The present invention generally relates to optical illumination, and in particular, it concerns uniform illumination of an image light provider.
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According to the teachings of the present embodiment there is provided a optical system including: a lightguide having: a first external surface and a second external surface mutually parallel, and a first sequence of facets, at least a portion of which are: a plurality of parallel, partially reflecting, and polarization selective surfaces, at an oblique angle relative to the first and second external surfaces, and between the first and second external surfaces, and a front-lit reflective polarization rotating image modulator: deployed to spatially modulate light coupled-out from the first external surface, outputting reflected light corresponding to an image, and deployed such that the reflected light traverses the lightguide from the first external surface via the first sequence of facets to the second external surface.
In an optional embodiment, each of the facets reflects at least a portion of first polarized light and transmits a remaining portion of the first polarized light, and transmits second polarized light.
In another optional embodiment, the reflectivity of the first polarization increases from one facet to a subsequent facet in the first sequence of facets.
In another optional embodiment, the first polarized light is coupled-out from the first external surface, and the reflected light is of the second polarized light.
In another optional embodiment, the first sequence of facets expands light in-coupled to the lightguide such that the light is uniformly coupled-out of the first external surface.
In another optional embodiment, the image modulator is a liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) matrix.
In another optional embodiment, the facets are constructed at least in part using a technique selected from the group consisting of: multi-layer coatings, a dielectric coating, and a wire-grid.
In another optional embodiment, orientation of a primary axis of the facets determines reflectivity of the facets.
In another optional embodiment, reflectivity of each of the facets is dependent on an angle light impinges of the facet.
In another optional embodiment, the first sequence of facets is configured to perform coupling-out of light from the first external surface, the first sequence of facets having a constant number of facets overlapping in a line of sight toward a nominal point of observation of light coupling-out of the first external surface.
In another optional embodiment, further including: a second sequence of facets, at least a portion of which are: a plurality of parallel, partially reflecting, and polarization selective surfaces, at an oblique angle relative to the first and second external surfaces, and between the first and second external surfaces, wherein the facets of the first sequence of facets and the second sequence of facets are non-parallel relative to each other.
In another optional embodiment, each of the sequences of facets spans an area of coverage, the spanning being an area over which each of the sequences of facets are deployed, and wherein the areas of coverage for the first and second sequences of facets are at least partially overlapping.
The embodiment is herein described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
The principles and operation of the system according to a present embodiment may be better understood with reference to the drawings and the accompanying description. A present invention is a system for optical illumination. The system facilitates uniform illumination of an image light provider in a smaller (compact) configuration than conventional implementations.
A system for uniform optical illumination of an image light provider in a smaller (compact) configuration than conventional implementations includes a lightguide having: a first external surface and a second external surface mutually parallel, and a first sequence of facets, at least a portion of which are: a plurality of parallel, partially reflecting, and polarization selective surfaces, at an oblique angle relative to the first and second external surfaces, and between the first and second external surfaces, and a front-lit reflective polarization rotating image modulator: deployed to spatially modulate light coupled-out from the first external surface, outputting reflected light corresponding to an image, and deployed such that the reflected light traverses the lightguide from the first external surface via the first sequence of facets to the second external surface.
Basic Technology
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A first reflecting surface 916 is illuminated by the collimated input beam 4C. A first region 954 is proximal to the collimated input beam 4C where an image illumination is coupled into a lightguide 920. The reflecting surface 916 at least partially reflects the incident light of the collimated input beam 4C from the collimated light source 2C such that the light is trapped inside the lightguide 920 by internal reflection, typically total internal reflection (TIR). The lightguide 920 is typically a transparent substrate, and is also referred to as a “planar substrate”, “light-transmitting substrate”, and “waveguide”. The lightguide 920 includes at least two (major, external) surfaces, typically parallel to each other (mutually parallel), shown in the current figure as a first (back, major) surface 926 and a front (second, major) surface 926A. Note that the designation of “front” and “back” with regard to the major surfaces (926, 926A) is for convenience of reference. Coupling-in to the lightguide 920 can be from various surfaces, such as the front, back, side edge, or any other desired coupling-in geometry.
