Optical waveguide element and display device
An optical waveguide element including a light entrance portion and a light exit portion is provided. The light entrance portion includes a first light guide layer, a second light guide layer, and at least one third light guide layer. Light entrance surfaces of the first light guide layer and the second light guide layer jointly compose a first inclined surface. Light exit surfaces of the first light guide layer and the second light guide layer jointly compose a second inclined surface. The first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are inclined relative to a bottom surface of the first light guide layer. The thickness of the light exit portion is less than the total thickness of the first light guide layer, the second light guide layer, and the at least one third light guide layer. A display device is also provided.
1. An optical waveguide element, adapted to receive a display beam, and the optical waveguide element comprising:
a light entrance portion, comprising a first light guide layer, a second light guide layer, and at least one third light guide layer, wherein the second light guide layer is connected to the first light guide layer, the at least one third light guide layer is connected to the first light guide layer or the second light guide layer, wherein light entrance surfaces of the first light guide layer and the second light guide layer jointly compose a first inclined surface, light exit surfaces of the first light guide layer and the second light guide layer jointly compose a second inclined surface, the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface are respectively connected to and inclined relative to a bottom surface of the first light guide layer, and a reflecting layer or a light-absorbing layer is formed on at least one of a first sidewall surface and a second sidewall surface of the at least one third light guide layer; and
a light exit portion, connected to the second inclined surface, wherein a thickness of the light exit portion is less than a total thickness of the first light guide layer, the second light guide layer, and the at least one third light guide layer,
wherein refractive indices of the first light guide layer, the second light guide layer, and the light exit portion are equal, and the refractive indices of the first light guide layer, the second light guide layer, and the light exit portion are respectively less than or equal to a refractive index of the at least one third light guide layer,
wherein the display beam enters the optical waveguide element through the first inclined surface of the light entrance portion, and is transmitted to a display area via the light exit portion.
2. The optical waveguide element according to claim 1 , wherein the light exit portion has a plurality of beam splitters located therein, the beam splitters are parallel to each other and are arranged at intervals.
3. The optical waveguide element according to claim 1 , wherein the first light guide layer is located between the second light guide layer and the at least one third light guide layer.
4. The optical waveguide element according to claim 1 , wherein a first interface is between the first light guide layer and the second light guide layer, a second interface is between the at least one third light guide layer and the first light guide layer or the second light guide layer connected thereto, the first interface is parallel to the second interface, and the optical waveguide element further comprises:
a first partial transmitting and partial reflecting layer, disposed at the first interface; and
a second partial transmitting and partial reflecting layer, disposed at the second interface.
5. The optical waveguide element according to claim 4 , wherein light transmittances of the first partial transmitting and partial reflecting layer and the second partial transmitting and partial reflecting layer are different.
6. The optical waveguide element according to claim 1 , wherein the light exit portion has a plurality of beam splitters located therein, the beam splitters are parallel to each other and are arranged at intervals, a bottom surface of the light exit portion is connected to the second inclined surface and the bottom surface of the first light guide layer, and a distance between a joint of the bottom surface of the light exit portion and the second inclined surface and an orthographic projection formed by the beam splitter closest to the second inclined surface being projected onto the bottom surface of the light exit portion is greater than or equal to 0.
7. The optical waveguide element according to claim 1 , wherein a first sidewall surface of the at least one third light guide layer and the first inclined surface are coplanar.
8. The optical waveguide element according to claim 1 , wherein a second sidewall surface of the at least one third light guide layer and the second inclined surface are coplanar.
9. The optical waveguide element according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first sidewall surface and the second sidewall surface of the at least one third light guide layer is a matte surface.
10. A display device, comprising:
the optical waveguide element according to claim 1 ; and
a display light source, disposed beside the first inclined surface, wherein the display light source is adapted to emit the display beam.