IP Library Granted Patent US 12,596,204
Granted Patent B2
US 12,596,204 · App. 18/471,825 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Meta optical device and electronic device including the same

Inventors: Junsuk Rho (Pohang-si, KR); Gyeongtae Kim (Pohang-si, KR); Yeseul Kim (Pohang-si, KR); Jooyeong Yun (Pohang-si, KR); Inki Kim (Pohang-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G02B1/002G02B27/0172G06T7/521G06T7/593G06T2207/10028
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Patent No.
US 12,596,204
App. No.
18/471,825
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A meta optical device for forming structured light by modulating incident light having a preset wavelength includes a plurality of supercells each including a plurality of nanostructures having a shape dimension less than the preset wavelength, and shapes and arrangements of the plurality of nanostructures are designed to form the structured light as a point pattern having a viewing angle greater than 160° in horizontal and vertical directions.

Claims (25)

1 . A meta optical device for forming structured light by modulating incident light having a preset wavelength, the meta optical device comprising:

a plurality of supercells each including a plurality of nanostructures each having a shape dimension less than the preset wavelength,

wherein shapes and arrangements of the plurality of nanostructures are configured to form the structured light of a point pattern having a viewing angle greater than 160° in horizontal and vertical directions,

wherein the shapes and the arrangements of the plurality of nanostructures are designed such that a ratio of an intensity of an m th order diffraction light with respect to an intensity of a first order diffraction light is greater than 50%, and

wherein, m denotes a largest number of integers less than (n*P/λ), n denotes a number of the nanostructures in each of the supercells, P denotes an arrangement pitch of the nanostructures in each of the supercells, and λ denotes the preset wavelength.

2 . The meta optical device of claim 1 , wherein

an arrangement pitch of the plurality of nanostructures is less than or equal to λ/2 (λ denotes the preset wavelength).

3 . The meta optical device of claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of nanostructures is shaped into a column having a cross-sectional surface defined by a major axis and a minor axis, and

a direction of the major axis of each of the plurality of nanostructures is determined by a relative position of the nanostructure in each of the plurality of supercells.

4 . The meta optical device of claim 1 , further comprising

a support layer supporting the plurality of nanostructures.

5 . The meta optical device of claim 4 , wherein

each of the plurality of nanostructures includes

a nanocomposite having a resin material and nanoparticles dispersed in the resin material.

6 . The meta optical device of claim 5 , wherein

the meta optical device is manufactured by using a soft mold having a reverse pattern of the shapes of the plurality of nanostructures.

7 . The meta optical device of claim 5 , wherein

the support layer includes a transparent plastic material having a curved shape.

8 . A meta optical device for forming structured light by modulating incident light having a preset wavelength, the meta optical device comprising:

a plurality of supercells each including a plurality of nanostructures each having a shape dimension less than the preset wavelength,

wherein shapes and arrangements of the plurality of nanostructures are configured to form the structured light of a point pattern having a viewing angle greater than 160° in horizontal and vertical directions,

wherein a phase profile generated by each of the plurality of supercells is represented as a second function that is obtained by an iterative Fourier transform of a first function defined in a spatial frequency domain,

wherein the first function is defined to have a value of 1 within a circle with radius 1/λ and a value of 0 in a remaining space in the spatial frequency domain defined by (fx, fy) satisfying conditions 1/(2P)≤fx≤1/(2P), 1/(2P)≤fy≤1/(2P), and

wherein P denotes an arrangement pitch of the nanostructures and λ denotes the preset wavelength.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2025
From: POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073954/0779 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2023
From: RHO, JUNSUK; KIM, GYEONGTAE; KIM, YESEUL; YUN, JOOYEONG; KIM, INKI
To: POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 064986/0888 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2022-0125818 · Sep 30, 2022 · national
KR 10-2023-0055011 · Apr 26, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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