Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Dongsik Shim

Bongsu Shin

Joonyong Park

Sunghoon Lee

Jaeseung Chung

Jihyun Bae

Dongouk Kim

Hyunjoon Kim

Seogwoo Hong

Changbum Lee

Hongseok Lee

Changgyun Shin

Seokwhan Chung

Dongjae Shin

Seokho Song

Hoon Song

Byounglyong Choi

Byunggil Jeong

Eunkyung Lee

Bongyong Jang

Junghyun Park

Changsoo Lee

Alexander Victorovich Morozov

Youngju Jeong

A photonic integrated circuit platform includes a substrate, a first oxide layer disposed on the substrate and including an insulating transparent oxide, and a first optical element layer disposed on the first oxide layer and including a semiconductor material. The photonic integrated circuit platform further includes a second optical element layer disposed on the first optical element layer and including an insulating material different from the insulating transparent oxide of the first oxide layer, the second optical element layer further including a compound semiconductor material different from the semiconductor material of the first optical element layer, a second oxide layer disposed on the second optical element layer and including an insulating transparent oxide, and a plurality of optical elements formed by patterning the first optical element layer or the second optical element layer.

Photonic integrated circuit platform and optical phase array device using the same

Provided in a method of fabricating an optical element array including providing a silicon substrate, providing a first element layer on the silicon substrate, the first element layer including a plurality of passive optical elements, providing a plurality of semiconductor blocks on a compound semiconductor wafer, providing semiconductor dies by dicing the compound semiconductor wafer by the plurality of semiconductor blocks, and providing a second element layer by providing the semiconductor dies on the first element layer, each of the plurality of semiconductor blocks contacting at least one corresponding passive optical element from among the plurality of passive optical elements.

Optical element array, optical system and method of manufacturing optical element array

A system including a beam steering device, includes a substrate, at least one light source disposed on the substrate and configured to irradiate at least one light beam, and optical phased arrays disposed on a same plane of the substrate and configured to adjust a direction of the at least one light beam that is irradiated, to output a first plurality of light beams to an object. Each of the optical phased arrays has a different view angle range. The system further includes light detecting elements configured to detect a second plurality of light beams that are reflected by the object to which the first plurality of light beams is output. The light detecting elements respectively correspond to the optical phased arrays.

System including beam steering device

A method for manufacturing a pattern structure includes preparing a wafer that has a plurality of fine patterns, generating a first trench by processing the wafer from a first surface to a first depth, and generating a second trench connected to the first trench by processing the wafer from a second surface which is opposite to the first surface to a second depth, thereby cutting the wafer.

Pattern structure and method of manufacturing the pattern structure

Disclosed is a beam steering device capable of adjusting a reflection angle of incident light and reflecting the incident light to a desired location. Also disclosed is an optical apparatus configured to detect light reflected from an external object and to extract information with respect to the external object. The beam steering device includes: a substrate; an antenna layer disposed on the substrate; a dielectric layer covering the antenna layer; a refractive index changing layer disposed on the dielectric layer; and an electrode layer disposed on the refractive index changing layer.

Beam steering device and optical apparatus including the same

A backlight unit for a three-dimensional (3D) image display includes a light guiding plate configured to guide light; a light source configured to emit the light to the light guiding plate; and a diffraction grating structure provided on a surface of the light guiding plate, the diffraction grating structure configured to diffract the light emitted from the surface of the light guiding plate, and including diffracting gratings having different heights.

Backlight unit for 3D image display and method of manufacturing the backlight unit

A light steering apparatus is provided including a tunable laser source and a system including the light steering apparatus. The light steering apparatus includes the tunable laser source and a steering device. A plurality of laser beams having optical coherence with each other and output from the tunable laser source are incident onto the steering device, and the steering device includes a plurality of modulation units for beam steering.

Light steering apparatus and system including the light steering apparatus

A method of correcting optical characteristics of a back light unit (BLU) for a three-dimensional (3D) display apparatus includes: obtaining first optical characteristics of a reference image; obtaining a corrected image by applying an initial correction value, which is determined based on the first optical characteristics, to the reference image; obtaining second optical characteristics of the corrected image; determining whether the second optical characteristics match reference optical characteristics; outputting the corrected image based on determining that the second optical characteristics match the reference optical characteristics, and obtaining a new corrected image and repeating, for the new corrected image, the obtaining the second optical characteristics and the determining whether the second optical characteristics match the reference optical characteristics, based on determining that the second optical characteristics of the corrected image do not match the reference optical characteristics.

Method of correcting optical characteristics of back light unit for three-dimensional display apparatus

An input coupler includes: a plurality of semi-reflectors located along an optical path along which a light incident from a light source travels, each of the plurality of semi-reflectors comprising a reflective surface that is inclined with respect to the optical path and configured to reflect a first portion of the light and transmit a second portion of the light; and a plurality of optical path changing members configured to change an optical path of the light transmitted through the plurality of semi-reflectors, wherein the plurality of semi-reflectors and the plurality of optical path changing members are arranged such that the light passing through at least one of the plurality of semi-reflectors and emitted in one direction has a linear beam distribution.

Input coupler, backlight unit, and three-dimensional image display apparatus including the input coupler

A three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus includes a backlight unit configured to provide collimated white light, and a display panel configured to modulate the light provided from the backlight unit based on image information and to display the light in a plurality of viewing zones. The display panel includes a diffractive color filter in which a diffractive element for providing directivity is disposed on a color filter, thereby improving an optical efficiency in 3D image formation.

Three-dimensional image display apparatus including diffractive color filter

A directional backlight unit, a three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus, and a 3D image displaying method are provided. The directional backlight unit includes a light guide plate having an emission surface on which a plurality of grating elements including first and second groups of grating elements are provided. The plurality of grating elements are arranged such that light beams emitted from the first and second groups of grating elements commonly propagate through a plurality of pixel points and respectively form first and second groups of view points of which corresponding regions do not overlap with each other.

Directional backlight unit, three-dimensional (3D) image display apparatus, and 3D image displaying method

A directional backlight unit and an image display apparatus including the directional backlight unit are provided. The directional backlight unit includes at least one light source and a light guide plate that guides light emitted by the light source. An interval between grating patterns formed on the light guide plate satisfies at least one condition of a first range and a second range in order to minimize a spreading of light caused by the grating patterns.

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Hwaseong-si, South Korea

Dongsik Shim