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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
May. 16, 2022
Applicant:
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/137 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1337 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/137 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02F 1/133345 (2013.01); G02F 1/133738 (2021.01); G02F 1/134309 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0174 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G02F 2203/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device is provided. The device includes a first Pancharatnam-Berry phase ('PBP') lens, and a second PBP lens stacked with the first PBP lens. Each of the first PBP lens and the second PBP lens includes a liquid crystal (“LC”) layer. Each side of the LC layer is provided with a continuous electrode and a plurality of patterned electrodes. The patterned electrodes in the first PBP lens are arranged non-parallel to the patterned electrodes in the second PBP lens.