WO2023045410A1 - Compensator and preparation method therefor, image display apparatus, and display device - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to the technical field of imaging devices, in particular to a compensator and a preparation method thereof, an image display device, and a display device.
- VR virtual reality
- AR Augmented Reality
- a designed free-form surface optical element is generally required to achieve imaging; and when the ambient light of external things passes through the free-form surface optical element, imaging deformation will occur, resulting in There are aberrations in the external things seen by the human eye.
- a lens with a free-form surface is also required to control aberrations so that the human eye can normally view external things.
- head-mounted image display devices based on free-form surfaces are relatively thick, generally greater than 8mm, or even greater than 10mm, and the products are bulky, inconvenient for users to use, and not conducive to promotion.
- the purpose of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a compensator and a manufacturing method thereof, an image display device, and a display device.
- an embodiment of the present invention provides a compensator, including: a prism substrate and a compensating element that can be divided into multiple metasurface structural units;
- the compensation element is arranged on one side of the prism base;
- the metasurface structure unit of the compensation element is used to compensate the phase of the light passing through the metasurface structure unit;
- the emitting directions behind the surface structure unit, the prism base and the free-form surface prism located on the light emitting side of the prism base are the same.
- the phase error of the metasurface structure unit at multiple target wavelengths meets the minimum error condition, and the phase error is the actual compensation phase of the metasurface structure unit at the target wavelength The difference between the theoretical phase and the theoretical phase that the metasurface structure unit needs to compensate at the same target wavelength.
- the minimum error condition is the minimum weighted sum of multiple phase errors, and the weighted sum of multiple phase errors is:
- (x, y) represent the positional coordinates of described metasurface structural unit
- m is the numbering of described metasurface structural unit (x, y) in the structural database
- ⁇ i is the i-th described target wavelength
- c i is the weight coefficient of the target wavelength ⁇ i
- n 1 is the refractive index of the prism base
- t x, y is the thickness of the prism base in the light propagation direction corresponding to the metasurface structure unit (x, y)
- n 2 is the free-form surface
- T x, y is the thickness of the free-form surface prism in the light propagation direction corresponding to the metasurface structure unit (x, y).
- the target wavelength includes wavelengths in the visible light band, and the target wavelength includes at least wavelengths corresponding to yellow light, green light, red light, and purple light;
- a smaller value of the weight coefficients of the yellow light and the green light is not smaller than a larger value of the weight coefficients of the red light and the violet light.
- the compensation element includes a transparent base layer and a plurality of nanostructures.
- the nanostructure is an upright structure with a central axis in the height direction, and the nanostructure has a first symmetry plane and a second symmetry plane perpendicular to the first symmetry plane ;
- intersection line between the first symmetry plane and the second symmetry plane is the central axis, the intersection line between the first symmetry plane and the nanostructure, and the intersection line between the second symmetry plane and the The intersection lines between the nanostructures have the same shape.
- the nanostructure is a cylinder or a regular prism with 4n side edges;
- the nanostructure is a cylindrical or regular prism cavity structure with 4n side edges;
- the nanostructure is an at least partially hollow cylinder or a regular prism with 4n side edges, and the hollow of the nanostructure is a cylindrical or regular prism-shaped cavity structure with 4n side edges;
- the nanostructure is a cylindrical or regular prism cavity structure with 4n side edges, and the cavity structure is provided with a cylinder or a regular prism with 4n side edges.
- the compensation element is arranged on the light incident side of the prism base
- the incident direction of the light directed at the metasurface structure unit is the same as the outgoing direction of the light after passing through the metasurface structure unit, the prism base and the free-form surface prism on the light exit side of the prism base in sequence .
- the surface shape of the light-emitting side of the prism base matches the surface shape of a side of the free-form surface prism close to the prism base.
- the surface shape of the light-emitting side of the prism base is a concave free-form surface.
- the refractive index of the prism base is the same as that of the free-form surface prism.
- a tempered film and/or an anti-reflection film is provided on a side of the compensation element away from the prism base.
- the embodiment of the present invention also provides an image display device, which is characterized in that it includes: a free-form surface prism and any one of the above-mentioned compensators.
- the free-form surface prism includes a transmissive surface, a transflective surface, and a light-splitting surface; the light-splitting surface is a side close to the light-emitting side of the prism base of the compensator;
- the transmission surface is used to transmit external imaging light, and the imaging light transmitted by the transmission surface is directed to the transflective surface;
- the transflective surface is used to totally reflect the imaging light transmitted by the transmissive surface to the spectroscopic surface;
- the light splitting surface is used to reflect the imaging light totally reflected by the transflective surface to the transflective surface;
- the transflective surface is also used for transmitting the imaging light reflected by the light splitting surface.
- the transflective surface is a concave spherical surface.
- the transmittance ratio of the dichroic surface is not less than (I max -I 0 )/I 0 ; wherein, I max is the maximum brightness of the external imaging light, and I 0 is the maximum brightness required for imaging. maximum brightness.
- the image display device further includes an image source; the image source is configured to emit imaging light directed to the free-form surface prism.
- an embodiment of the present invention further provides a near-eye projection display device, including any image display device as described above.
- the embodiment of the present invention also provides a method for preparing a compensator, including:
- a structural layer is arranged on the side of the transparent base layer away from the isolation layer;
- the metasurface structure unit comprising the nanostructure is used for compensating the phase of the light passing through the metasurface structure unit;
- the exit directions behind the metasurface structure unit, the prism base and the free-form surface prism located on the light exit side of the prism base are the same.
- the method before removing the isolation layer, the method further includes: setting a transfer layer on the surface of the nanostructure;
- the transfer of the separated transparent base layer and a plurality of nanostructures to the light incident side of the prism base comprises:
- the transfer layer is removed.
- the arranging the transparent base layer on the side of the isolation layer away from the temporary base includes:
- the transfer of the separated transparent base layer and a plurality of nanostructures to the light incident side of the prism base comprises:
- the transfer layer is removed.
- the metasurface structure unit of the compensation element can perform phase compensation on the light, so that the incident direction of the light that hits the compensator is the same as that of the light that passes through the compensator and the free-form surface prism.
- the outgoing direction of the two is the same, so the light can pass through the compensator and the free-form prism without focus and distortion. After the human eye passes through the compensator and the free-form prism, it can view external things normally.
