Two-dimensional grating, optical waveguide and ar eyewear

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024369773-A1
Application number	US-202418655994-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 6, 2024
Priority date	May 6, 2023
Publication date	Nov 7, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided in the present disclosure are a two-dimensional grating, an optical waveguide, and an AR eyewear. The two-dimensional grating includes a plurality of sub-units, wherein the plurality of sub-units are arranged at intervals along a first direction, and the plurality of sub-units are arranged at intervals along a second direction, a set angle exists between the first direction and the second direction, and an angular bisector direction of the set angle coincides with a diffraction order direction required to be suppressed by the two-dimensional grating; projections of two adjacent sub-units in any one of the first direction and the second direction in a direction perpendicular to the diffraction order direction are connected to each other and not overlapped. In a display process of the optical waveguide, diffraction orders of the two-dimensional grating that need to be suppressed can be suppressed, so that appearing of central bright streaks in the optical waveguide display may be effectively suppressed, thereby display uniformity of the optical waveguide may be improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A two-dimensional grating, comprising a plurality of sub-units, wherein the plurality of sub-units are arranged at intervals along a first direction, and the plurality of sub-units are arranged at intervals along a second direction, a set angle exists between the first direction and the second direction, and an angular bisector direction of the set angle coincides with a diffraction order direction required to be suppressed by the two-dimensional grating;
projections of two adjacent sub-units in any one of the first direction and the second direction in a direction perpendicular to the diffraction order direction are connected to each other and not overlapped.

2 . The two-dimensional grating of claim 1 , wherein each of the sub-units is a rectangular sub-unit, and the rectangular sub-unit comprises a long side and a short side that are perpendicular to each other;
the diffraction order direction required to be suppressed by the two-dimensional grating is a (1,1)-order diffraction order direction, and the long side is parallel to the (1,1)-order diffraction order direction of the two-dimensional grating.

3 . The two-dimensional grating of claim 2 , wherein projections of long sides of two adjacent sub-units in any one of the first direction and the second direction in a direction perpendicular to a (1,1)-order diffraction order direction of the two-dimensional grating are connected to each other and not overlapped.

4 . The two-dimensional grating of claim 3 , wherein in the first direction, the sub-units are arranged at equal intervals; in the second direction, the sub-units are arranged at equal intervals.

5 . The two-dimensional grating of claim 3 , wherein lengths of long sides of any two sub-units are equal, and lengths of short sides of any two sub-units are equal.

6 . The two-dimensional grating of claim 2 , wherein in the (1,1)-order diffraction order direction of the two-dimensional grating, a distance between two adjacent sub-units is equal to a length of a long side of each of the sub-units.

7 . The two-dimensional grating of claim 1 , wherein the first direction and the second direction are directions of two lattice vectors of a lattice of the two-dimensional grating.

8 . The two-dimensional grating of claim 7 , wherein an angle between the first direction and the second direction is 0° to 180°.

9 . An optical waveguide, comprising an optical waveguide sheet, wherein the optical waveguide sheet comprises a coupling-in region and a coupling-out region; the coupling-out region is provided with a two-dimensional grating, the two-dimensional grating comprising a plurality of sub-units, wherein the plurality of sub-units are arranged at intervals along a first direction, and the plurality of sub-units are arranged at intervals along a second direction, a set angle exists between the first direction and the second direction, and an angular bisector direction of the set angle coincides with a diffraction order direction required to be suppressed by the two-dimensional grating;
projections of two adjacent sub-units in any one of the first direction and the second direction in a direction perpendicular to the diffraction order direction are connected to each other and not overlapped.

10 . The optical waveguide of claim 9 , wherein each of the sub-units is a rectangular sub-unit, and the rectangular sub-unit comprises a long side and a short side that are perpendicular to each other;
the diffraction order direction required to be suppressed by the two-dimensional grating is a (1,1)-order diffraction order direction, and the long side is parallel to the (1,1)-order diffraction order direction of the two-dimensional grating.

11 . The optical waveguide of claim 10 , wherein projections of long sides of two adjacent sub-units in any one of the first direction and the second direction in a direction perpendicular to a (1,1)-order diffraction order direction of the two-dimensional grating are connected to each other and not overlapped.

12 . The optical waveguide of claim 11 , wherein in the first direction, the sub-units are arranged at equal intervals; in the second direction, the sub-units are arranged at equal intervals.

13 . The optical waveguide of claim 11 , wherein lengths of long sides of any two sub-units are equal, and lengths of short sides of any two sub-units are equal.

14 . The optical waveguide of claim 10 , wherein in the (1,1)-order diffraction order direction of the two-dimensional grating, a distance between two adjacent sub-units is equal to a length of a long side of each of the sub-units.

15 . The optical waveguide of claim 9 , wherein the first direction and the second direction are directions of two lattice vectors of a lattice of the two-dimensional grating.

16 . The optical waveguide of claim 14 , wherein the (1,1)-order diffraction order direction of a two-dimensional grating is inclined to a horizontal direction.

17 . The optical waveguide of claim 14 , wherein the (1,1)-order diffraction order direction of a two-dimensional grating is perpendicular to a horizontal direction.

18 . The optical waveguide of claim 15 , wherein an angle between the first direction and the second direction is 0° to 180°.

19 . The optical waveguide of claim 16 , wherein an angle between the first direction and the second direction is equal to 90°.

20 . An AR eyewear, comprising: a spectacle frame;
at least one optical waveguide of claim 9 , wherein the optical waveguide sheet of the optical waveguide is embedded in the spectacle frame.

Assignees

• Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xiong Wen

Classifications

• G02B27/0172 Primary

  characterised by optical features · CPC title

• G02B6/34 Primary

  utilising prism or grating {(G02B6/293 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• G02B6/124

  Geodesic lenses or integrated gratings · CPC title

• G02B5/1866 Primary

  Transmission gratings characterised by their structure, e.g. step profile, contours of substrate or grooves, pitch variations, materials (G02B5/1809, G02B5/1828, G02B5/1833, G02B5/1838 and G02B5/1847 take precedence) · CPC title

• G02B2006/12107

  Grating · CPC title