First manuscript release from the science computational station.
Femtosecond-Plasma Volumetric Aerial Displays: A Computed, End-to-End Design Spanning Physics, Engineering, and Economics — a 49-page arXiv-style design study of a free-space ("hologram in air") display whose voxels are laser-induced air-plasma micro-sparks. It spans the physics (resonant REMPI breakdown, voxel visibility, crossing-beam localization), the engineering (AOD scanning, optical architecture + bill of materials, pointing/calibration loops, dosimetry, laser tuning, daylight contrast, eye-safety standards), and the economics (the laser is over-specified 3–8×; a compact fiber-MOPA suffices).
- 49 pages, 30+ figures, 22 references (DOI-verified), with a plain-language Significance box.
- Computational design study — internally consistent end-to-end, not yet built or measured (see §14 limitations).
- Backed by experiments 24–66 in this repo; LaTeX source and figures under
paper/.
Asset: femtosecond-plasma-aerial-display.pdf (the compiled manuscript).
Announced in the project README — commit 6e58ce2.