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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Display Technology
    • Human-Computer Interaction

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    • Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) systems require precise eye tracking for enhanced user experience.
    • Existing eye-tracking technologies face challenges with efficiency, response time, and integration into compact display systems.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose and demonstrate a novel switchable beam steering device for eye tracking in VR/AR systems.
    • To achieve high diffraction efficiency and overcome color dispersion issues for full-color displays.

    Main Methods:

    • Development of a cycloidal diffractive waveplate (CDW) with high diffraction efficiency (>95%).
    • Integration of a broadband polarization switch using a liquid crystal cell and achromatic quarter-wave film.
    • Cascading multiple CDWs to achieve multiple diffraction angles and employing strategies to suppress color dispersion.

    Main Results:

    • The CDW achieved over 95% diffraction efficiency for circularly polarized light.
    • A broadband polarization switch was successfully developed to convert linearly polarized light.
    • Multiple diffraction angles were achieved by cascading CDWs, with proposed solutions for color dispersion in full-color displays.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed switchable beam steering device offers high diffraction efficiency, fast response, low power consumption, and cost-effectiveness.
    • This technology shows significant promise for advancing eye-tracking capabilities in emerging VR and AR display systems.