ABOUT

Staff Engineer. 2020.09 – Present
Samusung Electronics Seoul, Republic of Korea

Contingent Worker. 2019.12- 2020.06
Facebook Reality Labs, Redmond, Washington, United States

Visiting Researcher. 2019.03 – 2019.09
Facebook Reality Labs, Redmond, Washington, United States

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Holography & Light field for 3D display

• Partially coherent holographic displays using optimal light source
• Additive light field displays for volumetric reconstruction
• Foveated retinal optimization for multi-plane displays

Near-eye displays for AR/VR

• Tomographic near-eye displays with 80 focal planes
• See-through multi-plane displays for augmented reality
• Optical combiners using anisotropic material for see-through near-eye displays

Liquid crystal photonics

• Polarization selective optical elements using liquid crystal photonics
• Optical beam steering using switchable half-wave plate and liquid crystal gratings
• Polarization volume grating diffusers for augmented reality

Holographic optical elements (HOE)

• Transparent lens-array HOEs for see-through integral imaging displays
• Diffuser HOE layers for compressive light field displays with augmented reality
• Holographic lens for compact and wearable near-eye displays

AWARDS & HONORS

2019 Student Optical Design Challenge 2nd Prize
“15 focal planes head-mounted display using LED array backlight”

2017 IEEE Access Best Multimedia Contest Part 2 Promotional Prize
“Foveated retinal optimization for see-through near-eye multi-layer displays”

Global Ph. D. Fellowship
Scholarship for Ph. D. students and Ph.D. integrated course students supported by National Research Foundation of Korea