- the thickness of the metasurface structure unit is small, and the prism substrate can also be made to have a small thickness, so the compensator and the free-form surface prism can form an afocal and thin image display device, which can realize light and thin, and is convenient for users use.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of a compensator provided by an embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 2 shows another schematic structural diagram of the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 3 shows another schematic structural diagram of the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 4 shows a schematic diagram of the thickness of the prism in the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 5 shows a schematic structural view of a nanostructure provided by an embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 6 shows another schematic structural view of the nanostructure provided by the embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 7 shows a schematic structural view of various nanostructures provided by the embodiments of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 shows a schematic structural diagram of an image display device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 9 shows a schematic flow chart of the preparation method of the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 10 shows another schematic flow chart of the preparation method of the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 11 shows another schematic flow chart of the preparation method of the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 shows a schematic structural diagram of an image display device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 13 shows the spot diagram of 0 ° and 20 ° field of view provided by the embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 14 shows an imaging simulation diagram provided by an embodiment of the present invention.
- first and second are used for descriptive purposes only, and cannot be interpreted as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the quantity of indicated technical features. Thus, a feature defined as “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of these features.
- “plurality” means two or more, unless otherwise specifically defined.
- the compensator includes: a prism substrate 100 and a compensating element 200 that can be divided into multiple metasurface structural units.
- the compensating element 200 is disposed on one side of the prism substrate 100 ; as shown in FIG. 1 , the compensating element 200 is disposed on the right side of the prism substrate 100 .
- the metasurface structure unit of compensation element 200 is used for compensating the phase of the light passing through the metasurface structure unit;
- the emitting directions behind the free-form surface prisms 20 on the light emitting side of 100 are the same.
- the prism base 100 can transmit light incident on the prism base 100 , and the prism base 100 can be made of glass or other transparent materials.
- the prism substrate 100 has a light incident side where the ambient light is incident and a light output side where the ambient light exits. As shown in FIG. 1 , ambient light A can be incident from right to left, then the right side of the prism substrate 100 is the light incident side, and the left side is the light output side.
- the compensation element 200 that can realize the compensation function is arranged on one side of the prism base 100; The element 200 may also be disposed on the light exit side of the prism substrate 100 .
- the compensation element 200 can be divided into a plurality of metasurface structural units. Since the thickness of the metasurface structural units is small, generally micron or nanoscale, the compensation element 200 is arranged on one side of the prism substrate 100, so that the prism substrate 100 can It plays the role of supporting the compensating element 200 . As shown in FIGS. 1-3 , the side of the prism substrate 100 on which the compensation element 200 is set is a plane, so as to facilitate the processing of the compensation element 200 on the prism substrate 100 . The side of the prism substrate 100 not provided with the compensating element 200 can be flat (as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3 ) or non-flat.
- the compensation element 200 is disposed on the light incident side of the prism substrate 100 .
- the light-emitting side of the prism base 100 can be non-planar, for example, the surface shape of this side matches the surface shape of the side of the free-form surface prism 20 close to the prism base 100, for example, it is concave. freeform surface.
- the free-form surface prism 20 is a prism used for imaging.
- at least one surface of the free-form surface prism 20 is a free-form surface. Changes will occur, resulting in imaging distortion (optical aberration), and the embodiment of the present invention is mainly based on the compensating element 100 for compensating and correcting the imaging distortion.
- the compensation element 100 implements phase compensation for the light incident on the compensation element 100 through the metasurface structure unit, so that the incident direction of the light before entering the compensator is the same as that of the light passing through the metasurface structure.
- the emitting directions behind the unit (that is, the compensating element 100 ), the prism substrate 100 and the free-form surface prism 20 are the same.
- light A is incident on the compensation element 100 in the compensator, and the corresponding metasurface structure unit in the compensation element 100 compensates the phase of the light A, and converts light A into light B; generally, Light A and B travel in different directions.
- the light B passes through the prism base 100 and the free-form surface prism 20 in sequence and then is converted into light E.
- the light E is the light after the light A passes through the compensator and the free-form surface prism 20.
- the propagation direction of the light E is the same as that of the light A .
- the compensating element 200 is arranged on the light-incident side of the prism substrate 100;
- the outgoing directions behind the free-form surface prism 20 are the same.
- the light incident side and the light exit side of the prism substrate 100 in the embodiment of the present invention are only relative terms, and are not used to limit the transmission of light from the "light incident side” to the "light exit side”; as shown in Figure 1
- the light can also pass through the prism substrate 100 from left to right, that is, the light can also be emitted from the “light exit side” to the “light entry side” of the prism substrate 100 .
- the compensation element 200 can still implement phase compensation for the light.
- the metasurface structure unit of the compensating element 200 can perform phase compensation on the light, so that the incident direction of the light that hits the compensator is the same as that of the light that passes through the compensator and the free-form surface prism 20
- the outgoing direction of the light is the same, so the light can pass through the compensator and the free-form prism 20 without focus and without distortion.
- the human eye After passing through the compensator and the free-form prism 20, the human eye can normally view external things.
- the thickness of the metasurface structure unit is small, and the prism substrate 100 can also be made to have a small thickness, so the compensator and the free-form surface prism 20 can form an afocal and thin image display device, thereby realizing thinning and thinning. User-friendly.
- the phase error of the metasurface structure unit in the compensation element 200 at multiple target wavelengths meets the minimum error condition; wherein, the phase error is the difference between the actual compensation phase of the metasurface structure unit at the target wavelength and The difference between the theoretical phases that metasurface structural units need to compensate for at the same target wavelength.
- a structural database containing multiple metasurface structural units can be preset.
- the structural database can use an existing database, or can adaptively add new metasurface structural units based on the existing database.
- its compensation effect on light of different wavelengths is generally different; for different metasurface structure units in the structure database, its compensation effect on light of the same wavelength is also different.
- the target wavelength is the wavelength that needs to be compensated, and the target wavelength can include wavelengths in the visible light band; based on the shape and structure of the compensator and the free-form surface prism 20, the phase that needs to be compensated for the light of each target wavelength can be determined , which is the theoretical phase.
- the compensation phase of each metasurface structure unit to light of different target wavelengths that is, the actual compensation phase can be determined.
- the difference between the theoretical phase and the actual compensation phase at the same target wavelength is used as the phase difference value at the target wavelength; if the phase error of a metasurface structural unit at multiple target wavelengths meets the minimum error condition , indicating that the phase compensation effect of the metasurface structure unit is not much different from the theoretically required compensation effect.
