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US 12,197,082 · App. 18/660,828 · Granted Jan 14, 2025
Polarization-independent diffractive optical structures
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Abstract
Diffractive optical structures, lenses, waveplates, devices, systems, and methods, which have the same effect on light regardless of the polarization state of the light, utilizing systems of polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optics and differential polarization converters with special arrangements that do not require introducing spatial separation between the layers.
Claims (11)
1. A polarization-independent high-efficiency diffractive waveplate system comprising:
an input unpolarized plane wave light beam having a wavelength;
(a) a first polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic comprising anisotropic layer meeting a half-wave retardation condition for the wavelength of the input unpolarized plane wave light beam, and having orientation angle of an anisotropy axis varying linearly along spatial coordinates parallel and perpendicular to a plane of a layer with diffraction efficiency maximized for a first circular polarization and minimized for a second circular polarization for an angle of incidence of the input light beam;
(b) a second polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic comprising anisotropic layer meeting a half-wave retardation condition for the wavelength of the input unpolarized plane wave light beam, and having orientation angle of an anisotropy axis varying linearly along both a spatial coordinate parallel and perpendicular to a plane of a layer, a rate of change of anisotropy axis orientation angle along a direction parallel to a plane is such that light diffracted from both the first and the second polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic propagates in a selected direction, and rate of change of anisotropy axis orientation in a direction perpendicular to a second layer is such that light diffracted from the first polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic is diffracted with high efficiency by the second polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic;
(c) a third polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic comprising anisotropic layer meeting a half-wave retardation condition for the wavelength of the input unpolarized plane wave light beam, and having orientation angle of an anisotropy axis varying linearly along spatial coordinates parallel and perpendicular to a plane of a layer, wherein rates of change of anisotropy axis orientation angle being equal in magnitude and opposite in sign relative to corresponding rates of change in the first polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic; and
(d) a fourth polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic comprising anisotropic layer meeting a half-wave retardation condition for the wavelength of the input unpolarized plane wave light beam, and having orientation angle of an anisotropy axis varying linearly along spatial coordinates parallel and perpendicular to a plane of a layer, the rates of change of anisotropy axis orientation angle being equal in magnitude and opposite in sign relative to the corresponding rate of change in the second polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic.
2. The polarization-independent high-efficiency diffractive waveplate system of claim 1 , wherein the rates of change of anisotropy axis orientation angle are adjusted such that a diffraction angle produced by the system is proportional to distance from a line perpendicular to the system, and in a direction such that light is diffracted towards said line, said system thereby acting as a lens for unpolarized light.
3. The polarization-independent high-efficiency diffractive waveplate system of claim 1 , wherein rates of change of anisotropy axis orientation angle are constant over an entire area of said system, said system thereby acting as a beam deflector for unpolarized light.
4. The polarization-independent high-efficiency diffractive waveplate system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic, the second polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic, the third polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic, and the fourth polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic, is electrically tunable.
5. The polarization-independent high-efficiency diffractive waveplate system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic, the second polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic, the third polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic, and the fourth polarization discriminator diffractive waveplate optic, is electrically switchable.
6. A polarization-independent high-efficiency diffractive waveplate system as in claim 1 , further comprising polarizing optics.
Continuity (4)
Division
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Continuation In Part
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Provisional Application
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· Mar 5, 2018
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