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Holographic 3D Display

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C. Christenson P. St Hilaire J. Thomas R. Norwood N. Peyghambar

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P. Wang D. Flores W. Lin M. YamamotoT. Gu

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Motivation• Large size auto stereoscopic 3D display is not yet a reality

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Current developments(autostereogram)

Name HolovideoMark II

360º Light Field

Display

Laser plasma Photopolymer 3D TV

Institution

MIT U. of Southern California

Jap. Nat. Inst. of Advanced

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Zebra imaging Philips

Technique

Acousto opics crystal

Turning mirror

Plasma laser Dupont Photopolymer

Microlenslet array

Pros Video rate 360 ° filed of view

No support Realistic Simple

Cons Small Not scalable Dangerous/Dot per dot

Static Not phase/resolution

Example

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Holography 101

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Holography 102

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Hologram

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What is missing ?

• Technique• Processing power: 3 Teraflops for 1,024x1,024 image

video rate(PS3 218 Gigaflops -> x15)

• Material (dynamic)

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Our assets

• Photorefractive polymer material

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Photorefractive effect

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Photorefractive polymer

PATPD:DBDC:ECZ:C60 (49.5:30:20:05 wt%)

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DBDC (Dicyanostyrene-based chromophores)

PATPD(charge transport

matrix)

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ECZ (plasticizer)

C60 (sensitizer)

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Samples

1ft x 1ft

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Technique(integral holography)

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Very first results

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Results

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Publications

• Nature 451, 694 (2008)

• OPN 19, 7/8 (2008)

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Press coverage

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Science et Vie Junior 09/08(1.6 M readers)

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Future

• Better resolution (HDTV)• Color (multiple holograms, angular multiplexing)• Larger (1ftx1ft and beyong)• Faster (100Hz pulsed laser)• Reflection geometry (white light illumination)• Full parallax (square factor)

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Results