- the metasurface structure unit can be selected as the corresponding metasurface structure unit in the compensation element 200 .
- the error minimum condition is the weighted sum of multiple phase errors Minimum, that is, the metasurface structure unit selected in the compensation element 100, compared with other metasurface structure units in the structure database, the weighted sum minimum.
- the weighted sum of multiple phase errors is:
- (x, y) represents the position coordinates of the metasurface structural unit
- m is the number of the metasurface structural unit (x, y) in the structure database
- ⁇ i is the i-th target wavelength
- c i is the target wavelength ⁇ i
- the weight factor of; is the actual compensation phase of the metasurface structure unit (x, y) at the target wavelength ⁇ i
- ⁇ i is the theoretical phase that needs to be compensated for the metasurface structure unit (x,y) at the target wavelength ⁇ i
- n 1 is the refractive index of the prism base 100
- t x, y is the thickness of the prism base 100 on the light propagation direction corresponding to the metasurface structure unit (x, y)
- n 2 is the refractive index of the free-form surface prism 20
- T x,y is the thickness of the free-form surface prism 20 in the light propagation direction corresponding to the metasurface structure unit (x,y).
- the compensation element 200 can be divided into a plurality of metasurface structural units, and the metasurface structural units at different positions of the compensation element 200 are not completely the same.
- the metasurface structural units are used on the compensation element 200
- the position (x, y) of the corresponding metasurface structure unit For example, the side of the prism substrate 100 close to the compensating element 200 is a plane, and the metasurface structural units of the compensating element 200 can be distributed on the plane. At this time, the position coordinates (x, y) as the identification ID of the metasurface structural unit.
- the power of the free-form prism 20 is ⁇ 1 ( ⁇ i )
- the power of the compensator is ⁇ 2 ( ⁇ i )
- it needs to satisfy ⁇ 1 ( ⁇ i )+ ⁇ 2 ( ⁇ i ) 0.
- phase of the free-form surface prism 20 in the ambient light path is The phase of the compensator in the ambient light path is then need to meet Moreover, the prism substrate 100 and the metasurface structure unit of the compensator also have corresponding phases on the ambient light path and Therefore, the phase of the metasurface structure unit should have the phase That is, the theoretical phase that needs to be compensated at the target wavelength ⁇ i .
- the thickness of the prism substrate 100 in the corresponding light propagation direction is t x, y , then the phase of the prism substrate 100 at this position
- the thickness of the free-form surface prism 20 in the light propagation direction corresponding to the metasurface structure unit (x, y) is T x, y
- the phase of the free-form surface prism 20 at this position for Therefore, for the metasurface structure unit at (x, y), the theoretical phase that needs to be compensated at the target wavelength ⁇ i is:
- n1 is the refractive index of the prism base 100
- n2 is the refractive index of the free-form surface prism 20; in general, n1 and n2 can be the same, for example, the prism base 100 and the free-form surface prism 20 adopt the same material, such as uniform Use the same glass material, etc.
- the actual compensation phase of the metasurface structural unit k at the corresponding target wavelength ⁇ i can be determined, that is, it can be determined that the metasurface structural unit k is set to Actual compensation phase at (x,y) and can determine the weighted sum of multiple phase errors
- the metasurface structure unit m corresponding to the minimum weighted sum can be determined, that is, for any k, Therefore, the metasurface structure unit m in the structure database can be set at (x, y) as the metasurface structure unit (x, y).
- the metasurface structure units at other positions of the compensating element 200 can be determined in the same way, which will not be repeated here.
- different target wavelengths ⁇ i may set corresponding weight coefficients c i .
- the target wavelengths at least include wavelengths corresponding to yellow light, green light, red light, and purple light; and, the smaller value among the weight coefficients of yellow light and green light is not less than larger value. That is, yellow light and green light have larger weight coefficients, and red light and purple light have smaller weight coefficients. Based on this weighted sum, the metasurface structural units determined can better compensate for the more sensitive yellow light and Green light can improve the viewing effect of human eyes.
- the compensation element 200 of the compensator includes a transparent base layer 210 and a plurality of nanostructures 220 .
- the nanostructure 220 and a part of the transparent base layer 210 can be divided into a metasurface structure unit.
- Each metasurface structure unit can modulate the incident light, and the nanostructure 220 can directly adjust the phase and other characteristics of light;
- Selected materials include: titanium oxide, silicon nitride, fused silica, aluminum oxide, gallium nitride, gallium phosphide, and hydrogenated amorphous silicon.
- a plurality of nanostructures 220 are arranged in an array, so that metasurface structural units can be divided; the metasurface structural units can be regular hexagons, squares, fan shapes, etc., and the central position of each metasurface structural unit, or each A nanostructure is respectively provided at the center position and the apex position of the metasurface structure unit.
- all the nanostructures 220 can be located on the same side of the transparent base layer 210, or some nanostructures 220 are located on one side of the transparent base layer 210, and another part of the nanostructures are located on the other side of the transparent base layer 210. This is not limited.
- the transparent base layer 210 is an integral layer structure, and the multiple metasurface structural units in the compensation element 200 can be artificially divided, that is, a plurality of nanostructures 220 are arranged on the transparent base layer 210, so that they can be divided A metasurface structure unit including one or more nanostructures 220 is shown, or in other words, a plurality of metasurface structure units can form a compensating element 200 with an integrated structure.
- the compensator provided in the embodiment of the present invention is mainly used to compensate the external ambient light. Since the ambient light is polarization-independent, in order to make the nanostructure 220 insensitive to the polarization of the incident light, the nanostructure 220 in the embodiment of the present invention The structure adopts a specific symmetrical structure. As shown in Figure 5, the nanostructure 220 provided by the embodiment of the present invention is an upright structure with a central axis 221 in the height direction, such as a columnar structure, etc., and the nanostructure 220 has a first symmetry plane 222 and the first symmetry plane Vertical second plane of symmetry 223 . As shown in FIG.
- the intersection line between the first symmetry plane 222 and the second symmetry plane 223 is the central axis 221, and the intersection line between the first symmetry plane 222 and the nanostructure 220 is the same as the second symmetry plane 223 and the nanostructure 220.
- the intersection lines between the structures 220 have the same shape.
- the nanostructure 220 is a solid cylinder, and the intersection lines between the two symmetry planes and the nanostructure 220 are all rectangles with the same shape.
