CUSTOMIZED POLYMER/GLASS DIFFRACTIVE WAVEGUIDE STACKS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY/MIXED REALITY APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20230228934A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US18185032

    申请日:2023-03-16

    申请人: Magic Leap, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G02B27/01 F21V8/00

    摘要: A diffractive waveguide stack includes first, second, and third diffractive waveguides for guiding light in first, second, and third visible wavelength ranges, respectively. The first diffractive waveguide includes a first material having first refractive index at a selected wavelength and a first target refractive index at a midpoint of the first visible wavelength range. The second diffractive waveguide includes a second material having a second refractive index at the selected wavelength and a second target refractive index at a midpoint of the second visible wavelength range. The third diffractive waveguide includes a third material having a third refractive index at the selected wavelength and a third target refractive index at a midpoint of the third visible wavelength range. A difference between any two of the first target refractive index, the second target refractive index, and the third target refractive index is less than 0.005 at the selected wavelength.

    Patterning of liquid crystals using soft-imprint replication of surface alignment patterns

    公开(公告)号:US11567371B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US16825913

    申请日:2020-03-20

    申请人: Magic Leap, Inc.

    摘要: Soft-imprint alignment processes for patterning liquid crystal polymer layers via contact with a reusable alignment template are described herein. An example soft-imprint alignment process includes contacting a liquid crystal polymer layer with a reusable alignment template that has a desired surface alignment pattern such that the liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal polymer are aligned to the surface alignment pattern via chemical, steric, or other intermolecular interaction. The patterned liquid crystal polymer layer may then be polymerized and separated from the reusable alignment template. The process can be repeated many times. The reusable alignment template may include a photo-alignment layer that does not comprise surface relief structures that correspond to the surface alignment pattern and a release layer above this photo-alignment layer. A reusable alignment template and methods of fabricating the same are also disclosed.

    EYEPIECE FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210405372A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17359195

    申请日:2021-06-25

    申请人: Magic Leap, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G02B27/01 G02B27/00 G02B6/02

    摘要: A method, includes providing a wafer including a first surface grating extending over a first area of a surface of the wafer and a second surface grating extending over a second area of the surface of the wafer; de-functionalizing a portion of the surface grating in at least one of the first surface grating area and the second surface grating area; and singulating an eyepiece from the wafer, the eyepiece including a portion of the first surface grating area and a portion of the second surface grating area. The first surface grating in the eyepiece corresponds to an input coupling grating for a head-mounted display and the second surface grating corresponds to a pupil expander grating for the head-mounted display.

    Methods and apparatuses for casting polymer products

    公开(公告)号:US11198233B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-14

    申请号:US17285877

    申请日:2019-10-16

    申请人: MAGIC LEAP, INC.

    摘要: In an example method of forming a waveguide part having a predetermined shape, a photocurable material is dispensed into a space between a first mold portion and a second mold portion opposite the first mold portion. A relative separation between a surface of the first mold portion with respect to a surface of the second mold portion opposing the surface of the first mold portion is adjusted to fill the space between the first and second mold portions. The photocurable material in the space is irradiated with radiation suitable for photocuring the photocurable material to form a cured waveguide film so that different portions of the cured waveguide film have different rigidity. The cured waveguide film is separated from the first and second mold portions. The waveguide part is singulated from the cured waveguide film. The waveguide part corresponds to portions of the cured waveguide film having a higher rigidity than other portions of the cured waveguide film.