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>> Large-scale integration of this platform paves the way for fully reconfigurable chip-scale three-dimensional volumetric light projection across the entire visible range.

That's what I thought. Do this a wafer-scale and you have a fully holographic display. Curious how they phase synchronize so many light emitters but the full paper looks like $$



> Curious how they phase synchronize so many light emitters but the full paper looks like $$

I sent a request on their researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339277200_Chip-scal...

There's only a single light emitter, a fiber laser that feeds the device. That's split in treelike fashion. At each branching part, there's an optical resonator that ensures light is fed evenly to each branch. Each branch has its own phase delay, which requires a bit of software tuning to account for variations.


When you say holographic display do you mean, projected in thin air? How would that even work?


No, like a normal hologram, but this one can be animated by changing the light coming from it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holography#How_it_works




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