Design and stray light analysis of ultra-thin geometrical waveguide

Qiwei Wang, Dewen Cheng, Qichao Hou, Yuan Hu, Yongtian Wang

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Abstract

Nowadays, the waveguide has the advantages of small thickness and light weight so that it attracts more and more attention in the field of near-eye display. However, as a major problem, stray lights generated in the waveguide seriously degrade the display quality. In this paper, a geometrical waveguide with a beam-splitting mirror array (BSMA) is designed by using the non-sequential ray-tracing software LightTools, and great efforts are paid to study the causes and solutions of the stray light. With mass calculation and optimization based on the criterion of stray light/useful light ratio, an optimum design with the least amount of stray lights is found. To further eliminate the stray light, a novel structure that couples the rays into the waveguide is designed. The optimized waveguide has a FOV of 36° in the pupil-expanding direction of the waveguide, with stray light energy reduced to 1% over the useful light, the exit pupil diameter is 11.6mm at an eye relief of 20mm and the thickness is 2.4mm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology
Subtitle of host publicationOptical Systems and Modern Optoelectronic Instruments, OIT 2015
EditorsKimio Tatsuno, Xiaodi Tan, Yongtian Wang
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781628417999
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Event2015 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optical Systems and Modern Optoelectronic Instruments, OIT 2015 - Beijing, China
Duration: 17 May 201519 May 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9618
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference2015 International Conference on Optical Instruments and Technology: Optical Systems and Modern Optoelectronic Instruments, OIT 2015
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period17/05/1519/05/15

Keywords

  • coupling-in structure
  • geometrical waveguide
  • near-eye display
  • stray light analysis

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