Display device
A display device includes: a light source having a light emitting surface configured to emit light, a light transmitting layer covering the light source and having a light exit surface configured to receive the light emitted from the light emitting surface, a first metasurface formed between the light emitting surface and the light transmitting layer and configured to concentrate the light emitted by the light source in a first direction along the light emitting surface, and a second metasurface formed on the light exit surface and configured to split the light received by the light exit surface in the first direction.
1 . A display device, comprising:
a light source having a light emitting surface configured to emit light;
a light transmitting layer covering the light source, wherein the light transmitting layer has a light exit surface, and the light exit surface is configured to receive the light emitted from the light emitting surface;
a first metasurface formed between the light emitting surface and the light transmitting layer and configured to concentrate the light emitted from the light source along a first direction of the light emitting surface; and
a second metasurface formed on the light exit surface and configured to split, and concentrate toward different predetermined viewing angles, the light received by the light exit surface in the first direction,
wherein the second metasurface has a plurality of second microstructures, and the second microstructures are arranged along the first direction, and
wherein distances between cross sections of the second microstructures parallel to the light emitting surface have a distance change gradually increased from two ends to a center of the second metasurfaces along the first direction, and the second microstructures are arranged by repeating the distance change one or more times.
2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of sub-pixels are provided, and a plurality of the light sources are respectively and correspondingly included in the sub-pixels.
3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light source is a micro light-emitting diode.
4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first metasurface and the second metasurface are configured to concentrate the light in a second direction parallel to the light emitting surface and perpendicular to the first direction.
5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first metasurface has a plurality of first microstructures.
6 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein cross sections of the second microstructures parallel to the light emitting surface have a shape with a short axis along the first direction and a long axis along a second direction parallel to the light emitting surface and perpendicular to the first direction.
7 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first metasurface has a plurality of first microstructures, and the first microstructures are circularly arranged parallel to the light emitting surface to form a plurality of rings.
8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein cross sections of the first microstructures parallel to the light emitting surface have a size change gradually reduced from an outer ring toward an inner ring, and the first microstructures are arranged to form the plurality of rings by repeating the size change one or more times.
9 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein cross sections of the first microstructures in the innermost ring are the smallest.
10 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein distances between cross sections of the first microstructures parallel to the light emitting surface have a distance change gradually reduced from an outer ring toward an inner ring, and the first microstructures are arranged to form the plurality of rings by repeating the distance change one or more times.
11 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein cross sections of the second microstructures parallel to the light emitting surface have a size change gradually reduced from two ends to a center of the second metasurface along the first direction, the second microstructures are arranged by repeating the size change from the two ends to the center one or more times.
12 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein cross section of the innermost second microstructure closest to the center is the smallest.
13 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first metasurface has a plurality of first microstructures, and widths of cross sections of the first microstructures parallel to the light emitting surface range from 20 to 2000 nm.
14 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein widths of cross sections of the second microstructures parallel to the light emitting surface in the first direction range from 20 to 2000 nm, and lengths of cross sections of the second microstructures parallel to the light emitting surface in a second direction parallel to the light emitting surface and perpendicular to the first direction range from 20 to 4000 nm.
15 . The display device of claim 14 , wherein the widths of the cross sections of the adjacent second microstructures parallel to the light emitting surface in the first direction are different.
16 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first metasurface has a plurality of first microstructures, and distances between cross sections of the first microstructures parallel to the light emitting surface and distances between cross sections of the second microstructures parallel to the light emitting surface are smaller than 2000 nm, respectively.
17 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first metasurface has a plurality of first microstructures, and heights of the first microstructures and the second microstructures in a direction perpendicular to the light emitting surface are smaller than 2000 nm.
18 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first metasurface or the second metasurface is formed by a dielectric material, and a refractive index of the dielectric material for forming the first metasurface or the second metasurface is larger than a refractive index of the light transmitting layer.