Holographic Collimating Display Screen for Ultra High Resolution Simulator Systems

Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop new holographic collimating display screen (HCDS) technology for ultrahigh-resolution simulator systems. In Phase I, POC extended the HCDS technology through design, analysis, and experimental validation, and selected an optimum configuration for scaled-down demonstration screens. At the end of Phase I, POC successfully demonstrated a large (20 in. x 20 in.) three color (RGB) HCDS with a 2 x 2 tiled screen of smaller (11 in. x 11 in.) units contact copied onto a single film. This Phase II effort will optimize the HCDS scale-up design and high-efficiency volume holography, which includes designing, fabricating, and integrating a high-efficiency holographic mirror as a second reflective element to increase the overall light efficiency of the HCDS. The major areas of Phase II HCDS development are: scaled-up reflective master holograms, and improvements in tiling effects, overall light efficiency, and image quality. POC anticipates that the Phase II effort will produce a large, 60 in. x 60 in., demonstration prototype collimating screen that will meet M2DART simulator requirements.