The collimated input beam 4C enters the lightguide substrate at a proximal end of the substrate (right side of the figure). Light propagates through the lightguide 920 and one or more facets, normally at least a plurality of facets, and typically several facets, toward a distal end of the lightguide 920 (left side of the figure). The lightguide 920 typically guides rays of propagating light in the substrate by internal reflection of the external surfaces.
After optionally reflecting off the internal surfaces of the substrate 920, the trapped waves reach a set of selectively reflecting surfaces (facets) 922, which couple the light out of the substrate into the eye 10 of a viewer. In the current exemplary figure, the trapped ray is gradually coupled out from the substrate 920 by two other partially reflecting surfaces 922 at the points 944.
Internal, partially reflecting surfaces, such as the set of selectively reflecting surfaces 922 are generally referred to in the context of this document as “facets.” For applications such as augmented reality, the facets are partially reflecting, allowing light from the real world to enter via the front surface 926A, traverse the substrate including facets, and exit the substrate via the back surface 926 to the eye 10 of the viewer. Exemplary ray 942 shows light of the collimated input beam 4C partially reflected from reflecting surface 916, and exemplary ray 941 shows light of the collimated input beam 4C partially transmitted through reflecting surface 916.
The internal partially reflecting surfaces 922 generally at least partially traverse the lightguide 920 at an oblique angle (i.e., non-parallel, neither parallel nor perpendicular) to the direction of elongation of the lightguide 920. Partial reflection can be implemented by a variety of techniques, including, but not limited to transmission of a percentage of light, or use of polarization.
The lightguide 920 optionally has a second pair of external surfaces (not shown in the current figure side view) parallel to each other and non-parallel to the first pair of external surfaces. In some implementations, the second pair of external surfaces is perpendicular to the first pair of external surfaces. Typically, each of the facets is at an oblique angle to the second pair of external surfaces. In other cases, where reflections from peripheral surfaces of the lightguide are not desired, those peripheral surfaces are typically left unpolished and/or coated with light absorbent (e.g., black) material to minimize undesired reflections.
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As light (uniform polarized light 4P) propagates along the lightguide 20 the light is partially reflected by a sequence of polarization selective facets 922P. The polarization selective partially reflecting facets 922P are similar to the above-described set of selectively reflecting surfaces (facets) 922, with the selective reflection based on polarization. These polarization selective facets 922P reflect a first polarization (for example S-pol) of light 324 and transmit a second, orthogonal, polarization (for example P-pol) of light 326.
An innovative feature of the current embodiment is that the facets are polarization selective and partially reflecting. This feature can be implemented during the production process of the lightguide 20. Refer to U.S. Pat. No. 6,829,095 (granted 2004 Dec. 7 and assigned to LUMUS Ltd) for general exemplary method of production. Preferred methods of creating the polarization selective partially reflecting facets are to use a dielectric coating or wire-grid between plates of the lightguide. It is foreseen that other methods of implementing partially reflecting polarization selectivity can be developed and could be implemented for the current embodiment. In the case of using a wire-grid, the wire-grid polarizer can be made only partially reflective to the polarization (parallel to the wires) by controlling parameters of the wire-grid such as the conductivity of the wires. For example, less conductive wires can be used for less reflection. Conductivity can be controlled by wire material, thickness, and spacing. Another option to control reflectivity is to rotate, or “twist” the wire grid. A combination of techniques, such as combining a dielectric material with a wire-grid, controls intensity of light on the wire-grid, and therefore controls the reflectivity. Additional information and exemplary graphs of polarization selective coatings can be found for example in U.S. Pat. No. 7,643,214 (granted 2010 Jan. 5 and assigned to LUMUS Ltd.).
