging 2015 Frequency Division of Color …

Progress on waveguide-based holographic video

S McLaughlin, C Leach, S Gneiting, VM Bove… - Chinese Optics …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
This paper presents progress on the characterization of guided-wave light modulators for
use in a low-cost holographic video monitor based on the MIT scanned-aperture …

SAW optical modulators with sense transducers

JJ Register, GE Favalora, IW Frank - US Patent 10,303,039, 2019 - Google Patents
An electro-holographic light field generator device comprises surface acoustic wave (SAW)
optical modulators arranged in different directions. Specifically, some embodiments have …