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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2023
Applicant:

Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);

Inventors:

Michael Lucien Genier, Horseheads, NY (US);

Mark Francis Krol, Corning, NY (US);

Michael John Moore, Asheville, NC (US);

Horst Herbert Anton Schreiber, Livonia, NY (US);

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/01 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/42 (2006.01); G02C 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 6/0016 (2013.01); G02B 6/0038 (2013.01); G02B 6/0065 (2013.01); G02B 27/4205 (2013.01); G02B 27/4272 (2013.01); G02C 7/022 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0194 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical device includes a stack that includes a first curved optical element stacked with a second curved optical element. The second curved optical element propagates light by total internal reflection. The stack also includes an incoupling diffractive grating that incouples the light into the second optical element and an outcoupling diffractive grating optically coupled to the incoupling diffractive grating through the second curved optical element. The outcoupling diffractive grating directs the light. The first curved optical element has a first refractive index, the second curved optical element has a second refractive index, and the first refractive index is different from the second refractive index by approximately 0.15 to 1.2.


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