Snapshot 3D image projection using a diffractive decoder
Çağatay Işıl, Alexander Chen, Yuhang Li, F. Onuralp Ardic, Shiqi Chen, Che-Yung Shen, Aydogan Ozcan · 2026
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Çağatay Işıl and colleagues describe a new way to project 3D images in this 2026 optics paper. Showing many depth layers at once is hard because light patterns blur into each other as layers sit closer together.
Their system pairs a digital encoder with a flat, patterned glass decoder that bends light into shape. A learning program designs both together, so one snapshot can place different images on many depth planes, spaced about as finely as the wavelength of light. The team displayed volumes with 28 depth slices and could move the planes on demand. A simple two-plane test device matched the planned images well.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Çağatay Işıl, Alexander Chen, Yuhang Li, F. Onuralp Ardic, Shiqi Chen, Che-Yung Shen, Aydogan Ozcan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 84154 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |