Title

Smart Two-Dimensional Laser-Based Display

Authors

Authors

N. A. Riza;P. J. Marraccini

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Disp. Technol.

Keywords

Displays; high-definition TV (HDTV); projector displays; TV displays; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

Abstract

In this paper, is proposed a smart design for a two-dimensional (2-D) optical display using 2-D laser scanning and an electronically programmable three-dimensional (3-D) beamforming lens element. Specifically, an electronically controlled variable focal length lens (ECVFL) adjusts its focus power to produce the smallest focused beam spot on the display screen within the designed variable screen distance range. Since the screen distance is known, the angular scan range for the scan mirrors can be computed to generate the desired number of scanned spots in the 2-D display. Thus a smart display with the smallest pixel spot size is formed leading to the highest spatial resolution display for any given distance. Furthermore, if the scan angles are increased, a larger size display of higher pixel count can be formed without sacrificing display pixel size at this larger display size. A proof-of-concept smart display optics system is designed and demonstrated for a red 633-nm laser wavelength and an optimal display variable screen distance of 20-150 cm, giving optimized display pixel sizes of 51.92 and 538.1 mu m, respectively.

Journal Title

Journal of Display Technology

Volume

7

Issue/Number

2

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

90

Last Page

95

WOS Identifier

WOS:000286521300003

ISSN

1551-319X

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