Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical waveguide with coherent light source
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Application No.: US15607271Application Date: 2017-05-26
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Publication No.: US10222615B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Joseph Daniel Lowney , Richard Andrew Wall
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Holzer Patel Drennan
- Main IPC: G02B27/01
- IPC: G02B27/01 ; G02B6/122 ; G02B1/10

Abstract:
A waveguide increases the optical path of a portion of light received from a coherent light source. The waveguide includes a first element that allows light from an exit pupil of a coherent light source to enter the waveguide, and a second element that directs some of the entered light to exit the waveguide through a first set of pupils. The waveguide includes additional elements that cause the remaining light to make an additional path through the waveguide and the second element before exiting through a second set of pupils to increase the path of the exiting light. The pupils of the first set and the second set are staggered so that light exiting a pupil does not interfere with the light exiting via the neighboring pupils.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180341045A1 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE WITH COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE Public/Granted day:2018-11-29
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