doctoral dissertation
1. G. Tan, “High-dynamic-range Foveated Near-eye Display System,” 2019.
peer-reviewed journals
1. J. Xiong, G. Tan, T. Zhan, and S-T. Wu, “Breaking the field-of-view limit with a scanning waveguide display,” OSA Continuum 3(10), 2730-2740 (2020).
2. Z. He, G. Tan, Y. F. Lan, and S-T. Wu, “Design and simulation of low circadian action micro-LED displays with four primary colors,” Crystals 10, 383 (2020).
3. J. Xiong, G. Tan, T. Zhan, and S-T. Wu, “Wide-view augmented reality display with diffractive cholesteric liquid crystal lens array,” J. SID 28, 450-456 (2020).
4. T. Zhan, J. Xiong, G. Tan, and S-T. Wu, “Absorption-based polarization gratings,” Opt. Express 28(9), 13907-13912 (2020).
5. (Co-first author) S. Lin, G. Tan, J. Yu, E. Chen, Y. Weng, X. Zhou, S. Xu, Y. Ye, Q. F. Yan, and T. Guo, “Multi-primary-color quantum-dot down-converting films for display applications,” Opt. Express 27(20), 28480-28493 (2019).
6. F. Gou, E. L. Xiang, G. Tan, P. T. Chou, Y. L. Li, Y. F. Lan, and S-T. Wu, “Angular color shift of micro-LED displays,” Opt. Express 27(12), A746-A757 (2019).
7. T. Zhan, J. Xiong, G. Tan, Y. H. Lee, J. Yang, S. Liu, and S. T. Wu, “Enhancing near-eye display resolution by polarization multiplexing,” Opt. Express 27(11), 15327-15334 (2019).
8. (Front cover) C. Zhang, Z. He, H. Chen, L. Zhou, G. Tan, S. T. Wu, and Y. Dong, “Light diffusing, down-converting perovskite-on-polymer microspheres,” J. Mater. Chem. C. 7(22), 6527-6533 (2019).
9. (Review paper) Y. Huang, G. Tan, F. Gou, M.-C. Li, S.-L. Lee, and S. T. Wu, “Prospects and challenges of mini-LED and micro-LED displays” J. SID 27, 387-401 (2019).
10. (Invited paper) Z. He, G. Tan, D. Chanda, and S. T. Wu, “Novel liquid crystal photonic devices enabled by two-photon polymerization,” Opt. Express 27(8), 11472-11491 (2019).
11. T. Zhan, Y. H. Lee, J. Xiong, G. Tan, K. Yin, J. Yang, S. Liu, and S. T. Wu, “High-efficiency switchable optical elements for advanced head-up displays,” J. SID 27(4), 223-231 (2019).
12. F. Gou, E. L. Hsiang, G. Tan, Y. F. Lan, C. Y. Tsai, and S. T. Wu, “High performance color-converted micro-LED displays,” J. SID 27(4), 199-206 (2019).
13. (Review paper) T. Zhan, Y. H. Lee, G. Tan, J. Xiong, K. Yin, F. Gou, J. Zou, N. Zhang, D. Zhao, J. Yang, S. Liu, and S. T. Wu, “Pancharatnam-Berry Optical Elements for Head-up and Near-eye Displays,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 36(5), D52-D65 (2019).
14. F. Gou, E. L. Hsiang, G. Tan, Y.-F. Lan, C.-Y. Tsai, and S. T. Wu, “Tripling the Optical Efficiency of Color-converted Micro-LED Displays with Funnel-tube Array,” Crystals 9(1), 39 (2019).
15. G. Tan, T. Zhan, Y. H. Lee, J. Xiong, and S. T. Wu, “Polarization-multiplexed multiplane display,” Opt. Lett. 43(22), 5651-5654 (2018).
16. G. Tan, Y. H. Lee, T. Zhan, J. Yang, S. Liu, D. F. Zhao, and S. T. Wu, “Foveated imaging for near-eye displays,” Opt. Express 26(19), 25076-25085 (2018).
17. G. Tan, Y. Huang, M. C. Li, S. L. Lee, and S. T. Wu, “High dynamic range liquid crystal displays with a mini-LED backlight,” Opt. Express 26(13), 16572-16584 (2018).
