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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Avegant Corp., Belmont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Allan Thomas Evans, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew John Gross, Redwood City, CA (US);
D. Scott Dewald, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Avegant Corp., San Mateo, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/0136 (2013.01); G02B 27/283 (2013.01); G02B 2207/117 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system to adjust light path length utilizing a digital light path length modulator. The digital light path length modulator includes an optical path length extender (OPLE) with a plurality of polarization sensitive reflective elements and a polarization modulator. The OPLE has two light paths having different path lengths, so a light having a first polarization is directed through a first light path, and the light having a second polarization is directed through a second light path.