Holographic optical apparatus, holographic optical system, and holographic display system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11860574-B2
Application number	US-202017262959-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2020
Priority date	May 28, 2019
Publication date	Jan 2, 2024
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024

Abstract

A holographic optical apparatus includes a beam splitting component, a transmission assembly, a focal length modulation component and an optical element. The beam splitting component splits received light into reference light and signal light that are coherent light, and outputs the reference light and the signal light. The focal length modulation component includes a plurality of local length modulation regions with different focal lengths. The optical element includes a recording medium layer with a plurality of recording regions, and each recording region is located in a light-exit path of a focal length modulation region. The transmission assembly is disposed in a light-exit path of the beam splitting component, transmit the reference light to the plurality of recording regions and transmit the signal light to the plurality of focal length modulation regions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A holographic optical apparatus, comprising:
a beam splitting component configured to split received light into reference light and signal light, and output the reference light and the signal light, the reference light and the signal light being coherent light;
a focal length modulation component including a plurality of focal length modulation regions, focal lengths of the plurality of focal length modulation regions being different from each other;
an optical element including a recording medium layer, the recording medium layer including a plurality of recording regions, and each recording region being located in a light-exit path of a focal length modulation region; and
a transmission assembly disposed in a light-exit path of the beam splitting component, the transmission assembly being configured to transmit the reference light to the plurality of recording regions, and transmit the signal light to the plurality of focal length modulation regions,
wherein the recording medium layer is configured to receive the signal light after being modulated by the focal length modulation region, and record interference fringes generated by interference between the signal light and the reference light in the recording region
wherein the transmission assembly includes:
a first transmission portion configured to transmit the reference light to the plurality of recording regions;
a second transmission portion configured to transmit the signal light to part of the plurality of focal length modulation regions; and
a third transmission portion configured to transmit the signal light to a remaining part of the plurality of focal length modulation regions.

2. The holographic optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the second transmission portion and the third transmission portion includes a first reflecting component and a second reflecting component;
the first reflecting component is configured to receive the signal light exiting from the beam splitting component, and transmit the signal light to the second reflecting component; and
the second reflecting component is a rotatable reflecting component, and the second reflecting component is configured to transmit the received signal light to different focal length modulation regions at different rotation angles.

3. The holographic optical apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the first reflecting component and the second reflecting component is a micro electro-mechanical system micro-mirror.

4. The holographic optical apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a number of the focal length modulation regions is four;
the second transmission portion and the third transmission portion each include the first reflecting component and the second reflecting component;
the second reflecting component in the second transmission portion is configured to transmit the received signal light to a first focal length modulation region at a third rotation angle, and transmit the received signal light to a second focal length modulation region at a fourth rotation angle; and
the second reflecting component in the third transmission portion is configured to transmit the received signal light to a third focal length modulation region at a fifth rotation angle, and transmit the received signal light to a fourth focal length modulation region at a sixth rotation angle.

5. The holographic optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second transmission portion and the third transmission portion include a same first reflecting component, and the first reflecting component is a rotatable reflecting component;
the second transmission portion and the third transmission portion each include a second reflecting component; and
the first reflecting component is configured to receive the signal light exiting from the beam splitting component, transmit the signal light to a second reflecting component in the second transmission portion at a first rotation angle, and transmit the signal light to a second reflecting component in the third transmission portion at a second rotation angle.

6. The holographic optical apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a number of the focal length modulation regions is four;
the second reflecting component in the second transmission portion is configured to transmit the received signal light to a first focal length modulation region at a third rotation angle, and transmit the received signal light to a second focal length modulation region at a fourth rotation angle; and
the second reflecting component in the third transmission portion is configured to transmit the received signal light to a third focal length modulation region at a fifth rotation angle, and transmit the received signal light to a fourth focal length modulation region at a sixth rotation angle.

7. The holographic optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first transmission portion is a micro electro-mechanical system micro-mirror.

8. The holographic optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the focal length modulation component includes a spatial light modulator;
the spatial light modulator includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a liquid crystal layer located between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, a lower polarizer located on a side of the lower substrate away from the upper substrate, and an upper polarizer located on a side of the upper substrate away from the lower substrate; and
the spatial light modulator has a plurality of sub-units, each sub-unit is provided with a first electrode and a second electrode therein, the first electrode is disposed on the lower substrate, and the second electrode is disposed on the lower substrate or the upper substrate.

9. The holographic optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the focal length modulation component includes a lens group; and
the lens group includes a plurality of lenses with different focal lengths, and a region where each lens is located is a focal length modulation region.

10. The holographic optical apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a collimating beam expander disposed at a light incident side of the beam splitting component; and the collimating beam expander being configured to collimate and expand light directed to the beam splitting component.

11. The holographic optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the recording medium layer is a photosensitive polymer layer.

12. A holographic optical system, comprising:
a light source; and
the holographic optical apparatus according to claim 1 .

13. The holographic optical system according to claim 12 , wherein the light source is a display device or a projection device.

14. A holographic display system, comprising a light source, a beam splitting component, a first transmission portion, and an optical element, wherein the beam splitting component is configured to receive light emitted by the light source and output reference light;
the first transmission portion is disposed in a light-exit path of the beam splitting component; and the first transmission portion is configured to transmit the reference light to the optical element; and
the optical element includes a recording medium layer; the recording medium layer includes a plurality of recording regions, and the recording medium layer is configured to record interference fringes in recording regions, wherein the interference fringes are formed by the holographic optical apparatus according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Beijing Boe Display Tech Co
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Xiaoru
• Zhang Hongshu
• Wu Jun
• Xu Xiaoling
• Zhao Hebin

Classifications

• G03H1/0402 Primary

  Recording geometries or arrangements (G03H1/0443, G03H1/0476, G03H1/16 take precedence) · CPC title

• G03H1/02 Primary

  Details {of features involved during the holographic process; Replication of holograms without interference recording} · CPC title

• G03H2001/0216

  Optical components (G03H2001/0224, G03H1/0256 take precedence; corresponding details, see subgroups of G03H2223/00) · CPC title

• G03H2001/0224

  Active addressable light modulator, i.e. Spatial Light Modulator [SLM] · CPC title

• G03H2001/0264

  Organic recording material · CPC title