The first polarized light 324 is output from the lightguide 20 via the first external surface 926 toward a front-lit reflective polarization rotating image modulator, for example, the LCOS 106. For simplicity in the current description, specific implementation using an LCOS will be described. The first polarized light 324 impinges on the LCOS 106. Preferably, the first polarized light 324 illuminates every pixel with a cone of light around appropriate center angle. Preferably, the lightguide 20 should be slightly away from the LCOS 106 in order to prevent observable non-uniformities. The impinging first polarized light 324 is spatially modulated by polarization rotation by the LCOS 106 and reflected toward the lightguide 20. For example, the first polarized light 324 is reflected and rotated as the (orthogonal) second polarized light 326. As the polarization selective facets 922P are designed to be transparent to this second polarization light 326, the second polarized light 326 passes through (traverses) the lightguide 20 from the first external surface 926, via the polarization selective facets 922P, and exits from the second external surface 926A toward the projecting optics 107. In order to filter out scattered light, an optional polarizer 303 can be deployed between the lightguide 20 and the projecting optics 107. In the current example, the polarizer 303 is at P-pol orientation and filters any S-pol polarized light.
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The uniform light 4L1 then enters a first lightguide 10 that has internal partial reflecting facets 12 (similar to the above-described LOE 903 with selectively reflecting facets 922). These facets are at an angle to reflect the internal propagating light out of first lightguide 10 as light with uniform illumination 4L towards the lightguide 20.
Optionally and preferably, the light with uniform illumination 4L reflected out of the first lightguide 10 then passes through optional polarization management 314. Polarization management 314 components can include a polarizer (similar to polarizer 103, described above) and a ½ wave plate. A pure polarization is preferred in order to minimize scattering of light in the lightguide 20 and to obtain a high contrast image from the LCOS 106. Orientation of a polarizer is preferably along a direction of maximal intensity coupled out by the facets 12 (most probably S-polarization). Since generally coatings (on the facets 12) and/or wire-grids reflect S-polarization at much higher efficiency than P-polarization, mostly the S-pol component of the uniform light 4L1 will be reflected as uniform illumination 4L. A wave-plate is required if polarization orientation emitted by the first lightguide 10 (and filtered by the polarizer if used) does not overlap the optimal polarization for a next stage in the light propagation path. In a typical case, the S-pol from the first lightguide 10 is oriented as P-pol after reflection therefore a ½ wave-plate is required to obtain the S-pol orientation again.
The polarization management 314 is optional, depending on purity of the first polarized light 324 impinging on the LCOS 106 (single polarization is preferred for good image contrast). The polarization management 314 should preferably be as thin as possible, without disrupting the TIR in the first lightguide 10. One alternative is for the polarization management 314 to be glued between the first lightguide 10 and the lightguide 20 by low index glue (n˜1.3 for example).
As the lightguide 20 does not do imaging, the light propagation in the lightguide 20 can be injected along an axis of the lightguide 20 corresponding to a direction of the sequence of facets. In this case, a low index glue (for example, with n=1.3) can be used on the external facets of the lightguides 10 and 20. The glue can be between the 2D lightguide 9 and the first lightguide 10, between the lightguide 20 and the projecting optics 107 (prism for example), and between the lightguide 20 and the LCOS 106. This way there will be no air-gap.
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In both of the above exemplary embodiments, the polarized light with uniform illumination 4P, is output from the source optics (300C, 300D) and enters the lightguide 20.
Optionally, prior to injection of light (the polarized light with uniform illumination 4P) into the lightguide 20, light with improper angular distribution is filtered, that is, light that does not overlap the desired image. Therefore, only angular distribution overlapping the image is injected into the lightguide 20. This technique reduces the scattering and contrast reduction.
