Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 1, 011101(2024)

Optimizing depth of field in 3D light-field display by analyzing and controlling light-beam divergence angle

Xunbo Yu*, Yiping Wang**, Xin Gao, Hanyu Li, Kexin Liu, Binbin Yan, and Xinzhu Sang
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing 100876, China
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    Figures & Tables(13)
    3D light field reconstruction process of the real scene and contrast at different DOF.
    LBs mapping of voxel A.
    (a) Optical path at 0° incidence angle without aberration; (b) optical path at 0° incidence angle in actual situations; (c) intensity distribution of ideal lens and actual lens at 0° incidence angle; (d) variation in DALB with increasing incidence angle.
    Influence of three types of aberrations.
    Three optimized optical structures and the initial structure of the compound lens.
    Design of the optimized compound lens. (a) Parameter description; (b) light-path distribution.
    Change in the DALB of different incident angles of five kinds of lenses with the subpixel size of 0.05 mm in the (a) central viewing area and (b) peripheral viewing area.
    (a) Configuration of the experimental 3D LFD system; (b) structural diagram of the proposed compound lens array.
    Comparison of different views of the displayed 3D effects based on (a) the proposed DALB-limited compound lens array (see Visualization 1) and (b) the traditional single-lens array.
    Confirmation experiments of DOF. (a) Arranged 3D scene; (b) displayed light-field image based on single-lens array and proposed compound lens array.
    • Table 1. Structural Parameters for the Optimized Compound Lens

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      Table 1. Structural Parameters for the Optimized Compound Lens

      ParametersDetailUnit
      Refractive index of the air (nair)1
      Refractive index of the lens-1 (n1)1.61
      Refractive index of the lens-2 (n2)1.41
      Optical aperture of the lens-1 (D1)0.40mm
      Optical aperture of the lens-2 (D2)0.60mm
      Aperture of the aperture stop (D3)0.10mm
      Width of the compound lens (D4)0.878mm
      Central thickness of the lens-1 (d1)0.209mm
      Central thickness of the lens-2 (d2)0.374mm
    • Table 2. Aspheric Parameters of Lens Surface

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      Table 2. Aspheric Parameters of Lens Surface

      SurfacerConicSecond-order termFourth-order termSixth-order term
      10.226−0.5180.57112.355−193.26
      2−0.3070−0.1270.418−4.84
    • Table 3. Dimension Parameters of the 3D LFD System

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      Table 3. Dimension Parameters of the 3D LFD System

      ParametersDetailUnit
      FOV of the proposed system100Degree
      Size of the LCD panel64Inch
      Resolution of the LCD panel7680 × 4320
      Elemental image unit size (subpixel size)60µm
      Compound lens unit size0.88mm
      Number of the compound lens units794
      Distance between the LCD panel and the compound lens array0.5mm
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    Xunbo Yu, Yiping Wang, Xin Gao, Hanyu Li, Kexin Liu, Binbin Yan, Xinzhu Sang, "Optimizing depth of field in 3D light-field display by analyzing and controlling light-beam divergence angle," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 011101 (2024)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems and Image Processing

    Received: May. 24, 2023

    Accepted: Sep. 5, 2023

    Published Online: Jan. 9, 2024

    The Author Email: Xunbo Yu (yuxunbo@126.com), Yiping Wang (wangyp0408@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202422.011101

    CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.011101

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