18. Y. H. Lee, G. Tan, K. Yin, T. Zhan, and S. T. Wu, “Compact see-through near-eye display with depth adaption,” J. SID 26(2), 64-70 (2018).
19. H. Chen, G. Tan, and S. T. Wu, “Ambient contrast ratio of LCDs and OLED displays,” Opt. Express 25(26), 33643-33656 (2017).
20. G. Tan, J. H. Lee, S. C. Lin, R. Zhu, S. H. Choi, and S. T. Wu, “Analysis and optimization on the angular color shift of RGB OLED displays,” Opt. Express 25(26), 33629-33642 (2017).
21. (Featured paper) G. Liu, Y. H. Lee, Y. Huang, Z. Zhu, G. Tan, M. Q. Cai, P.-P. Li, D. Wang, Y. Li, S. Pang, C. Tu, S.T. Wu, and H.-T. Wang, “Dielectric broadband meta-vector-polarizers based on nematic liquid crystal,” APL Photonics 2, 126102 (2017).
22. (Review paper) G. Tan, Y. H. Lee, F. Gou, H. Chen, Y. Huang, Y.F. Lan, C.Y. Tsai, and S. T. Wu, “Review on polymer-stabilized short-pitch cholesteric liquid crystal displays,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50, 493001 (2017).
23. (Review paper) Y. H. Lee, G. Tan, T. Zhan, Y. Weng, G. Liu, F. Gou, F. Peng, N.V. Tabiryan, S. Gauza, and S. T. Wu, “Recent progress in Pancharatnam-Berry phase optical elements and the applications for virtual/augmented realities,” Optical Data Processing and Storage 3, 79-88 (2017).
24. (OSA news release) G. Tan, J.-H. Lee, Y.-H. Lan, M.-K. Wei, L.-H. Peng, I-C. Cheng, and S. T. Wu, “Broadband antireflection film with Moth-eye-like structure for flexible display application,” Optica 4(7), 678-683 (2017).
25. H. Chen, G. Tan, M. C. Li, S. L. Lee, and S. T. Wu, “Depolarization effect in liquid crystal displays,” Opt. Express 25(10), 11315-11328 (2017).
26. G. Tan, Y. H. Lee, F. Gou, M. Hu, Y. F. Lan, C. Y. Tsai, and S. T. Wu, “Macroscopic model for analyzing the electro-optics of uniform lying helix cholesteric liquid crystals,” J. Appl. Phys. 121, 173102 (2017).
27. (OSA news release) Y. Huang, H. Chen, G. Tan, H. Tobata, S-I Yamamoto, E. Okabe, Y. F. Lan, C. Y. Tsai, and S. T. Wu, “Optimized blue-phase liquid crystal for field-sequential-color displays,” Opt. Mater. Express 7(2), 641-650 (2017).
28. H. Chen, R. Zhu, G. Tan, M.C. Li, S.-L. Lee, and S. T. Wu, “Enlarging the color gamut of liquid crystal displays with a functional reflective polarizer,” Opt. Express 25(1), 102-111 (2017).
29. H. Chen, G. Tan, Y. Huang, Y. Weng, T.-H. Choi, T.-H. Yoon and S. T. Wu, “A low voltage liquid crystal phase grating with switchable diffraction angles,” Sci. Rept. 7, 39923 (2017).
30. G. Tan, R. Zhu, Y. S. Tsai, K. C. Lee, Z. Luo, Y. Z. Lee, and S. T. Wu, “High ambient contrast ratio OLED and QLED without a circular polarizer,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49, 315101 (2016).
31. (Outstanding student paper of the year) R. Zhu, H. Chen, T. Kosa, P. Coutino, G. Tan, and S. T. Wu, “High-ambient-contrast augmented reality with a tunable transmittance liquid crystal film and a functional reflective polarizer,” J. SID 24(4), 229-233 (2016).
32. R. Zhu, G. Tan, J. Yuan, and S. T. Wu, “Functional reflective polarizer for augmented reality and color vision deficiency,” Opt. Express 24(5), 5431-5441 (2016).
33. D. Xu, F. Peng, G. Tan, J. He and S. T. Wu, “A semi-empirical equation for the response time of in-plane switching liquid crystal display and measurement of twist elastic constant,” J. Appl. Phys. 117, 203103 (2015).