The lightguides (the lightguide 20, the first lightguide 10) can be based on metallic coating, dielectric coating, or on total internal reflection (TIR) in order to reflect the propagating light internally. The face between the first lightguide 10 and lightguide 20 is preferably angular selective transmittance, preferably based on TIR
The combination of aperture management and/or partial reflectors, waveguide-based reflection, coating management, and 2D expansion are features of the compact system for optical illumination 302, more compact than conventional implementations such as based on polarizing beam splitters. A more compact system allows for reduction in cost, weight, and possibly more room for imaging/projecting optics 107.
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For reference, in telecentric illumination, the chief rays are collimated and parallel to the optical axis in image and/or object space. Collimated light rays remain collimated as the collimated light rays strike an object's surface. In comparison, light rays from a standard backlight expand and interfere with one another. In the context of this document, telecentric illumination describes illumination in which a cone of light converges perpendicularly on every pixel. In non-telecentric illumination, each of different pixels is illuminated by a cone of light that is tilted differently with respect to the pixel. Collimation is used to describe optics that take diverging rays reflected from a pixel (mostly cone distribution) and makes all the reflected rays parallel at a specific direction. Different pixels are “collimated” to different directions.
Uniform Illumination
In order to assist in obtaining uniform illumination across the LCOS 106, the reflectivity of the S-polarization (a first polarization) should preferably increase along the lightguide, that is, increase from one facet in the sequence of facets 922P to a subsequent facet as the light propagates along the lightguide 20. First facets in the propagation path should be designed with relatively low reflectivity and last facets with relatively high reflectivity of the (first) S-Polarization. The transmissivity of the P-polarized light (a second polarization) reflected by the LCOS should be maximal for each facet. That is, the facets should be as transparent as possible to P-polarization. In the below description, generally S-pol reflectivity and P-pol transmissivity are used, and a telecentric illumination will be assumed for simplicity.
A first requirement is that the illumination of the LCOS 106 should preferably be uniform in order to achieve uniform image intensity (of reflected light 326). A second requirement is for near-eye-display optics (projecting optics 107) exit pupil should also be illuminated uniformly for optimal observation. These two requirements imply that the LCOS 106 pixels (pixels 434) should be illuminated uniformly and the illumination angle cone 432 angle should be uniform. In other words, preferably, 100% full spatial illumination and uniform angular illumination across the numerical aperture of the optical system.
Uniform illumination of the LOE lightguide 20 can be achieved if coupling from the source optics 300 fills completely the entrance to the lightguide 20. Therefore, the exit width 300W of the source optics 300 should preferably be equal or wider than the input width 20W of the lightguide 20. Furthermore, the source optics 300 should preferably also be illuminated uniformly, which can be achieved, for example, by use of diffusers and proper length of the initial 2D lightguide 9.
Some non-uniformity may exist in the light entering and propagating within the lightguide 20, and some uniformity may be introduced by the facets 922P themselves. To reduce and handle this non-uniformity, the first lightguide 10 that has internal partial reflecting facets 12 and the lightguide 20 sequence of polarization selective facets 922P are preferably in an overlapping configuration.
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The light from the first half (light propagating from the right) of facet 2517 will couple out as reduced energy (ray/output beam 2546) since at this position there is no overlapping of the next facet 2535 i.e. there is only one facet reflect the light to the observer. The same reduced power happens at the last half of facet 2515 (ray/output beam 2547). In these regions, the reflectivity will be 50% of the median reflectivity.
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In the current embodiment, management of configuration of facets in an overlapping configuration, specifically optimizing the overlap to obtain a constant number of facets (more than one) reflecting light onto the observer, in other words, at least two facets reflect light toward a FOV of an observer, can reduce non-uniformity of light output from the lightguides.
