FULL COLOR EYE-PUPIL-EXPANDERS WITH HIGH VERTICAL FIELD OF VIEW

    公开(公告)号:US20240361592A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18701123

    申请日:2022-10-10

    IPC分类号: G02B27/00 G02B27/01

    摘要: In example embodiments. a waveguide apparatus is provided that may be used in a display device. The waveguide includes an in-coupler, an out-coupler, and at least a first eye-pupil expander along a first optical path from the in-coupler to the out-coupler. The in-coupler comprises a first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating overlaying the first diffraction grating. wherein grating lines of the first and second diffraction gratings are parallel to one another. The first eye-pupil expander comprises a third diffraction grating and a fourth diffraction grating overlaying the third diffraction grating. The out-coupler comprises a fifth diffraction grating and a sixth diffraction grating overlaying the fifth diffraction grating.

    DUAL DIFFRACTION GRATING IN-COUPLER FOR REDUCED WAVEGUIDE THICKNESS BACKGROUND

    公开(公告)号:US20240264354A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-08

    申请号:US18566472

    申请日:2022-06-09

    摘要: In example embodiments, an apparatus includes a waveguide having an in-coupler an out-coupler. The waveguide has a first surface and an opposite second surface, and the waveguide provides at least one optical path from the in-coupler to the out-coupler. The in-coupler comprises a first diffraction grating with a first grating vector on the first surface and a second diffraction grating with a second grating vector on the second surface. At least one of the first and second grating vectors is not oriented along any of the optical paths from the in-coupler to the out-coupler. The second grating may alter the polarization state of in-coupled light and/or change the direction of the in-coupled light to aid in preventing the light from being out-coupled by the first diffraction grating.