- the nanostructure 220 can be a cylinder as shown in Figure 5, or the nanostructure 220 can also be a regular prism with 4n side edges, where n is a positive integer; for example, the nanostructure 220 can be a regular square prism, a regular octagon Prisms, etc., FIG. 6 shows a nanostructure 220 of regular quadrangular prisms.
- the nanostructure 220 is an at least partially hollow cylinder or a regular prism with 4n side edges, and the hollow of the nanostructure 220 is a cylindrical or regular prism-shaped cavity structure with 4n side edges.
- the cylindrical nanostructure 220 is partially hollow, and the hollow structure is a regular quadrangular prism.
- smaller cylinders or regular prisms with 4n side edges are arranged in the hollow cavity structure of the nanostructure 220 .
- the nanostructure 220 is cylindrical as a whole, and also has a cylindrical hollow cavity structure, and there are regular quadrangular prisms in the cavity structure.
- the nanostructure 220 is a cylindrical or regular prism cavity structure with 4n side edges.
- the nanostructure 220 is a cavity structure in the shape of a regular quadrangular prism. Or, further, a cylinder or a regular prism with 4n side edges is arranged in the cavity structure.
- the nanostructure 220 is a cylindrical cavity structure, and a regular quadrangular prism is also arranged in the cavity structure.
- the nanostructure 220 is a cavity structure, which means that the surroundings of the nanostructure 220 are filled with structural materials, such as filled with transparent materials such as silicon nitride. Since the metasurface structure units are divided, corresponding nanostructures 220 can be formed by carving cavity structures in the complete structure layer.
- FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 only show schematic diagrams of metasurface structural units, and the dimensions, size ratios, etc. in the figures are not used to limit the metasurface structural units. According to actual needs, metasurface structural units of required size can be designed or selected.
- the compensating element 200 is located on the outer surface.
- a tempered film can be provided on the side of the compensating element 200 away from the prism substrate 100 to play a protective role.
- an anti-reflection coating may also be provided on the side of the compensating element 200 away from the prism substrate 100 to increase the transmittance when ambient light is incident on the compensator.
- the metasurface structure unit of the compensating element 200 can perform phase compensation on the light, so that the incident direction of the light that hits the compensator is the same as that of the light that passes through the compensator and the free-form surface prism 20
- the outgoing direction of the light is the same, so the light can pass through the compensator and the free-form prism 20 without focus and without distortion.
- the human eye After passing through the compensator and the free-form prism 20, the human eye can normally view external things.
- the thickness of the metasurface structure unit is small, and the prism substrate 100 can also be made to have a small thickness, so the compensator and the free-form surface prism 20 can form an afocal and thin image display device, thereby realizing thinning and thinning.
- User-friendly. Selecting an appropriate metasurface structure unit based on the minimum error condition can ensure that the compensation element 200 has a high compensation effect; selecting a nanostructure 220 with a specific symmetrical structure can better modulate non-polarized ambient light.
- an embodiment of the present invention also provides an image display device, as shown in FIG. 8 , the image display device includes: a free-form surface prism 20 and a compensator 10 as provided in any one of the above embodiments.
- the free-form surface prism 20 can form a magnified image. After the external ambient light passes through the compensator 10 and the free-form surface prism 20, the propagation direction of the light does not change, that is, the image display device comprising the compensator 10 and the free-form surface prism 20 is afocal system without causing distortion of ambient light.
- the user can normally view the image formed by the free-form surface prism 20, and can normally view the external environment, which can realize the effect of augmented reality.
- the free-form surface prism 20 includes a transmissive surface 21 , a transflective surface 22 and a light-splitting surface 23 ;
- the transmissive surface 21 is used to transmit external imaging light, and the imaging light transmitted by the transmissive surface 21 is directed to the transflective surface 22;
- the surface 23 is used to reflect the imaging light totally reflected by the transflective surface 22 to the transflective surface 22 ;
- the transflective surface 22 is also used to transmit the imaging light reflected by the dichroic surface 23 .
- the transflective surface 22 is a concave spherical surface, which is convenient for processing.
- the image display device may also include an image source 30, which emits imaging rays directed to the free-form surface prism 20; as shown in FIG.
- the transmission surface 21 of the curved prism 20 The imaging ray M passes through the transmissive surface 21 , and then enters the transflective surface 22 at a larger incident angle, and is totally reflected on the transflective surface 22 , so that the imaging ray M is totally reflected to the spectroscopic surface.
- the beam splitting surface 23 has non-reflective and transmissive functions.
- the beam splitting surface 23 is provided with a semi-transparent and semi-reflective film, which can reflect at least part of the light in the imaging light M; The angle is incident on the transflective surface 22 again, and then passes through the transflective surface 22 to the human eye.
- the external ambient light A can also be emitted to human eyes after passing through the compensator 10 , the dichroic surface 23 , and the transflective surface 22 .
- the dichroic surface 23 of the free-form surface prism 20 matches the surface shape of the light-emitting side of the prism base 100 of the compensator 10, and is generally a free-form surface, so that the free-form surface prism 20 and the prism base 100 can be bonded together.
- the two can be glued together; if the refractive index of the free-form surface prism 20 and the prism base 100 are the same, then the glue used is close to the refractive index of the two; for example, the refractive index of the glue is the same as the refractive index of the two The error between the ratios does not exceed 0.1.
- the dichroic surface 23 can reflect and transmit light, the external ambient light A will also be partially reflected when it passes through the dichroic surface 23, that is, the dichroic surface 23 reflects part of the ambient light; in order to ensure that the human eye can see the external environment with normal brightness , the splitting surface 23 needs to have sufficient transmittance.
- the transmittance ratio (that is, the ratio of transmittance to reflectance) of the splitting surface 23 is not less than (I max -I 0 )/I 0 ; wherein, I max is the maximum brightness of the external imaging light, and I 0 The maximum brightness required for imaging.
- the transmittance-reflectance ratio is greater than 1, that is, the light transmitted by the dichroic surface 23 is more than the reflected light.
- An embodiment of the present invention also provides a near-eye projection display device, which includes any image display device as described above. Based on the near-eye projection display device, human eyes can see the image formed by the image source 30 and can normally watch the external environment.
- near-eye means that the display device is close to the human eye, and the distance between the display device and the human eye is generally less than 10 cm, generally 1-3 cm.
- the embodiment of the present invention also provides a preparation method of the compensator provided in any one of the above embodiments, the compensator includes a prism substrate 100 and a compensation element 200 , and the compensation element 200 includes a transparent base layer 210 and a nanostructure 220 .
