Holographic display device and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11262701-B2
Application number	US-201916537113-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2019
Priority date	Feb 26, 2019
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a holographic display device and an electronic device. The holographic display device may include a light source, a light transmission structure, a first photonic crystal group, and a spatial light modulator. The light transmission structure has a light incident surface and a light exiting surface. The first photonic crystal group is disposed between the light incident surface and the light source. The first photonic crystal group includes various photonic crystals for dividing light emitted by the light source into light beams of different colors. The light beams of different colors are transmitted into the light transmission structure through the light incident surface and emitted through the light exiting surface. The spatial light modulator corresponds to the light exiting surface for modulating light beams of different colors emitted from the light exiting surface to form a holographic image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A holographic display device, comprising:
a light source;
a light transmission structure, having a light incident surface and a light exiting surface;
a first photonic crystal group, disposed between the light incident surface and the light source, the first photonic crystal group comprising various photonic crystals configured to divide light emitted by the light source into light beams of different colors, the light beams of different colors transmitted into the light transmission structure through the light incident surface, and emitted through the light exiting surface;
a spatial light modulator corresponding to the light exiting surface, containing holographic data, and configured to modulate the light beams of different colors emitted from the light exiting surface to form a holographic image; and
an optical time delay group disposed between the first photonic crystal group and the light incident surface, the optical time delay group comprising a plurality of optical time delay units, each of the optical time delay units respectively corresponding to each of the photonic crystals of the first photonic crystal group; wherein delay durations of the optical time delay units corresponding to the photonic crystals of the first photonic crystal group that allow the light beams of different colors to pass through are different.

2. The holographic display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second photonic crystal group disposed between the light exiting surface and the spatial light modulator, the second photonic crystal group having the same structure as that of the first photonic crystal group.

3. The holographic display device according to claim 2 , wherein the light transmission structure comprises an optical fiber having the light incident surface and the light exiting surface.

4. The holographic display device according to claim 3 , wherein the optical fiber comprises a uniform type optical fiber in which refractive indices are uniform throughout a core of the uniform type optical fiber.

5. The holographic display device according to claim 3 , wherein the optical fiber comprises a graded optical fiber, a core of which has a refractive index gradually decreasing in a direction from a center of the core to an edge thereof in the graded optical fiber.

6. The holographic display device according to claim 5 , wherein
the various photonic crystals of the first photonic crystal group comprise a first photonic crystal capable of transmitting red light, a second photonic crystal capable of transmitting green light, and a third photonic crystal capable of transmitting blue light;
in the direction from the center of the core to the edge thereof in the graded optical fiber, the core of the graded optical fiber comprises a central region corresponding to the third photonic crystal, an intermediate region corresponding to the second photonic crystal and an edge region corresponding to the first photonic crystal.

7. The holographic display device according to claim 6 , wherein the first photonic crystal group is symmetrical about a central axis of the graded optical fiber.

8. The holographic display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of photonic crystals comprise a first photonic crystal capable of transmitting red light, a second photonic crystal capable of transmitting green light, and a third photonic crystal capable of transmitting blue light;
the plurality of optical time delay units comprise a first optical time delay unit corresponding to the first photonic crystal, a second optical time delay unit corresponding to the second photonic crystal, and a third optical time delay unit corresponding to the third photonic crystal;
a delay duration of the second optical time delay unit is smaller than a delay duration of the third optical time delay unit, and is greater than a delay duration of the first optical time delay unit.

9. The holographic display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a collimator disposed between the light exiting surface and the spatial light modulator.

10. The holographic display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a lens structure disposed at a side of the spatial light modulator facing away from the light transmission structure.

11. The holographic display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light incident surface and the light exiting surface are disposed opposite to each other in an axial direction of the light transmission structure.

12. The holographic display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light incident surface and the light exiting surface are located on the same side of the light transmission structure.

13. An electronic device comprising a holographic display device, the holographic display device comprising:
a light source;
a light transmission structure having a light incident surface and a light exiting surface;
a first photonic crystal group disposed between the light incident surface and the light source, the first photonic crystal group comprising various photonic crystals configured to divide light emitted by the light source into light beams of different colors, the light beams of different colors transmitted into the light transmission structure through the light incident surface, and emitted through the light exiting surface;
a spatial light modulator corresponding to the light exiting surface, containing holographic data, and configured to modulate the light beams of different colors emitted from the light exiting surface to form a holographic image; and
an optical time delay group disposed between the first photonic crystal group and the light incident surface, the optical time delay group comprising a plurality of optical time delay units, each of the optical time delay units respectively corresponding to each of the photonic crystals of the first photonic crystal group; wherein delay durations of the optical time delay units corresponding to the photonic crystals of the first photonic crystal group that allow the light beams of different colors to pass through are different.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , further comprising a second photonic crystal group disposed between the light exiting surface and the spatial light modulator, the second photonic crystal group having the same structure as that of the first photonic crystal group.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the light transmission structure comprises an optical fiber having the light incident surface and the light exiting surface.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15 , wherein the optical fiber comprises a uniform type optical fiber in which refractive indices are uniform throughout a core of the uniform type optical fiber.

17. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein
the plurality of photonic crystals comprise a first photonic crystal capable of transmitting red light, a second photonic crystal capable of transmitting green light, and a third photonic crystal capable of transmitting blue light;
the plurality of optical time delay units comprise a first optical time delay unit corresponding to the first photonic crystal, a second optical time delay unit corresponding to the second photonic crystal, and a third optical time delay unit corresponding to the third photonic crystal;
a delay duration of the second optical time delay unit is smaller than a delay duration of the third optical time delay unit, and is greater than a delay duration of the first optical time delay unit.

18. The elect

Assignees

• Fuzhou Boe Optoelectronics Tech Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lin Linlin
• Hu Bo
• Tao Wenchang
• Wu Zhendian
• Qiu Xinmao
• Lv Yaochao

Classifications

• G03H2001/0088

  for video-holography, i.e. integrating hologram acquisition, transmission and display · CPC title

• G03H1/2205 Primary

  using downstream optical component · CPC title

• G03H2001/221

  Element having optical power, e.g. field lens · CPC title

• G02B6/0008

  the light being emitted at the end of the fibre · CPC title

• G02B2027/0174

  holographic · CPC title