Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Arrangement and a method for coupling light into a plate-like light guide
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Application No.: US15620982Application Date: 2017-06-13
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Publication No.: US10025018B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Markku Kuittinen , Pasi Laakkonen
- Applicant: NANOCOMP OY LTD.
- Applicant Address: FI Joensuu
- Assignee: NANOCOMP OY LTD
- Current Assignee: NANOCOMP OY LTD
- Current Assignee Address: FI Joensuu
- Agency: Fay Sharpe LLP
- Main IPC: G02B6/34
- IPC: G02B6/34 ; F21V8/00

Abstract:
An arrangement (20) for coupling light into a plate-like light guide (25) having two surfaces (23, 24) on opposite sides of the light guide comprises an in-coupling diffraction grating (21) for diffracting an external light beam (26) incident on said in-coupling diffraction grating into the light guide in a direction enabling the in-coupled light beam to propagate within the light guide via total internal reflections at the light guide surfaces (23, 24). According to the present invention, the arrangement further comprises a deflection member (22) arranged to deflect the beam (27) initially diffracted by the in-coupling diffraction grating (21), before it hits the in-coupling diffraction grating again, out of the path determined by the in-coupling diffraction grating in order to reduce out-coupling of the already in-coupled light through the in-coupling diffraction grating.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170285240A1 ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD FOR COUPLING LIGHT INTO A PLATE-LIKE LIGHT GUIDE Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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