GRADIENT REFRACTIVE INDEX GRATING FOR DISPLAY LEAKAGE REDUCTION

    公开(公告)号:US20210199971A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:US17124807

    申请日:2020-12-17

    IPC分类号: G02B27/01 G02B6/34

    摘要: A waveguide display includes a waveguide, an input coupler configured to couple display light into the waveguide, and a surface-relief grating on the waveguide and configured to couple the display light out of the waveguide towards an eyebox of the waveguide display on a first side of the waveguide. The surface-relief grating is formed in a plurality of grating layers having uniform or non-uniform thickness profiles. The plurality of grating layers is characterized by a refractive index modulation that increases and then decreases as the distance of the grating layer from the waveguide increases.

    VARIABLE-ETCH-DEPTH GRATINGS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200271850A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US16799532

    申请日:2020-02-24

    摘要: Disclosed herein are techniques for fabricating straight or slanted variable-etch-depth gratings. A photoresist material for fabricating a variable-etch-depth grating in a substrate is sensitive to light with a wavelength shorter than 300 nm and has an etch rate comparable to the etch rate of the substrate. A depth of an exposed portion of a photoresist material layer including the photoresist material correlates with the exposure dose. After exposure using a gray-scale mask and development, the photoresist material layer has a non-uniform thickness. The photoresist material layer with the non-uniform thickness and the underlying substrate are etched using a straight etching or slanted etching process to form the straight or slanted variable-etch-depth grating in the substrate. The variable-etch-depth grating is characterized by a non-uniform depth profile corresponding to the non-uniform thickness of the photoresist material layer before etching.