- the metasurface structure unit comprising the nanostructure 220 is used for compensating the phase of the light passing through the metasurface structure unit; the incident direction of the light directed to the compensator is related to the light passing through the metasurface structure unit, the prism substrate 100, and the The emitting directions behind the free-form surface prisms 20 on the light emitting side of the substrate 100 are the same.
- the prism substrate 100 as shown in Figure 1 is similar to the triangular prism structure, and when making the nanostructure 220, there are requirements for the substrate; Thickness and other requirements make it difficult to directly grow the nanostructure 220 on the prism substrate 100 .
- the temporary substrate 1 that meets the requirements of the processing technology is used for processing, and then the compensator is manufactured by transfer. Referring to shown in Figure 9, the preparation method comprises:
- Step S91 setting an isolation layer 2 on the temporary substrate 1 .
- the temporary base 1 is a one-layer structure temporarily used as a base, and the material of the temporary base 1 may be silicon or quartz glass.
- the isolation layer 2 is a removable material, and is different from the materials of the substrate (including the temporary base 1, the transparent base layer 210) and the nanostructure 220; the material of the isolation layer 2 can be a soluble metal material, such as germanium, aluminum, Copper, gold and other metal materials.
- the isolation layer 2 can be formed by a deposition growth method, such as CVD (vapor phase deposition) method, etc., and the thickness of the isolation layer 2 can be 1-300 ⁇ m.
- Step S92 setting a transparent base layer 210 on the side of the isolation layer 2 away from the temporary base 1 .
- a transparent base layer is grown on the isolation layer 2 , and this layer can be used as the transparent base layer 210 .
- the material of the transparent base layer 210 is a transparent material, which has a relatively high transmittance to light of a target wavelength band (such as a visible light band), and specifically silicon oxide can be selected.
- the transparent base layer 210 can be deposited by CVD or ALD (atomic layer deposition), and its thickness can be 0.5-5 ⁇ m.
- Step S93 setting the structural layer 3 on the side of the transparent base layer 210 away from the isolation layer 2 .
- a layer of structural layer 3 is grown on the transparent base layer 210.
- the material of the structural layer 3 is different from that of the transparent base layer 210, and the material of the structural layer 3 is also selected to be transparent in the target band, such as titanium oxide, nitride Silicon, fused silica, alumina, gallium nitride, gallium phosphide and hydrogenated amorphous silicon, etc.
- the structural layer 3 can be deposited by CVD or ALD, and its thickness can be 300-3000 nm.
- Step S94 Structuring a plurality of nanostructures 220 on the structural layer 3 .
- a plurality of nanostructures 220 may be structured on the structural layer 3 by means of photolithography or the like.
- a masking layer can be coated on the structure layer 3, and the masking layer can include photoresist and/or a hard mask, wherein the hard mask can be various oxides or metals such as aluminum and chromium.
- the nano pattern is exposed on the shielding layer, and the optional exposure methods include electron beam exposure, deep ultraviolet lithography exposure, nanoimprinting and laser direct writing; and then adopt methods such as dry etching to obtain the nanostructure 220, And remove photoresist and/or hardmask.
- Step S95 removing the isolation layer 2, transferring the separated transparent base layer 210 and the plurality of nanostructures 220 to one side of the prism base 100 to make a compensator.
- the isolation layer 2 is removed by dissolving the isolation layer 2, thereby separating the temporary substrate 1, and then the structure including the transparent base layer 210 and the nanostructure 220 can be transferred to the pre-set prism substrate 100 , thus forming the required compensator.
- the embodiment of the present invention implements transfer by adding a transfer layer 4 .
- the method also includes:
- Step S950 setting the transfer layer 4 on the surface of the nanostructure 220 .
- step S95 of "removing the isolation layer 2, and transferring the separated transparent base layer 210 and the plurality of nanostructures 220 to the light-incident side of the prism base 100" includes:
- Step S951 removing the isolation layer 2 .
- Step S952 Transfer the separated transparent base layer 210 , nanostructures 220 and transfer layer 4 to the light incident side of the prism base 100 , and attach the transparent base layer 210 to one side of the prism base 100 .
- Step S953 removing the transfer layer 4 to obtain the required compensator.
- the transfer layer 4 is made of a material with a certain hardness, which can be plastic, such as PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate), PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane), PE (polyethylene ), PC (polycarbonate) and other materials.
- the thickness of the transfer layer 4 needs to be ten times greater than the thickness of the structural layer 2 , for example, the thickness of the transfer layer 4 may be 10 ⁇ m ⁇ 1 mm.
- the transparent base layer 210 and the nanostructures 220 can be transferred to the prism substrate 100 by using the transfer layer 4 with a certain thickness.
- the method shown in FIG. 10 can arrange the prism substrate 100 and the nanostructure 220 on both sides of the transparent base layer 210 respectively, so that a compensator similar to that in FIG. 1 can be obtained.
- the prism substrate 100 may also be disposed on one side of the nanostructure 220, so that a compensator such as that shown in FIG. 3 can be obtained.
- the step S92 of the preparation method "setting the transparent base layer 210 on the side of the isolation layer 2 away from the temporary base 1" includes:
- Step S921 setting the transfer layer 4 on the side of the isolation layer 2 away from the temporary substrate 1 .
- Step S922 Afterwards, a transparent base layer 210 is provided on the side of the transfer layer 4 away from the isolation layer 2 .
- step S95 removing the isolation layer 2, and transferring the separated transparent base layer 210 and the plurality of nanostructures 220 to the light incident side of the prism base 100" includes:
- Step S951 removing the isolation layer 2 .
- Step S954 Transfer the separated transparent base layer 210 , nanostructure 220 and transfer layer 4 to the light incident side of the prism substrate 100 , and attach the nanostructure 220 to one side of the prism substrate 100 .
- Step S955 removing the transfer layer 4 to obtain the required compensator, the nanostructure 220 of the compensator is between the prism substrate 100 and the transparent base layer 210 .
- processing is performed on the basis of the temporary substrate 1 to obtain a compensation element 200 including a transparent base layer 210 and a nanostructure 220, and the compensation element 200 is transferred to the Prism substrate 100, so that it can adapt to various shapes of prism substrate 100, and generate corresponding compensators.
- Utilizing the transfer layer 4 can increase the thickness of the compensating element 200 to facilitate transfer.
- the compensator 10 includes a prism substrate 100 and a compensating element 200 , and the compensator 100 and the free-form surface prism 20 can form an image display device.
