Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Speckle reduction in VCSEL arrays
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Application No.: US16910823Application Date: 2020-06-24
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Publication No.: US11714293B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Venkata Ananth Tamma , Toni Lopez , Varun Dev Kakkar
- Applicant: Lumileds LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Lumileds LLC
- Current Assignee: Lumileds LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Main IPC: G02B27/48
- IPC: G02B27/48 ; H01S5/42

Abstract:
A light emitting device comprises a plurality of coherent light sources, and a plurality of light scattering structures. Each light scattering structure is located in an optical path for light output from a different corresponding one of the coherent light sources. Each light scattering structure comprises an arrangement of nanoantennas embedded in an electrically responsive material and electrical contacts by which to apply a voltage to the electrically responsive material. Application of a time varying electrical signal causes the refractive index of the electrically responsive material in a light scattering structure to vary and thereby varies light scattering by the nanoantennas in the light scattering structure. This effect may be used to reduce speckle caused by interference of light output by the coherent light sources.
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