This book presents recent advances in three-dimensional (3D) imaging and display frameworks, encompassing three categories of 3D imaging and display technologies. The first category is nonphotorealistic 3D approaches based on conventional optical cameras to implement 3D stereoscopic observation of a scene. In the context of nonphotorealistic 3D imaging and reconstruction systems, the authors introduce general principles and also demonstrate camera calibration for 3D imaging, smart cameras, and full-link imaging methods using the optical modulation transfer function to improve imaging quality in conventional cameras. The second category is based on light-ray light field technology to achieve photorealistic 3D imaging and displays. In the context of light-ray light field systems, two approaches capable of light-ray light field 3D imaging by utilizing a camera array or a lens array are demonstrated. Accordingly, light-ray light field display approaches comprising head-mounted displays and integral displays are also introduced. The third category is also photorealistic 3D imaging and display technology, which is based on holography (i.e., diffraction or wavefront light field). In the corresponding holographic displays, the authors introduce 3D holographic displays from three elements: algorithms, devices, and systems, involving fast hologram generation algorithms, wide-viewing-angle display systems, and metasurface holography, etc. Including an investigative roadmap for future progress in optical imaging and 3D display systems, this book is essential reading for scientists and engineers in academia and industry who are interested in next-generation imaging and display concepts for 3D visual sensing systems.
Prof. Jin Li received his Ph.D. degree in 2013 from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his B.S. degree in 2008 from the China University of Geoscience. He has held positions at Tsinghua University, University of Cambridge, Complutense University of Madrid, etc. His research interests include holography, holographic displays, 3D displays, optical imaging, sensors, metasurfaces, etc. Currently, he is a full professor at the Beihang University. He is a recipient of several prestigious awards, such as the Excellent Young Scientists Fund (overseas) of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Marie Sklodowska-Curie individual fellowship, and the University of Cambridge Acorn Blue Sky Research Award.
Dr. Jintao Hong received his B.S. in Instrumentation Science and Opto-Electronics Engineering from Beihang University in 2016, his M.S. in Quantum Technologies with Distinction in 2017 from University College London, and his Ph.D. in Photonics in 2022 from the University of Cambridge. He was a post-doctoral member at the University of Cambridge. His research interests involve holography, spatial light modulators, and 3D displays.
Dr. Yi Zhang received her B.S. from Lanzhou University of Technology in 2015, and her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Donghua University in 2023. During her doctoral period, she presided over the doctoral innovation fund and won the first prize of the Shanghai Petrochemical Scholarship, Outstanding Graduates, and the third prize of the China College Students Internet+ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. She then joined the National Institute of Extremely Weak Magnetic Field Infrastructure as a Qianjiang researcher. Her research mainly focuses on holography, micro-nano optoelectronic devices and systems, as well as quantum sensors.
Dr. Xiaoxun Li received his M.S. in 2017 and Ph.D. in 2020, all in materials, from the HeNan University. He then joined Beihang University as a post-doctoral member of the technical staff, working for Academician Lei Jiang on a liquid transfer method for high-performance QLED devices. In 2023, he moved to the National Institute of Extremely-Weak Magnetic Field Infrastructure, Hangzhou, as a Qianjiang researcher. His research interests involve the science and technology of metasurface holography, QLED devices, and NV color center sensors. He was a 2020 recipient of the National Postdoctoral for Innovative Talents program and the Hundred Talents of Beihang postdoctoral program.
Prof. Zilong Liu received the Ph.D. degree from the Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, in 2013. He is currently an Associate Professor with the National Institute of Metrology, China. His research interests include the digitalization of metrology and digital metrology technology such as optical sensors, and image processing technology. He is a chief Scientist of the Key Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, evaluation expert of the National Natural Fund Committee (NSFC) and Beijing Natural Fund Committee, member of the National Technical Committee for Photoelectric Measurement Standardization (TC487), and member of the National Technical Committee for Photosensitive Material Standardization (TC102). He has won the first prize of the Beijing Science and Technology Award, the first prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award of China Metrology and Testing Society twice, and the third prize of the Beijing Science and Technology Award twice.
Prof. Yanyan Liu received her B.S. in 2003 from Changchun University, her M.S. in 2005 from Changchun University of Science and Technology, and her Ph.D. in 2016 from Jilin University. From 2019 to 2020, She was with the University of Cambridge, where she was a visiting scholar in the Department of Engineering. Her interests are optical imaging, computer vision, image processing, and neural networks.
Prof. Daping Chu received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1994 from Warwick University. He was a member of staff in the Theoretical Physics Group of the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing from 1986 to 1991. Subsequently, he moved to England, working as a Research Fellow at Warwick University until 1998, and completed his Doctorate in Physics in 1994. Between 1994 and 1995, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Antwerp in collaboration with IMEC at Leuven. He joined the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge in 1998 and worked in the Cambridge Research Laboratory of Epson between 1999-2008, where he was the Executive Researcher. Currently, he holds the Nanjing Chair of Technology and Innovation at the University of Cambridge and is the Director of the Cambridge Centre for Photonic Devices and Sensors (CPDS), Director of the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE), Site Director (Cambridge) of EPSRC CDT for Connected Electronic and Photonic Systems (CDT-CEPS) and Academic Director of Cambridge University - Nanjing Centre (CUNJC). He is also a professorial fellow and Director of Studies in Engineering at Selwyn College, a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, a Chartered Physicist, and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics. His current research interests are in: Spatial light modulators including phase-only LCOS devices and OASLMs; 3D holography, AR/VR HMDs and HUDs, and key components and demonstrators; Optical switches WSS, optical multiplexing and interconnectors; Optical computing and new architectures and applications; Metasurfaces and devices, OAM for 2D encoding/decoding; Optical data bus, flexible waveguides and couplers; GHz/THz tunable dielectrics and microwave phase devices; Printable and flexible electronics and inkjet fabrication; Label-free bio and chemical sensors.
