Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multilayer liquid crystal diffractive gratings for redirecting light of wide incident angle ranges
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Application No.: US15815250Application Date: 2017-11-16
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Publication No.: US10908423B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Chulwoo Oh
- Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
- Applicant Address: US FL Plantation
- Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
- Current Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Plantation
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: G02B27/01
- IPC: G02B27/01 ; G02B1/02 ; G02B5/18 ; F21V8/00 ; G02B27/00 ; G02B27/42 ; G02B6/34

Abstract:
An optical device includes a stack of multiple grating structures, each of which includes a plurality of sublayers of liquid crystal material. Each sublayer of liquid crystal material includes laterally extending repeating units, each formed of a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The repeating units of the liquid crystal layers are lateral offset from one another, and defined a tilt angle. The grating structures forming the stack of grating structure have tilt angles of different magnitudes. The grating structures may be configured to redirect light of visible or infrared wavelengths. Advantageously, the different tilt angles of the stack of grating structures allows for highly efficient diffraction of light incident on the grating structures at a wide range of incident angles.
Public/Granted literature
- US10698216B2 Multilayer liquid crystal diffractive gratings for redirecting light of wide incident angle ranges Public/Granted day:2020-06-30
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