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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew John Ouderkirk, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sheng Ye, Redmond, WA (US);
Tingling Rao, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/122 (2006.01); G02B 6/125 (2006.01); G02B 6/138 (2006.01); G02F 1/065 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/1221 (2013.01); G02B 6/125 (2013.01); G02B 6/138 (2013.01); G02F 1/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a polymeric waveguide for propagating light therein along width and length dimensions of the polymeric waveguide. The polymeric waveguide has a first curved surface on one side thereof and a second curved surface on an opposite second side thereof, and a refractive index spatially varying through a thickness thereof between the first curved surface and the second curved surface. The polymeric waveguide is curved in a cross-section comprising at least one of the width and length dimensions.