Abstract:
A directional waveguide-based pixel for use in a mutliview display screen is disclosed. The directional waveguide-based pixel has a liquid crystal layer interposed between the waveguide layer and a substrate layer. The waveguide layer has a waveguide and a patterned grating to scatter an input light beam into a plurality of directional light beams, each directional light beam having a direction and angular spread controlled by characteristics of the patterned grating. An active matrix with individually addressable electrodes may be integrated in the substrate layer or in the waveguide layer to modulate the directional light beams.
Abstract:
A non-evanescent hybrid laser. The laser includes an elongated waveguide including grating reflectors defining a laser cavity, a thin-film dielectric adjacent the laser cavity, and a group III-V wafer carried by the waveguide adjacent the laser cavity, separated from the laser cavity by the dielectric, and in non-evanescent optical communication with the laser cavity.