34. J. Yuan, G. Tan, D. Xu, F. Peng, A. Lorenz and S. T. Wu, “Low-voltage and fast-response polymer-stabilized hyper-twisted nematic liquid crystal,” Opt. Mater. Express 5, 1339-1347 (2015).
35. D. Xu, G. Tan and S. T. Wu, “Large-angle and high-efficiency tunable phase grating using fringe field switching liquid crystal,” Opt. Express 23, 12274-12285 (2015).
issued patents
1. Y. H. Lee, T. Zhan, G. Tan, F. Gou, F. Peng, S. T. Wu, “Optical Display System with Enhanced Resolution, Methods, and Applications,” US Patent 0159036 A1 (May 21, 2020).
2. Y. H. Lee, F. Peng, G. Tan, Y. Weng, S. T. Wu, “Optical Display System, Method, and Applications,” US Patent 16/435,171 (Sep. 19, 2019).
3. Y.-S. Tsai, K.-C. Lee, S. T. Wu, G. Tan, R. Zhu, “Display Device and Optical Film,” US Patent 9,680,132 B1 (June 13, 2017).
conference proceedings
1. F. Gou, G. Tan, Y. F. Lan, S. L. Lee, and S. T. Wu, “Ambient Light Excitation in Quantum-Dot-Converted MicroLED Displays,” SID Symp. Digest 51, 1174-1177 (2020).
2. (Invited paper) T. Zhan, J. Xiong, G. Tan, and S.T. Wu, “Fast-Switching Liquid Crystal Devices for Near-Eye and Head-Up Displays,” SID Symp. Digest 51, 567-570 (2020).
3. (Invited paper) F. Gou, E.L. Hsiang, G. Tan, P.T. Chou, Y.L. Li, Y.F. Lan, and S.T. Wu, “High-efficiency Micro-LED Displays with Indistinguishable Color Shift,” Proc. SPIE, Advances in Display Technologies X 11304, 113040I (2020)
4. G. Tan, Y. H. Lee, T. Zhan, J. Yang, S. Liu, D. Zhao and S. T. Wu, “Near-eye Foveated Display for Achieving Human Visual Acuity,” SID Symp. Digest 50(1), 624-627 (May 2019).
5. (Distinguished student paper) T. Zhan, Y. H. Lee, J. Xiong, G. Tan, K. Yin, J. Yang, S. Liu and S. T. Wu, “High-Efficiency Switchable Optical Elements for Advanced Head-up Displays,” SID Symp. Digest 50(1), 676-679 (May 2019).
6. J. Xiong, G. Tan, T. Zhan, Y. H. Lee and S. T. Wu, “Four-Plane Near-eye Display without Sacrificing the Frame Rate,” SID Symp. Digest 50(1), 620-623 (May 2019).
7. (Distinguished student paper) F. Gou, E. L. Hsiang, G. Tan, Y. F. Lan, C. Y. Tsai and S. T. Wu, “High Efficiency Color-Converted Micro-LED Displays,” SID Symp. Digest 50(1), 22-24 (May 2019).
8. Y. Huang, G. Tan, M. C. Li, S. L. Lee and S. T. Wu, “Mini-LED Enhanced LCD for High Dynamic Range Displays,” SID Symp. Digest 50(1), 569-572 (May 2019).
9. C. Zhang, Z. He, H. Chen, L. Zhou, G. Tan, S. T. Wu and Y. Dong, “Light Diffusing, Down-Converting Perovskite-on-Polymer Microspheres,” SID Symp. Digest 50(1), 917-920 (May 2019).
10. (First place of AR/VR/MR optical design challenge) G. Tan, T. Zhan, Y. H. Lee, J. Xiong, S. T. Wu, “Near-eye Light Field Display with Polarization Multiplexing,” Optical Design Challenge 2019, 110400E (February 2019).
11. Y. Huang, G. Tan, M. C. Li, S. L. Lee, S.T. Wu, “Emerging High-Dynamic-Range Mini-LED Displays,” Proc. SPIE, Advances in Display Technologies IX, 1094205 (February 2019).
12. Y. Huang, G. Tan, and S. T. Wu, “Mini-LED Enhanced High Dynamic Range LCD for Automotive Displays,” SID Vehicle Displays Detroit Symp. Dig. 4.7 (September 2018).
13. G. Tan, H. Chen, Y.F. Lan, C.Y. Tsai, and S.T. Wu, “Wide‐view and Fast‐response Uniform Standing Helix Cholesteric LCD,” SID Symp. Digest 49(1), 1769-1772 (May 2018).
