AR Optics Setup with Polarized Beam Splitter

AR Optics Setup with Polarized Beam Splitter

https://imgur.com/a/ZluTgMZ

This is a birdbath AR optics setup with a 0.23in OLED micro display, a linear polarizer, a polarized beamsplitter, a QWP, and a concave mirror. The light from the display becomes P-polarized relative to the PBS after passing through the LP so it passes through the PBS without reflecting. Then after the image is magnified and passed through the QWP twice so the magnified light is now S-polarized, it reflects off the PBS into the users eye.

The issue I have with the setup is that since the display produces a diverging light source, the diverging light that doesn't hit the PBS coating at a AOI of 45deg is then reflected through the front side of the setup. Only when viewing through the front of the PBS (the part where no light should be seen) with your eye at around 45deg from the PBS coating, the light then disappears because the polarization state was properly filtered. When viewing from any other angle you can see the unmagnfied light.

I have tried using plano convex lens and aspheric lens to collimate the light before it reaches the linear polarizer so that all light would be 45deg AIO to the coating but none solution seem to work. I have a aspheric lens with a 3mm FL and when placed 3mm from the display the same behavior occurs.

Am I wrong about why the PBS only works properly when viewed at a certain angle? What are my options to figure out a solution?

u/PeppersONLY — 2 days ago
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AR Optics Setup with Polarized Beam Splitter

https://preview.redd.it/rvmpx5c4j8kh1.png?width=757&format=png&auto=webp&s=e803401b797b5306465fb8882da0d78715700553

Rough diagram without polarization

This is a birdbath AR optics setup with a 0.23in OLED micro display, a linear polarizer, a polarized beamsplitter, a QWP, and a concave mirror. The light from the display becomes P-polarized relative to the PBS after passing through the LP so it passes through the PBS without reflecting. Then after the image is magnified and passed through the QWP twice so the magnified light is now S-polarized, it reflects off the PBS into the users eye.

The issue I have with the setup is that since the display produces a diverging light source, the diverging light that doesn't hit the PBS coating at a AOI of 45deg is then reflected through the front side of the setup. Only when viewing through the front of the PBS (the part where no light should be seen) with your eye at around 45deg from the PBS coating, the light then disappears because the polarization state was properly filtered. When viewing from any other angle you can see the unmagnfied light.

I have tried using plano convex lens and aspheric lens to collimate the light before it reaches the linear polarizer so that all light would be 45deg AIO to the coating but none solution seem to work. I have a aspheric lens with a 3mm FL and when placed 3mm from the display the same behavior occurs.

Am I wrong about why the PBS only works properly when viewed at a certain angle? What are my options to figure out a solution?

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https://preview.redd.it/9xyfgaboxxah1.png?width=1288&format=png&auto=webp&s=e8faaf5a641136d970e46c1bede542891998951d

https://preview.redd.it/hjekccw62yah1.png?width=763&format=png&auto=webp&s=ad0be9392b9717f8628a860e29212e0c6928170e

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Polarized beam splitter at different angles

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https://imgur.com/a/V2rWRhm

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https://preview.redd.it/j8zmdxa3uz1h1.png?width=1806&format=png&auto=webp&s=1eeae25da546c89f93dc07551fc8dc494c3e009d

I am trying to replicate the optics setup in the image above. Everything is similar except I have a OLED display with a linear polarizer as the light source and my reflective surface is a concave mirror. Everything works okay without the QWP and light is visible through the PBS but when the QWP is added at 45deg of the fast axis, the image through the PBS is blurry, "smothered out", and unfocused? Why could this be happening if all optical components are for broadband visible light waves?

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u/PeppersONLY — 3 months ago
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PBS: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802176498685.html
Linear polarizer: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2DK3XV9

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