- the outer surface of the free-form surface prism 20 ie, the transflective surface 22
- the transflective surface 22 is a concave spherical refracting surface with a radius of -130 mm.
- the distance from the center point of the outer surface of the free-form surface prism 20 to the eye pupil plane (EPD) is 15mm.
- the thickness from the center of the compensation element 200 to the center point of the outer surface of the free-form surface prism 20 is 6 mm; the thickness of the transparent base layer 210 of the compensation element 200 is 0.1 mm; the viewing angle is ⁇ 20°.
- the materials of the free-form surface prism 20 and the prism substrate 100 are both PMMA, the material of the metasurface transparent base layer 210 is fused silica, and the material of the metasurface nanostructure 220 is silicon nitride, with a period of 600nm, a height of 1350nm, and a characteristic size of 100nm.
- the afocal system of the ambient light path is mainly analyzed here. Taking the phase modulation of three wavelengths of 486nm, 587nm, and 656nm as an example, the spot diagrams of 0° and 20° field of view are shown in Figure 13, and the imaging simulation diagram of the external environment is shown in Figure 14, and the left side of Figure 14 The side is the actual object, and the right side is the image formed by the image display device. It can be seen from the figure that the metasurface-based compensator 10 well compensates the optical aberration caused by the free-form surface prism 20, and achieves diffraction-limited imaging quality.
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本发明涉及成像器件技术领域,具体而言,涉及一种补偿器及其制备方法、图像显示装置、显示设备。The invention relates to the technical field of imaging devices, in particular to a compensator and a preparation method thereof, an image display device, and a display device.
虚拟现实(VR,Virtual Reality)和增强现实(AR,Augmented Reality)的概念提出以来,基于VR或者AR模式的头戴式图像显示装置取得了长足的发展。Since the concepts of virtual reality (VR, Virtual Reality) and augmented reality (AR, Augmented Reality) were proposed, head-mounted image display devices based on VR or AR modes have made great progress.
在像源不遮挡人眼的前提下,为了在人眼前方成像,一般需要经过设计的自由曲面光学元件实现成像;而外部事物的环境光透过该自由曲面光学元件时会发生成像变形,导致人眼看到的外部事物存在像差。此时还需要具有自由曲面面型的透镜来控制像差,使得人眼可以正常地观看外部事物。目前,基于自由曲面的头戴式图像显示装置厚度较大,一般大于8mm,甚至大于10mm,产品笨重,用户使用不方便,也不利于推广。Under the premise that the image source does not block the human eye, in order to form an image in front of the human eye, a designed free-form surface optical element is generally required to achieve imaging; and when the ambient light of external things passes through the free-form surface optical element, imaging deformation will occur, resulting in There are aberrations in the external things seen by the human eye. At this time, a lens with a free-form surface is also required to control aberrations so that the human eye can normally view external things. At present, head-mounted image display devices based on free-form surfaces are relatively thick, generally greater than 8mm, or even greater than 10mm, and the products are bulky, inconvenient for users to use, and not conducive to promotion.
发明内容Contents of the invention
为解决上述问题,本发明实施例的目的在于提供一种补偿器及其制备方法、图像显示装置、显示设备。To solve the above problems, the purpose of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a compensator and a manufacturing method thereof, an image display device, and a display device.
第一方面,本发明实施例提供了一种补偿器,包括:棱镜基底和能够被分出多个超表面结构单元的补偿元件;In the first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a compensator, including: a prism substrate and a compensating element that can be divided into multiple metasurface structural units;
所述补偿元件设置在所述棱镜基底的一侧;The compensation element is arranged on one side of the prism base;
所述补偿元件的所述超表面结构单元用于对透过所述超表面结构单元的光线的相位进行补偿;射向所述补偿器的光线的入射方向, 与所述光线透过所述超表面结构单元、所述棱镜基底以及位于所述棱镜基底的出光侧的自由曲面棱镜后的出射方向相同。The metasurface structure unit of the compensation element is used to compensate the phase of the light passing through the metasurface structure unit; The emitting directions behind the surface structure unit, the prism base and the free-form surface prism located on the light emitting side of the prism base are the same.
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述超表面结构单元在多个目标波长下的相位误差符合误差最小条件,所述相位误差为所述超表面结构单元在所述目标波长下的实际补偿相位与在相同的所述目标波长下所述超表面结构单元需要补偿的理论相位之间的差值。In a possible implementation, the phase error of the metasurface structure unit at multiple target wavelengths meets the minimum error condition, and the phase error is the actual compensation phase of the metasurface structure unit at the target wavelength The difference between the theoretical phase and the theoretical phase that the metasurface structure unit needs to compensate at the same target wavelength.
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述误差最小条件为多个所述相位误差的加权和最小,多个所述相位误差的加权和为:In a possible implementation manner, the minimum error condition is the minimum weighted sum of multiple phase errors, and the weighted sum of multiple phase errors is:
其中,(x,y)表示所述超表面结构单元的位置坐标,m为所述超表面结构单元(x,y)在结构数据库中的编号,λ i为第i个所述目标波长,c i为所述目标波长λ i的权重系数; 为所述超表面结构单元(x,y)在所述目标波长λ i下的实际补偿相位, 为所述超表面结构单元(x,y)在所述目标波长λ i下需要补偿的的理论相位,且: Wherein, (x, y) represent the positional coordinates of described metasurface structural unit, m is the numbering of described metasurface structural unit (x, y) in the structural database, λ i is the i-th described target wavelength, c i is the weight coefficient of the target wavelength λ i ; is the actual compensation phase of the metasurface structure unit (x, y) at the target wavelength λi , is the theoretical phase that needs to be compensated for the metasurface structure unit (x, y) at the target wavelength λi , and:
其中,n 1为所述棱镜基底的折射率,t x,y为在所述超表面结构单元(x,y)对应的光线传播方向上所述棱镜基底的厚度,n 2为所述自由曲面棱镜的折射率,T x,y为在所述超表面结构单元(x,y)对应的光线传播方向上所述自由曲面棱镜的厚度。 Wherein, n 1 is the refractive index of the prism base, t x, y is the thickness of the prism base in the light propagation direction corresponding to the metasurface structure unit (x, y), and n 2 is the free-form surface The refractive index of the prism, T x, y is the thickness of the free-form surface prism in the light propagation direction corresponding to the metasurface structure unit (x, y).
