Light modulator, optical device including light modulator, and electronic apparatus including optical device

    公开(公告)号:US12147096B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-19

    申请号:US18334838

    申请日:2023-06-14

    Abstract: Provided is a light modulator including a substrate, and a resonator configured to modulate a phase of incident light by modulating a refractive index based on an external stimulus, the resonator comprising a first reflective structure provided on the substrate, a cavity layer provided on the first reflective structure, and a second reflective structure provided on the cavity layer, wherein at least one of the first reflective structure or the second reflective structure comprises first material layers, second material layers that are alternately stacked with the first material layers, and a third material layer, and wherein each of the first material layers has a first refractive index, each of the second material layers has a second refractive index that is different from the first refractive index, and the third material layer has a third refractive index that is different from the first refractive index.

    Image display device and method of displaying image using multiplex holographic optical element

    公开(公告)号:US11347057B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US16283979

    申请日:2019-02-25

    Abstract: Provided is an image display device including a first light source configured to emit a first beam of light, a second light source configured to emit a second beam of light, a spatial light modulator configured to modulate the first beam of light and the second beam of light, a holographic optical element configured to focus, on a first focal point, the first beam of light emitted from the first light source and modulated by the spatial light modulator, and to focus, on a second focal point, the second beam of light emitted from the second light source and modulated by the spatial light modulator and a processor configured to control the first and the second light sources and the spatial light modulator.

    OPTICAL MODULATING DEVICE AND OPTICAL APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210405500A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17101200

    申请日:2020-11-23

    Abstract: Provided is an optical modulating device including an incidence optical system, an optical modulating assembly including a plurality of nano-antennas that form a meta-grating based on a driving signal, the optical modulating assembly being configured to change a traveling direction of incidence light incident at an incidence angle from the incidence optical system based on an effective displacement of the meta-grating according to the driving signal, and an emission optical system configured to emit light steered by the optical modulating assembly, wherein the emission optical system is further configured to emit first-order diffraction light of the incidence light based on the meta-grating.

    See-through type display device and augmented reality apparatus including the same

    公开(公告)号:US11187901B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-30

    申请号:US16275424

    申请日:2019-02-14

    Abstract: A see-through type display device includes an image generation unit configured to emit image light, a light coupling unit configured to generate off-axis aberration in the image light, and a correction aberration generation unit configured to generate correction aberration, opposite to the off-axis aberration, in the image light emitted from the image generation unit, wherein the correction aberration generation unit is disposed on an optical path of the image light between the image generation unit and the light coupling unit, and wherein the light coupling unit is disposed off-axis relative to the image light.

    System and method for driving beam steering device including metasurface optical phased array

    公开(公告)号:US11048142B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-29

    申请号:US16262362

    申请日:2019-01-30

    Abstract: Provided is a driving method for a beam steering device having a metasurface optical phased array, the beam steering device includes a nano-antenna, a conductor, and an active layer arranged therebetween. The driving method includes comparing a first voltage to be applied to a first electrode of one of the nano-antenna and the conductor, with a second voltage applied immediately before the first voltage, and applying a correction voltage the first electrode of the other of the nano-antenna and the conductor and then applying the first voltage. The correction voltage is applied to the first electrode and has an electrical polarity different from an electrical polarity of the second voltage.

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