Planar and ultrathin liquid crystal (LC) polarization optical elements have found promising
applications in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and photonic devices. In this …

Planar optical elements that can manipulate the multidimensional physical parameters of
light efficiently and compactly are highly sought after in modern optics and nanophotonics. In …

Chromatic aberration (CA) is a critical issue in immersive virtual reality displays. The current
digital compensation method can reduce the CA by pre‐processing the image contents but …

Liquid crystal polarization optics based on photoalignment technique has found pervasive
applications in next-generation display platforms like virtual reality and augmented reality. Its …

Non-mechanical beam steerers with lightweight, compact, high-efficiency, high-precision,
and/or large-angle are pivotal for light detection and ranging (LiDAR) of autonomous …

Wavefront control lies in the heart of optics. Multi‐degree orthogonal manipulation of light,
especially the on‐demand tailoring of the working band and spatial phase front, is expected …

Liquid-crystal (LC)-based ultrathin flat optical elements (FOEs) exhibit several attractive
properties, such as a high degree of optical tunability, strong polarization selectivity, nearly …

Liquid crystal (LC) circular polarization gratings (PGs), also known as Pancharatnam–Berry
(PB) phase deflectors, are diffractive waveplates with linearly changed optical anisotropy …

Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have widespread applications. The vergence-
accommodation conflict (VAC), which causes 3D visual fatigue, has become an urgent …

Diffractive optical elements (DOEs) are increasingly used as lightweight and compact
solutions in photonic devices. Steering of light and manipulation of the polarization can be …