In this paper, we expand the eyebox size of lens-less holographic near-eye-display (NED) using passive eyebox replication technique that incorporates the spatial light modulator (SLM) and a holographic optical element (HOE). In holographic NEDs, the space-bandwidth product (SBP) of the SLM determines the exit pupil dimensions and corresponding eyebox size. The base eyebox is replicated in horizontal direction by using the horizontal high-order diffractions of the SLM under spherical wave illumination and multiplexed HOE combiner. The HOE combiner is used as a see-through reflective screen for the projected holographic virtual image, and it is fabricated based on two spherical divergent waves recording condition. When a digital blazed grating and a digital lens phase are added to the computed phase hologram sent to the SLM, two spatially separated, horizontal high-order diffraction terms with identical intensity and information can be used for eyebox expansion. When the eyebox size is expanded, the field-of-view (FOV) is not sacrificed; spherical divergence wave illumination alleviates the need for a tradeoff between FOV and eyebox size. Astigmatism distortion introduced during the HOE fabrication was counterbalanced by pre-correcting the target image using a computer-generated, holographic computation algorithm. The experimental results prove that the proposed prototype system is simple and effective to achieve distortion-free reconstruction of 3D virtual image and eyebox extension of lens less holographic NED.
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