OLED illuminated metasurfaces for holographic image projection

Junyi Gong; Mohammad Biabanifard; Kou Yoshida; Graham A. Turnbull; Andrea Di Falco; Ifor D. W. Samuel

doi:10.1038/s41377-025-01912-z

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OLED illuminated metasurfaces for holographic image projection

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- OLED illuminated metasurfaces for holographic image projection
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 14, Issue 10, Pages: 3102-3110(2025)
- Affiliations：
  
  SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK
- Author bio：
  
  Graham A. Turnbull (gat@st-andrews.ac.uk)
  Andrea Di Falco (adf10@st-andrews.ac.uk)
  Ifor D. W. Samuel (idws@st-andrews.ac.uk)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-025-01912-z
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- Received：01 August 2024，
  
  Revised：2025-05-20，
  
  Accepted：30 May 2025，
  
  Published Online：27 August 2025，
  
  Published：31 October 2025
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Gong, J. Y. et al. OLED illuminated metasurfaces for holographic image projection. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 3102-3110 (2025).
DOI：

Gong, J. Y. et al. OLED illuminated metasurfaces for holographic image projection. Light: Science & Applications, 14, 3102-3110 (2025). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-025-01912-z.

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Abstract

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are thin film optoelectronic devices that feature simple fabrication

light weight and broad tunability

which makes them widely used in mobile phone and TV displays. As a flat and surface-emitting light source

OLEDs are also used in emerging applications such as optical wireless communications

biophotonics and sensing

where the ability to integrate with other technologies makes them good candidates to realise miniaturised photonic platforms. Control of the OLED far-field emission is increasingly important for both displays and these emerging applications. At present

however

studies mainly focus on tuning the electroluminescence (EL) spectrum and emission directionality. Fine-tuning of the far-field emission is particularly challenging and is limited by the low spatial coherence of OLEDs. In this work

we show that it is possible for a single OLED to project a high-resolution image when combined with a holographic metasurface as a compact projection system. The metasurface-OLED projector allows us to directly manipulate the OLED far-field emission and display holographic images on a screen. Here

we further show how the projected image quality relates to the spatial coherence length and the spectrum of the OLED. We believe our demonstration provides a path towards a miniaturised and highly integrated metasurface display.

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