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述目标波长包括可见光波段内的波长,且所述目标波长至少包括黄色光、绿色光、红色光、紫色光对应的波长;In a possible implementation manner, the target wavelength includes wavelengths in the visible light band, and the target wavelength includes at least wavelengths corresponding to yellow light, green light, red light, and purple light;
所述黄色光和所述绿色光的所述权重系数中的较小值不小于所述红色光和所述紫色光的所述权重系数中的较大值。A smaller value of the weight coefficients of the yellow light and the green light is not smaller than a larger value of the weight coefficients of the red light and the violet light.
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述补偿元件包括透明基底层和多个纳米结构。In a possible implementation manner, the compensation element includes a transparent base layer and a plurality of nanostructures.
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述纳米结构为在高度方向上具有中心轴的直立型结构,且所述纳米结构具有第一对称平面和与所述第一对称平面垂直的第二对称平面;In a possible implementation manner, the nanostructure is an upright structure with a central axis in the height direction, and the nanostructure has a first symmetry plane and a second symmetry plane perpendicular to the first symmetry plane ;
所述第一对称平面与所述第二对称平面的相交线为所述中心轴,所述第一对称平面与所述纳米结构之间的截交线,与所述第二对称平面与所述纳米结构之间的截交线形状相同。The intersection line between the first symmetry plane and the second symmetry plane is the central axis, the intersection line between the first symmetry plane and the nanostructure, and the intersection line between the second symmetry plane and the The intersection lines between the nanostructures have the same shape.
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述纳米结构为圆柱或具有4n个侧棱的正棱柱;In a possible implementation, the nanostructure is a cylinder or a regular prism with 4n side edges;
或者,所述纳米结构为圆柱状或具有4n个侧棱的正棱柱状的腔体结构;Alternatively, the nanostructure is a cylindrical or regular prism cavity structure with 4n side edges;
或者,所述纳米结构为至少部分中空的圆柱或具有4n个侧棱的正棱柱,且所述纳米结构的中空为圆柱状或具有4n个侧棱的正棱柱状的腔体结构;Alternatively, the nanostructure is an at least partially hollow cylinder or a regular prism with 4n side edges, and the hollow of the nanostructure is a cylindrical or regular prism-shaped cavity structure with 4n side edges;
或者,所述纳米结构为圆柱状或具有4n个侧棱的正棱柱状的腔体结构,且所述腔体结构内设有圆柱或具有4n个侧棱的正棱柱。Alternatively, the nanostructure is a cylindrical or regular prism cavity structure with 4n side edges, and the cavity structure is provided with a cylinder or a regular prism with 4n side edges.
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述补偿元件设置在所述棱镜基底的入光侧;In a possible implementation manner, the compensation element is arranged on the light incident side of the prism base;
射向所述超表面结构单元的光线的入射方向,与所述光线依次透过所述超表面结构单元、所述棱镜基底以及位于所述棱镜基底的出光侧的自由曲面棱镜后的出射方向相同。The incident direction of the light directed at the metasurface structure unit is the same as the outgoing direction of the light after passing through the metasurface structure unit, the prism base and the free-form surface prism on the light exit side of the prism base in sequence .
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述棱镜基底的出光侧的表面形状与所述自由曲面棱镜靠近所述棱镜基底的一侧的表面形状相匹配。In a possible implementation manner, the surface shape of the light-emitting side of the prism base matches the surface shape of a side of the free-form surface prism close to the prism base.
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述棱镜基底的出光侧的表面形状为内凹的自由曲面。In a possible implementation manner, the surface shape of the light-emitting side of the prism base is a concave free-form surface.
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述棱镜基底的折射率与所述自由曲面棱镜的折射率相同。In a possible implementation manner, the refractive index of the prism base is the same as that of the free-form surface prism.
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述补偿元件远离所述棱镜基底的一侧设有钢化膜和/或增透膜。In a possible implementation manner, a tempered film and/or an anti-reflection film is provided on a side of the compensation element away from the prism base.
第二方面,本发明实施例还提供了一种图像显示装置,其特征在 于,包括:自由曲面棱镜和如上所述的任意一种补偿器。In the second aspect, the embodiment of the present invention also provides an image display device, which is characterized in that it includes: a free-form surface prism and any one of the above-mentioned compensators.
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述自由曲面棱镜包括透射面、透反面和分光面;所述分光面为靠近所述补偿器的棱镜基底的出光侧的一面;In a possible implementation manner, the free-form surface prism includes a transmissive surface, a transflective surface, and a light-splitting surface; the light-splitting surface is a side close to the light-emitting side of the prism base of the compensator;
所述透射面用于透射外部的成像光线,且被所述透射面透射的所述成像光线射向所述透反面;The transmission surface is used to transmit external imaging light, and the imaging light transmitted by the transmission surface is directed to the transflective surface;
所述透反面用于将被所述透射面透射的所述成像光线全反射至所述分光面;The transflective surface is used to totally reflect the imaging light transmitted by the transmissive surface to the spectroscopic surface;
所述分光面用于将被所述透反面全反射的所述成像光线反射至所述透反面;The light splitting surface is used to reflect the imaging light totally reflected by the transflective surface to the transflective surface;
所述透反面还用于透过被所述分光面反射的所述成像光线。The transflective surface is also used for transmitting the imaging light reflected by the light splitting surface.
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述透反面为内凹的球面。In a possible implementation manner, the transflective surface is a concave spherical surface.
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述分光面的透反比不小于(I max-I 0)/I 0;其中,I max为外部的所述成像光线的最大亮度,I 0为成像所需的最大亮度。 In a possible implementation manner, the transmittance ratio of the dichroic surface is not less than (I max -I 0 )/I 0 ; wherein, I max is the maximum brightness of the external imaging light, and I 0 is the maximum brightness required for imaging. maximum brightness.
在一种可能的实现方式中,图像显示装置还包括像源;所述像源用于发出射向所述自由曲面棱镜的成像光线。In a possible implementation manner, the image display device further includes an image source; the image source is configured to emit imaging light directed to the free-form surface prism.
第三方面,本发明实施例还提供了一种近眼投影显示设备,包括如上所述的任意一种图像显示装置。In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a near-eye projection display device, including any image display device as described above.