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The critical angles 60 (represented as circles) of the first lightguide 10 are 59 degrees within a BK7 glass lightguide surrounded by protective coating having n=1.3. Four circles represent the critical angles 60 of the four external facets of the lightguide 20. The unpolarized light source 2U and the 2D lightguide 9 generate uniform illumination distribution, therefore we can assume for simplicity that the angular area between the critical angles 62 is uniformly illuminated. Assuming rectangular aperture of the projecting optics 107 having f/2, then the half angle divergence of the required image light is 14 degrees as presented by illumination 64. This required illumination angular distribution propagate along the first lightguide 10 until reflected by the facets 12 at 45 degrees onto the lightguide 20 as depicted by required illumination 66. As the required illumination 66 propagates along the first lightguide 10, the required illumination 66 is reflected by the facets 922P at 45 degrees out of the lightguide 20 and onto the LCOS 106 as depicted by illumination 68.
In order to minimize scattering, it is preferable that the coatings on the facets 12 and the facets 922P have reflectivity of S-polarization at the required angles only. In this example, this should be approximately ±14 degrees around 45 degrees.
The efficiency of this configuration of the present invention is determined by the ratio of the illumination angular distribution (within the angular area defined by the critical angles 62) to the required angular area of the illumination 64. The 2D lightguide 9 (including optional diffusers) with limited angular distribution overlapping the required distribution can optionally be used to improve efficiency.
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The required optical illumination angular distribution 70 has the same parameters as in
The facets 12 in this embodiment are at 37 degrees and have coating that partially reflects S-polarization at angles between 20 to 53 degrees (relative to facet vertex). These facets 12 will reflect distributions 70 and 72 onto the lightguide 20 as distributions 78 and 80 respectively. These two distributions (78, 80) also exchange energy as the two distributions propagate along the lightguide 20.
The facets 922P within the lightguide 20 (having same parameter as in the first lightguide 10 in this example) partially reflect distribution 78 out of the lightguide 20 onto the LCOS 106 as distribution 82.
In the current embodiment, the facets partially reflect the light and the continuous coupling with the other distributions within the lightguide enable more energy to be coupled to the required distribution. It is apparent from the current figure that the combined distribution of 70, 72, 74, and 76 fills efficiently the illuminating angular distribution between the critical angles of the first lightguide 10.
A combination of facet (12, 922P) and corresponding coatings can be designed in the lightguides (10, 20) to convert light propagating with a large angle (relative to a normal to the facets) to propagate with a relatively shallower angle. This design combination can be based on reflection at high angles and facets at low angles, preferably only with regard to S-polarization. This design combination can improve efficiency as compared to implementations allowing light to propagate with high angles.
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The coating design of
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The angular illumination distribution in the 2D lightguide 9 (illumination between all critical angles) is depicted as area 84. The tapered conversion is depicted as a transformation to thin rectangle 86 (the rotation from one direction to another is not mandatory and is for clarity).
The required intensity distributions 88 and 90 exchange energy and coupled out to 92 by facets 922P the same way as 78 and 80 in
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Light beams b2 are actually a bundle of rays propagating in same direction as depicted by two vectors in
In both cases, the magnitude of reflection for images c1 and c2 in S- and P-polarizations is determined by the coating on these facets 40. Preferably, one reflection is the image and the other is suppressed since the other image corresponds to an unwanted “ghost” image. Suitable coatings for controlling which ranges of incident beam angles are reflected and which ranges of incident beam angles are transmitted can be found described in detail in U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,391,573 and 7,457,040, coassigned with the present invention.
Note that the above-described examples, numbers used, and exemplary calculations are to assist in the description of this embodiment. Inadvertent typographical errors, mathematical errors, and/or the use of simplified calculations do not detract from the utility and basic advantages of the invention.
To the extent that the appended claims have been drafted without multiple dependencies, this has been done only to accommodate formal requirements in jurisdictions that do not allow such multiple dependencies. Note that all possible combinations of features that would be implied by rendering the claims multiply dependent are explicitly envisaged and should be considered part of the invention.
It will be appreciated that the above descriptions are intended only to serve as examples, and that many other embodiments are possible within the scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.
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