Wide field of view large aperture meta-doublet eyepiece

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

doi:10.1038/s41377-024-01674-0

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Wide field of view large aperture meta-doublet eyepiece

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- Wide field of view large aperture meta-doublet eyepiece
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 14, Issue 1, Pages: 167-176(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
  2.Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
  3.Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
  4.Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, USA
  5.Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Author bio：
  
  Anna Wirth-Singh (annaw77@uw.edu)
  Arka Majumdar (arka@uw.edu)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-024-01674-0
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- Published：31 January 2025，
  
  Published Online：02 January 2025，
  
  Received：24 June 2024，
  
  Revised：25 September 2024，
  
  Accepted：2024-10-28
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Wirth-Singh, A. et al. Wide field of view large aperture meta-doublet eyepiece. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 167-176 (2025).
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Wirth-Singh, A. et al. Wide field of view large aperture meta-doublet eyepiece. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 167-176 (2025). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-024-01674-0.

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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.

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