Speckle noise reduction on a laser projection display via a broadband green light source

Opt Express. 2014 Feb 10;22(3):3547-56. doi: 10.1364/OE.22.003547.

Abstract

A broadband green light source was demonstrated using a tandem-poled lithium niobate (TPLN) crystal. The measured wavelength and temperature bandwidth were 6.5 nm and 100 °C, respectively, spectral bandwidth was 36 times broader than the periodically poled case. Although the conversion efficiency was smaller than in the periodic case, the TPLN device had a good figure of merit owing to the extremely large bandwidth for wavelength and temperature. The developed broadband green light source exhibited speckle noise approximately one-seventh of that in the conventional approach for a laser projection display.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't