Facebook academic forum
09/17/2020: I had to pleasure to be invited by the Facebook Reality Labs to their second Augmented Reality Academic Forum.
Category: HUD
MDPI Photonics: Special issue on holography
04/29/2020: I accepted the position of Special Issue Editor in MDPI Photonics for a special issue on holography. Information about this special issue and submission can be found here.
Electro Optics
11/08/19: An article by Andy Extance in Electro Optics asking the question “Can holograms help replace smartphones?” is referring to my work on augmented reality and HUD. Link
OIT’ 2019 Beijing
11/02/2019: I have been invited to give a plenary talk at the 2019 International Conference on Optical Instrument and Technology (OIT’ 2019) in Beijing (China) on “Holography for displays: from 3D to augmented reality“. Link
Applied Optics Publication
10/16/2019: C. Bigler et al., “Holographic Waveguide HUD with in-line pupil expansion and 2D FOV expansion“, accepted for publication in Applied Optics, to appear in the Special issue on Digital Holography and 3-D Imaging, Vol.58, G326-G331 (2019). Link
In this publication, we present an head up display with expanded pupil using a waveguide and holograms. The geometry of the system is in-line instead of L shaped, which bring some benefits.
Frontier in Optics
09/17/2019: I will be attending the OSA conference “Frontier in Optics” in Washington DC, and will be participating to the Facebook’s “Augmented Reality Optics & Display” Academic Forum. Link
09/18/2019: During the FiO conference, I will be organizing a networking session on behalf of the Holography and Diffractive Optics Technical Group. The theme of the session will be “must AR headsets reproduce accommodation?“. Link
Holographic Combiners Improve Head-Up Displays
05/09/2019 P.A. Blanche, “Holographic Combiners Improve Head-Up Displays“, Photonics Spectra, May 2019. Link
In this general audience publication, I explain how holographic optical elements are used in HUD. From holographic mirror to edge lit hologram for waveguide combiner. To dive deeper in the world of HUD, please have a look at my HUD and AR project page.
Digital Holography Conference
05/19/2019: I will be attending the OSA Digital Holography Conference in Bordeaux, France. Link
I will be presenting the following 4 papers:
- M3A.1. Holographic See-Through Displays. (Invited)
- M5A.2. Tabletop Radar Range Using Interferometric Time-of-Flight.
- W4A.2. Continuous Recording of Holographic Stereograms.
- Th3A.24. Holographic Angular Amplification for LIDAR Scanner.
I will also be panelist for the OSA holography technical group event: “The next scientific contributions of Holography”, taking place Monday May 20th during lunch time.
Spotlight on Optics
04/16/2019: H
ighlighted Articles from JOSA B Journals, “Pancharatnam–Berry optical elements for head-up and near-eye displays“, Spotlight Summary by Pierre-Alexandre Blanche. Link
Spotlight on Optics
02/07/2019: Highlighted Articles from OSA Journals, “Design of confocal off-axis two-mirror system for head-up display“, Spotlight Summary by Pierre-Alexandre Blanche. Link