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Achromatic diffractive waveguide in AR glasses
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AR glasses seem to have developed rapidly in recent years; many believe this is the device most likely to replace smartphones in the future. Many consumer market manufacturers in China, such as Thunder Bird Innovation, XREAL (Younai Koen (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.), Rokid (Hangzhou Lingban Technology Co., Ltd.), and INMO (Sichuan Yingmu Technology Co., Ltd.), are also involved.
A core component in AR glasses is the waveguide, which plays a key role in augmented reality devices. Waveguides utilize the principle of total internal reflection to transmit information, providing users with an immersive visual experience.
Key performance indicators for waveguides include:
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Field of View (FOV) : Determines the range of the virtual image the user can see; a larger FOV provides a wider field of vision. -
Eye Box : Refers to the range of movement for the user's eyes; a larger eye box improves wearing comfort. -
Diffraction Efficiency : Affects image brightness and clarity; a highly efficient diffraction waveguide reduces light loss and improves display quality.
These indicators together determine the performance of the diffraction waveguide, which in turn affects the overall AR glasses experience.
The most mainstream waveguide implementations are geometric waveguides and diffraction waveguides . Geometric waveguides have good optical performance with essentially no noticeable chromatic aberration. However, the manufacturing yield is very low, posing significant mass production challenges ( To achieve pupil expansion, geometric waveguides require many layers of film with different reflection/transmission efficiencies within the waveguide; the film system is very complex ).
Currently, diffraction waveguides are a viable implementation approach. Their manufacturing process is less complex than that of geometric waveguides, but they exhibit noticeable chromatic aberration. This is because the inherent dispersion of diffraction makes it difficult to achieve ideal achromatic results. Much current work is using SiC material; its high refractive index provides greater design space and enables stronger chromatic dispersion compensation. Simultaneously, there is much research on non-local structures, which may overcome the technical bottlenecks of insufficient chromatic dispersion compensation and mode impedance mismatch caused by the limited resonance bandwidth and scattering ability of traditional local structures.
I've always had a question about diffraction efficiency, It's said that the diffraction efficiency of current waveguides is low. Is this truly the case? Or is it because pupil expansion necessitates low single-emission efficiency? In addition, the uniformity of diffraction efficiency is also very demanding in practical applications; otherwise, the rainbow effect will be very obvious. Should the priority of uniform three-color efficiency in design be higher than diffraction efficiency? ？
I wonder if any friends from the industry or those very familiar with engineering design have seen this post and would like to discuss it.
Is there much significance in simply designing a high-efficiency achromatic single-layer waveguide with extremely high diffraction efficiency? I have been considering designing a diffraction waveguide by setting refractive index discontinuities in the periodic structure and optimizing the position of the refractive index discontinuities to find a suitable structure. However, I don't know what the appropriate objective optimization function is (mainly because I don't understand the priority of diffraction waveguide performance indicators in practical applications).
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