14. H. Chen, G. Tan, M. C. Li, S. L. Lee, and S. T. Wu, “High Contrast Ratio LCD with an In‐cell Polarizer,” SID Symp. Digest 49(1), 1734-1737 (May 2018).
15. (Distinguished Student Paper) Y. H. Lee, G. Tan, K. Yin, T. Zhan, and S. T. Wu, “Compact See‐through Near‐eye Display with Depth Adaption,” SID Symp. Digest 49(1), 1060-1063 (May 2018).
16. (Invited Paper) H. Chen, G. Tan, and S. T. Wu, “Can LCDs Outperform OLED Displays in Ambient Contrast Ratio?,” SID Symp. Digest 49(1), 981-984 (May 2018).
17. G. Tan, J. H. Lee, S. C. Lin, R. Zhu, S. H. Choi, and S. T. Wu, “Systematic Optimization for Achieving Indistinguishable Color Shift of RGB OLED Displays,” SID Symp. Digest 49(1), 418-421 (May 2018).
18. C. Zhang, J. He, H. Chen, G. Tan, L. Zhou, S. T. Wu, Y. Sohn, and Y. Dong, “Converting Light Diffusing Polymer Powders into Stable Perovskite‐Based Tunable Downconverters,” SID Symp. Digest 49(1), 222-224 (May 2018).
19. G. Tan,Y. H. Lan, M. K. Wei, L. H. Peng, I. C. Cheng, S. T. Wu, and J. H. Lee. “Antireflection and Self-cleaning Film with Moth-eye-like Structure for Mobile Flexible Displays,” Proc. SPIE 10556, Advances in Display Technologies VIII, 1055608 (2018).
20. F. Gou, Y.-H. Lee, G. Tan, M. Hu, Y.-F. Lan, C.-Y. Tsai, and S. T. Wu, “Submillisecond Grayscale Response Time of a Uniform Lying Helix Liquid Crystal,” SID Symp. Digest 48(1), 1822-1825 (May 2017).
21. G. Tan, Y.-H. Lee, F. Gou, M. Hu, Y.-F. Lan, C.-Y. Tsai, and S. T. Wu, “Figure of Merit for Optimizing the Performance of Uniform Lying Helix Cholesteric Liquid Crystals,” SID Symp. Digest 48(1), 490-493 (May 2017).
22. Y. Huang, H. Chen, G. Tan, H. Tobata, S. Yamamoto, E. Okabe, Y.-F. Lan, C.-Y. Tsai, and S. T. Wu, “New Blue‐Phase Liquid Crystal Optimized for Color-Sequential Displays,” SID Symp. Digest 48(1), 486-489 (May 2017).
23. G. Tan, J.-H. Lee, Y.-H. Lan, M.-K. Wei, L.-H. Peng, I Cheng, and S. T. Wu, “Moth-eye Anti-reflection Surface for Sunlight Readable Flexible Displays,” SID Symp. Digest 48(1), 574-577 (May 2017).
24. H. Chen, R. Zhu, G. Tan, M.-C. Li, S.-L. Lee, and S. T. Wu, “Wide-Color-Gamut LCD with a Functional Reflective Polarizer,” SID Symp. Digest 48(1), 1659-1662 (May 2017).
25. Y.-H. Lee, G. Tan, Y. Weng, and S. T. Wu, “Switchable Lens based on Cycloidal Diffractive Waveplate for AR and VR Applications,” SID Symp. Digest 48(1), 1061-1064 (May 2017).
26. G. Tan, R. Zhu, Y. S. Tsai, K. C. Lee, Z. Luo, Y. Z. Lee and S. T. Wu, “High Ambient Contrast Ratio OLED and Quantum-dot LED without a Circular Polarizer,” SID Symp. Digest 47, 1509–1512 (May 2016).
27. (Distinguished Student Paper) R. Zhu, H. Chen, G. Tan, T. Kosa, P. Coutino and S. T. Wu, “A High-Ambient-Contrast Augmented Reality System,” SID Symp. Digest 47, 1025–1028 (May 2016).
28. D.Xu, G. Tan and S. T. Wu, “Multi-angle Beam Steering for Head-Mounted Displays,” SID Symp. Digest 47, 1826–1829 (May 2016).
