The present disclosure provides a binding backplane and a manufacturing method thereof, a backlight module and a display device. The binding backplane includes: a substrate; a first trace layer on the substrate; a planarizing layer on a side of the first trace layer away from the substrate; a second trace layer on the planarizing layer and including a connecting portion and a binding portion; a surface protective layer on the second trace layer away and exposing the binding portion; and a conductive reflection structure on a side of the surface protective layer close to the substrate, wherein the conductive reflection structure includes a grounding portion, a distance between a surface of the grounding portion away from the substrate and the substrate is not greater than a distance between a surface of the binding portion away from the substrate and the substrate.

A silicon-based electro-optic modulator includes a substrate layer, an insulation layer, and an optical waveguide layer stacked sequentially, traveling wave electrodes disposed above the optical waveguide layer, and a metal grating structure periodically configured along the direction in which an electrical signal propagates in the traveling wave electrodes. The metal grating structure is disposed above the optical waveguide layer.

An optical device includes a substrate W, a RF modulating unit, and a phase adjustment unit 220. The RF modulating unit is provided on the substrate W and modulates light in accordance with a RF signal. The phase adjustment unit 220 is provided on the substrate W and adjusts the phase of an optical signal modulated by the RF modulating unit. The phase adjustment unit 220 includes a heater 2200 and a to-be-heated optical waveguide 2201. The to-be-heated optical waveguide 2201 is provided between a thin film LN substrate 32 and a buffer layer 33 of the substrate W, and is formed of a material having a thermo-optical effect. The heater 2200 is provided at a position opposite the to-be-heated optical waveguide 2201, with the buffer layer 33 therebetween on the substrate W, and heats the to-be-heated optical waveguide 2201.

An optical modulator is provided with an optical waveguide, an electrode provided opposite to the optical waveguide, and a buffer layer provided between the optical waveguide and the electrode. A main material of the buffer layer is lanthanum fluoride.

A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a light guide plate, an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the light guide plate and the array substrate, a plurality of light-extracting gratings located on one side of a light exit surface of the light guide plate, and a transparent protection layer between a film layer where the light-extracting gratings are located and the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a plurality of light-extracting port areas, and transparent areas besides the light-extracting port areas; each light-extracting port area is provided with one light-extracting grating; the protection layer is at least provided on the transparent areas, and the protection layer is configured to prevent the light guide plate in the transparent areas from being excessively etched to form a plurality of depressions.

An optical waveguide device includes a substrate on which an intermediate layer, a thin-film LN layer of lithium niobate, and a buffer layer are stacked; an optical waveguide formed in the thin-film LN layer; and a plurality of electrodes near the optical waveguide. The intermediate layer and the buffer layer contain a same material of a metal element of any one of group 3 of group 18 of a periodic table of elements.

An optical waveguide device has a substrate, an intermediate layer, a thin-film LN layer containing an X-cut lithium niobate, and a buffer layer stacked on the substrate, and an optical waveguide having a ridge shape formed in the thin-film LN layer. The optical waveguide device includes a plurality of electrodes provided, respectively, at a first side and a second side of the optical waveguide. The electrodes are disposed so that respective bottom surfaces thereof are at positions lower than a position of a surface of the buffer layer.

The present disclosure provides a collimation backlight source, a display device and a driving method thereof. The collimation backlight source includes a light guide plate, a plurality of light sources of different colors, and a light-extraction grating assembly in each light-extraction region on the surface of the light guide plate.

A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a light guide plate, an array substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the light guide plate and the array substrate, a plurality of light-extracting gratings located on one side of a light exit surface of the light guide plate, and a transparent protection layer between a film layer where the light-extracting gratings are located and the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a plurality of light-extracting port areas, and transparent areas besides the light-extracting port areas; each light-extracting port area is provided with one light-extracting grating; the protection layer is at least provided on the transparent areas, and the protection layer is configured to prevent the light guide plate in the transparent areas from being excessively etched to form a plurality of depressions.

An optical waveguide element is provided to effectively reduce an optical absorption loss of waveguide light which may occur at an intersecting part between an optical waveguide and an electrode without causing deterioration in optical characteristics and degradation of long-term reliability of the optical waveguide element. The optical waveguide element includes an optical waveguide formed in a substrate, and an electrode controlling optical waves propagated in the optical waveguide and having an intersecting part intersecting the optical waveguide thereabove. A portion of a resin layer is provided between the optical waveguide and the electrode in a portion of the substrate including the intersecting part. A corner of the resin layer on a side of the electrode is constituted to be a curve in a cross section in an extending direction of the electrode.