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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2022
Applicant:

Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yun-Han Lee, Redmond, WA (US);

Lu Lu, Kirkland, WA (US);

Mengfei Wang, Woodinville, WA (US);

Fenglin Peng, Redmond, WA (US);

Junren Wang, Kirkland, WA (US);

Oleg Yaroshchuk, Kyiv, UA;

Yingfei Jiang, Fremont, CA (US);

Babak Amirsolaimani, Redmond, WA (US);

Scott Charles McEldowney, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03H 1/02 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/0036 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G03H 1/0248 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0174 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G03H 2260/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device includes a display configured to generate an image light. The device also includes a waveguide optically coupled with the display and configured to guide the image light to an exit pupil of the device. The waveguide includes a grating including a birefringent material, and a birefringence of the grating is configured to increase along a pupil-expanding direction of the device.


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