Metasurface structure and method for producing metasurface structure

    公开(公告)号:US11822054B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17052249

    申请日:2019-04-11

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to a metasurface structural body or the like having a structure for achieving desired optical characteristics. The metasurface structural body includes a base member having a first surface and a second surface opposing each other, and a plurality of antennas as a plurality of fine structures arranged along the first surface. The base member has a base portion and an adjacent portion. The antennas each has a first refractive index and an antenna end surface constituting a part of the first surface. The adjacent portion is provided such that a part thereof is positioned between the antennas, the adjacent portion having a second refractive index different from the first refractive index and an adjacent-portion end surface constituting a remaining part of the first surface. The antenna end surfaces and the adjacent-portion end surface form a flat surface as the first surface.

    Light-emitting device
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11031747B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-08

    申请号:US16323625

    申请日:2017-08-10

    摘要: The present embodiment relates to a light emitting device having a structure capable of removing zero order light from output light of an S-iPM laser. The light emitting device includes a semiconductor light emitting element and a light shielding member. The semiconductor light emitting element includes an active layer, a pair of cladding layers, and a phase modulation layer. The phase modulation layer has a basic layer and a plurality of modified refractive index regions, each of which is individually disposed at a specific position. The light shielding member has a function of passing through a specific optical image output along an inclined direction and shielding zero order light output along a normal direction of a light emitting surface.

    SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190356113A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-21

    申请号:US16451580

    申请日:2019-06-25

    IPC分类号: H01S5/183 H01S5/42 H01S5/10

    摘要: In a semiconductor light emitting element provided with an active layer 4, a pair of cladding layers 2, 7 between which the active layer 4 is interposed, and a phase modulation layer 6 optically coupled to the active layer 4, the phase modulation layer 6 includes a base layer 6A and a plurality of different refractive index regions 6B having different refractive indices from the base layer 6A. When an XYZ orthogonal coordinate system having a thickness direction of the phase modulation layer 6 as a Z-axis direction is set and a square lattice of a virtual lattice constant a is set in an XY plane, each of the different refractive index regions 6B is disposed so that a centroid position G thereof is shifted from a lattice point position in a virtual square lattice by a distance r, and the distance r is 0

    Image acquisition device, image acquisition method, and spatial light modulation unit

    公开(公告)号:US10466458B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-05

    申请号:US15772648

    申请日:2016-09-20

    发明人: Yuu Takiguchi

    摘要: An image acquisition device includes a light source, a spatial light modulator having a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arranged and fro modulating a phase of excitation light output from the light source for each of the plurality of pixels, a first objective lens, a second objective lens, a photodetector, and a control unit for controlling an amount of phase modulation for each of the plurality of pixels in accordance with a two-dimensional phase pattern corresponding to the plurality of pixels. The phase pattern is generated based on a predetermined basic phase pattern. The basic phase pattern includes a first region in which the phase value continuously increases in a predetermined direction and a second region in which the phase value continuously decreases in the direction and facing the first region in the direction.

    Semiconductor laser device
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10090636B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-02

    申请号:US15541515

    申请日:2016-01-07

    摘要: Provided is a semiconductor laser device including a plurality of semiconductor laser units LDC that are capable of being independently driven, and a spatial light modulator SLM that is optically coupled to a group of the plurality of semiconductor laser units LDC. Each of the semiconductor laser units includes a pair of clad layers having an active layer 4 interposed therebetween, and a diffractive lattice layer 6 that is optically coupled to the active layer 4. The semiconductor laser device includes a ¼ wavelength plate 26 that is disposed between a group of the active layers 4 of the plurality of semiconductor laser units LDC and a reflection film 23, and a polarizing plate 27 that is disposed between the group of the active layers 4 of the plurality of semiconductor laser units LDC and a light emitting surface.

    Image output device
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12124215B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17347633

    申请日:2021-06-15

    摘要: An image output device of the disclosure facilitates enlargement of a stereoscopic image and includes a spatial light modulator, an image irradiation unit, and an address light irradiation unit. The spatial light modulator includes a main surface, a back surface, and pixels, reflects light emitted to the main surface, and modulates a phase of the light for each pixel. The image irradiation unit irradiates the main surface with light including an optical image. The address light irradiation unit irradiates the back surface with address light including a diffraction grating pattern. Each pixel of the spatial light modulator changes a phase modulation amount according to the intensity of the address light from a back surface. The address light irradiation unit dynamically change a diffraction grating pattern's direction on the back surface. The image irradiation unit irradiates the main surface with the optical image corresponding to the diffraction grating pattern's direction.

    Semiconductor light-emitting module and control method therefor

    公开(公告)号:US11502481B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-15

    申请号:US16432198

    申请日:2019-06-05

    摘要: A semiconductor light-emitting module according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements each outputting light of a desired beam projection pattern; and a support substrate holding the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements. Each of the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements includes a phase modulation layer configured to form a target beam projection pattern in a target beam projection region. The plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements include first and second semiconductor light-emitting elements that are different in terms of at least any of a beam projection direction, the target beam projection pattern, and a light emission wavelength.