G02B27/102

Optical Devices with Zone Folded Metasurfaces

An optical combiner includes a first layer with a periodic two-dimensional arrangement of structures arranged to support resonance for an input signal of a target wavelength, wherein the structures have a first refractive index. A second layer overlies the structures on the first layer, wherein the second layer includes a second material with a second refractive index, and wherein a difference between the first refractive index and the second refractive index, measured at 587.5 nm, is less than about 1.5. The periodic arrangement of structures is configured such that the optical combiner produces, for the input signal incident on the first layer from air at an oblique elevation angle of greater than about 20°, an output signal with a reflection peak with an average reflection of greater than about 50% within a ± 5° range of the elevation angle.

COMPACT LASER-BASED NEAR-EYE DISPLAY

A near-eye display device comprises a pupil-expansion optic, first and second lasers, a drive circuit coupled operatively to the first and second lasers, a beam combiner, a spatial light modulator (SLM), and a computer. The first and second lasers are configured to emit in respective first and second wavelength bands. The beam combiner is configured to geometrically combine emission from the first and second lasers into a collimated beam. The SLM is configured to receive the collimated beam and to direct the emission in spatially modulated form to the pupil-expansion optic. The computer is configured to parse a digital image, trigger the emission from the first and second lasers by causing the drive circuit to drive current through the first and second lasers, and control the SLM such that the spatially modulated form of the emission projects an optical image corresponding to the digital image.

Light source module and projection device
11531258 · 2022-12-20 · ·

A light source module configured to provide a light beam along a first direction is provided. The light source module includes first to third light source groups and first to fourth beam-combining devices, wherein each of a light exiting surface of the first light source group and a light exiting surface of the third light source group is not parallel to a light exiting surface of the second light source group. An emitted light of the first light source group is transmitted along the first direction after being reflected by the first and second beam-combining devices. An emitted light of the third light source group is transmitted along the first direction after being reflected by the third and fourth beam-combining devices. An emitted light of the second light source group is transmitted along the first direction and passes through the first and third beam-combining devices.

Laser projector capable of increasing efficiency

A laser projector includes a laser source, a first dichroic mirror, a wavelength conversion module, a second dichroic mirror, a first, a second and a third light valves and a beam combiner. The laser source is for providing a blue beam including a first portion and a second portion. The first dichroic mirror is for receiving and allowing the blue beam to penetrate. The wavelength conversion module is for receiving the first portion and emitting a yellow beam to the first dichroic mirror. The second dichroic mirror is for receiving and separating the yellow beam reflected by the first dichroic mirror into a green and a red beam. The first, second and third light valve are for receiving and modulating respectively the second portion of the blue beam, the green beam and the red beam. The beam combiner is for the beams to form a multi-color image.

Illumination system, illumination control method and projection apparatus
11520221 · 2022-12-06 · ·

An illumination system, an illumination control method and a projection apparatus are provided. The illumination system includes a first laser light source providing a first laser beam, and a light splitting module. When the first laser beam is incident to the light splitting module, a first portion of the first laser beam penetrates through the light splitting module, a second portion is reflected by the light splitting module. In the first illumination mode, the first laser beam is incident to the first light splitting region to form a first proportion of the first portion and the second portion. In the second illumination mode, the first laser beam is incident to the first light splitting region to form a second proportion of the first portion and the second portion, wherein the first proportion and the second proportion are different.

WAVEGUIDE GEOMETRY FOR IMPROVED DISPLAY PERFORMANCE
20220373971 · 2022-11-24 ·

The present invention features new waveguide layouts for input, redirection (expansion), and output holograms that minimize cross talk between colors and allow all three colors to reside in a single waveguide. The use of multiple incoupling holograms that diffract different colors of light in different directions, or along different paths, through a waveguide substrate advantageously provides for a reduction of cross-talk between the colors of a holographic image. In a square-shaped design, red, green, and blue input and output holograms approximately overlay on top of each other. The green redirection hologram is laterally separated from the red and blue redirection holograms. Using this square-shape design, the light beams for the three colors are separated into two paths propagating from input to output holograms.

Light source device and projector
11493840 · 2022-11-08 · ·

A light source device according to the present disclosure includes a light source section for emitting a first pencil and a second pencil, a first optical element for altering a proceeding direction of a principal ray of the first pencil, a second optical element for altering a proceeding direction of a principal ray of the second pencil, a wavelength conversion layer having a plane of incidence, a reflecting surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface, a first reflecting element having a first reflecting surface, and a second reflecting element having a second reflecting surface.

META-OPTICAL DEVICE FOR LIGHT BEAM COMBINING
20230036538 · 2023-02-02 · ·

A meta-optical device for light beam combining is provided to include a substrate and a meta-optical array that is formed on the substrate and that is disposed to receive N number of col-mated light beams. The meta-optical array includes a plurality of nanostructures that are made in such a way that the N number of collimated light beams are deflected to travel in a predetermined direction.

Display Substrate and Display Device
20220336422 · 2022-10-20 ·

The present invention provides a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate comprises a backplate and a plurality of pixel units; each pixel unit of the pixel units comprises a white light LED; a collimating lens configured to collimate a white light beam; a prism layer configured to reflect the white light beam to generate monochromatic lights of different colors in a first direction and a second direction; transmittance controllers configured to modulate the transmittance of monochromatic lights of different colors; and scattering layers configured to scatter monochromatic lights of different colors. In the present application, achieving the double-sided display of a Micro-LED display device, increasing the functionality and interestingness of the display device, and reducing the workload for mass transfer of the Micro-LED display device and the complexity of circuit arrangements of the display device.

IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE
20230069453 · 2023-03-02 · ·

An image display device has a first image projection unit configured to emit light for forming a first image [RAU], an image forming optical unit configured to form the first image at a first distance and cause the first image to be incident on a viewpoint of a user, and a rotation support unit configured to rotatably hold the image forming optical unit with a fulcrum point as a rotation center.