Environmentally isolated waveguide display

MM Popovich, JD Waldern, AJ Grant - US Patent 11,194,159, 2021 - Google Patents
A waveguide display is provided comprising: an input image generator providing image light
projected over a field of view; a waveguide having first and second external surfaces; and at …

Evacuated gratings and methods of manufacturing

JD Waldern, AJ Grant, MM Popovich… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
Improvements to gratings for use in waveguides and methods of producing them are
described herein. Deep surface relief gratings (SRGs) may offer many advantages over …

Apparatus for providing waveguide displays with two-dimensional pupil expansion

MM Popovich, JD Waldern, AJ Grant - US Patent 11,281,013, 2022 - Google Patents
An optical display comprises: a first waveguide comprising a first surface and a second
surface, an input coupler, a fold grating, and an output grating. The input coupler receives …

Methods and apparatuses for providing a holographic waveguide display using integrated gratings

AJ Grant, JD Waldern, MM Popovich, S He… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
Systems and methods for providing holographic waveguide display using integrated
gratings in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One …

Gratings with variable depths for waveguide displays

ME Colburn, G Calafiore, MCR Leibovici… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
A manufacturing system for fabricating self-aligned grating elements with a variable
refractive index includes a patterning system, a deposition system, and an etching system …

Gratings with variable etch heights for waveguide displays

ME Colburn, G Calafiore, MCR Leibovici… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A manufacturing system performs a deposition of an etch-compatible film over a substrate.
The etch-compatible film includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first …

Transparent waveguide display for tiling a display having plural optical powers using overlapping and offset FOV tiles

RD Brown, AJ Grant, WL Hendrick… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
One embodiment provides an apparatus for displaying an image comprising: a first optical
substrate comprising at least one waveguide layer configured to propagate light in a first …

Environmentally isolated waveguide display

MM Popovich, JD Waldern, AJ Grant - US Patent 11,726,329, 2023 - Google Patents
A waveguide display is provided comprising: an input image generator providing image light
projected over a field of view; a waveguide having first and second external surfaces; and at …

Apparatus for providing waveguide displays with two-dimensional pupil expansion

MM Popovich, JD Waldern, AJ Grant - US Patent 11,754,842, 2023 - Google Patents
An optical display comprises: a first waveguide comprising a first surface and a second
surface, an input coupler, a fold grating, and an output grating. The input coupler receives …

Waveguide laser illuminator incorporating a Despeckler

MM Popovich, JD Waldern, AJ Grant - US Patent 11,307,432, 2022 - Google Patents
There is provided an illumination device comprising: a laser; a waveguide comprising at
least first and second transparent lamina; a first grating device for coupling light from the …