Physics

Diffraction grating

Diffraction efficiency

Rigorous coupled-wave analysis

Optics

Physical chemistry

Optical engineering

Holography

Volume hologram

Chemistry

Materials science

Programming language

Waveguide

Polarization (electrochemistry)

Zemax

Grating

Software

Computer science

Holographic display

Optoelectronics

Software portability

Optics Express

Near-eye holographic waveguide display system using novel reflective polarized volume gratings (RPVG) have lately gotten a lot of interest. However, from polarization characteristics to imaging simulation, there is no systematic approach based on RPVG. Here, a full methodology for solving this problem using the rigorous coupled wave analysis (RCWA) model is presented. This self-built RCWA model is used to examine the optical behavior of RPVG. This excellent portability of the RCWA model makes it possible for RPVG as a diffractive optical element, which is integrated into the commercial optical software Zemax via a self-compiled dynamic link library (DLL), and a full-color imaging simulation of the based-RPVG waveguide display system is obtained. Our work provides an instructive imaging analysis method using the RPVG for holographic waveguide display.

Realizing the imaging simulation of reflective polarization volume gratings