Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thin waveguide beam redirector and display based thereon
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Application No.: US16924820Application Date: 2020-07-09
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Publication No.: US11294187B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Giuseppe Calafiore , Alexander Koshelev
- Applicant: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Pequignot + Myers
- Agent Matthew A. Pequignot
- Main IPC: G02B27/01
- IPC: G02B27/01 ; G02B6/35 ; G02B6/28 ; F21V8/00 ; G02B6/12 ; G02B26/10 ; G02B27/10

Abstract:
A device for redirecting light in two dimensions (2D) includes a wavelength-tunable light source for providing light having a spectral component at a first wavelength. A 1D redirector redirects the light in a first plane. A thin waveguide is disposed in the first plane. The thin waveguide includes a slab waveguide portion coupled to the 1D redirector for propagating light redirected by the 1D redirector. The slab waveguide portion includes a wavelength-sensitive out-coupler out-coupling the light in a second plane at an angle dependent on the first wavelength. Thus, the light is redirected in two dimensions. A display device providing image in angular domain may be based on the device for redirecting light in two dimensions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210302736A1 THIN WAVEGUIDE BEAM REDIRECTOR AND DISPLAY BASED THEREON Public/Granted day:2021-09-30
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