第四方面,本发明实施例还提供了一种补偿器的制备方法,包括:In the fourth aspect, the embodiment of the present invention also provides a method for preparing a compensator, including:
在临时基底上设置隔离层;setting an isolation layer on the temporary substrate;
在所述隔离层远离所述临时基底的一侧设置透明基底层;setting a transparent base layer on the side of the isolation layer away from the temporary base;
在所述透明基底层远离所述隔离层的一侧设置结构层;A structural layer is arranged on the side of the transparent base layer away from the isolation layer;
在所述结构层上结构化出多个纳米结构;Structuring a plurality of nanostructures on the structural layer;
去除所述隔离层,将分离出的所述透明基底层和多个所述纳米结构转移至棱镜基底的一侧,制成所述补偿器;removing the isolation layer, transferring the separated transparent base layer and multiple nanostructures to one side of the prism base to make the compensator;
其中,包含所述纳米结构的超表面结构单元用于对透过所述超表面结构单元的光线的相位进行补偿;射向所述补偿器的光线的入射方向,与所述光线透过所述超表面结构单元、所述棱镜基底以及位于所 述棱镜基底的出光侧的自由曲面棱镜后的出射方向相同。Wherein, the metasurface structure unit comprising the nanostructure is used for compensating the phase of the light passing through the metasurface structure unit; The exit directions behind the metasurface structure unit, the prism base and the free-form surface prism located on the light exit side of the prism base are the same.
在一种可能的实现方式中,在所述去除所述隔离层之前,该方法还包括:在所述纳米结构表面设置转移层;In a possible implementation manner, before removing the isolation layer, the method further includes: setting a transfer layer on the surface of the nanostructure;
所述将分离出的所述透明基底层和多个所述纳米结构转移至棱镜基底的入光侧包括:The transfer of the separated transparent base layer and a plurality of nanostructures to the light incident side of the prism base comprises:
将分离出的所述透明基底层、所述纳米结构和所述转移层转移至棱镜基底的入光侧,且所述透明基底层贴合所述棱镜基底的一侧;以及transferring the separated transparent base layer, the nanostructure and the transfer layer to the light incident side of the prism base, and the transparent base layer is attached to one side of the prism base; and
去除所述转移层。The transfer layer is removed.
在一种可能的实现方式中,所述在所述隔离层远离所述临时基底的一侧设置透明基底层包括:In a possible implementation manner, the arranging the transparent base layer on the side of the isolation layer away from the temporary base includes:
在所述隔离层远离所述临时基底的一侧设置转移层,之后再在所述转移层远离所述隔离层的一侧设置所述透明基底层;setting a transfer layer on the side of the isolation layer away from the temporary base, and then setting the transparent base layer on the side of the transfer layer away from the isolation layer;
所述将分离出的所述透明基底层和多个所述纳米结构转移至棱镜基底的入光侧包括:The transfer of the separated transparent base layer and a plurality of nanostructures to the light incident side of the prism base comprises:
将分离出的所述透明基底层、所述纳米结构和所述转移层转移至棱镜基底的入光侧,且所述纳米结构贴合所述棱镜基底的一侧;以及transferring the separated transparent substrate layer, the nanostructure and the transfer layer to the light incident side of the prism substrate, and the nanostructure is attached to one side of the prism substrate; and
去除所述转移层。The transfer layer is removed.
本发明实施例上述第一方面提供的方案中,补偿元件的超表面结构单元能够对光线进行相位补偿,使得射向补偿器的光线的入射方向,与该光线透过补偿器以及自由曲面棱镜后的出射方向相同,故光线能够无焦且不失真地透过补偿器以及自由曲面棱镜,人眼透过补偿器和自由曲面棱镜后,可以正常观看外部事物。并且,超表面结构单元的厚度较小,棱镜基底也可以做到具有较小的厚度,故该补偿器与自由曲面棱镜能够形成无焦且薄的图像显示装置,从而能够实现轻薄化,方便用户使用。In the solution provided by the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, the metasurface structure unit of the compensation element can perform phase compensation on the light, so that the incident direction of the light that hits the compensator is the same as that of the light that passes through the compensator and the free-form surface prism. The outgoing direction of the two is the same, so the light can pass through the compensator and the free-form prism without focus and distortion. After the human eye passes through the compensator and the free-form prism, it can view external things normally. Moreover, the thickness of the metasurface structure unit is small, and the prism substrate can also be made to have a small thickness, so the compensator and the free-form surface prism can form an afocal and thin image display device, which can realize light and thin, and is convenient for users use.
为使本发明的上述目的、特征和优点能更明显易懂,下文特举较佳实施例,并配合所附附图,作详细说明如下。In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, preferred embodiments will be described in detail below together with the accompanying drawings.
为了更清楚地说明本发明实施例或现有技术中的技术方案,下面将对实施例或现有技术描述中所需要使用的附图作简单地介绍,显而易见地,下面描述中的附图仅仅是本发明的一些实施例,对于本领域普通技术人员来讲,在不付出创造性劳动的前提下,还可以根据这些附图获得其他的附图。In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only These are some embodiments of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative work.
图1示出了本发明实施例所提供的补偿器的一种结构示意图;FIG. 1 shows a schematic structural diagram of a compensator provided by an embodiment of the present invention;
图2示出了本发明实施例所提供的补偿器的另一种结构示意图;Fig. 2 shows another schematic structural diagram of the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention;
图3示出了本发明实施例所提供的补偿器的再一种结构示意图;Fig. 3 shows another schematic structural diagram of the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention;
图4示出了本发明实施例所提供的补偿器中棱镜厚度的一种示意图;Fig. 4 shows a schematic diagram of the thickness of the prism in the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention;
图5示出了本发明实施例所提供的纳米结构的一种结构示意图;Fig. 5 shows a schematic structural view of a nanostructure provided by an embodiment of the present invention;
图6示出了本发明实施例所提供的纳米结构的另一种结构示意图;Fig. 6 shows another schematic structural view of the nanostructure provided by the embodiment of the present invention;
图7示出了本发明实施例所提供的多种纳米结构的结构示意图;Figure 7 shows a schematic structural view of various nanostructures provided by the embodiments of the present invention;
图8示出了本发明实施例所提供的图像显示装置的一种结构示意图;FIG. 8 shows a schematic structural diagram of an image display device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;
图9示出了本发明实施例所提供的补偿器的制备方法的一种流程示意图;Fig. 9 shows a schematic flow chart of the preparation method of the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention;
图10示出了本发明实施例所提供的补偿器的制备方法的另一种流程示意图;Fig. 10 shows another schematic flow chart of the preparation method of the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention;
图11示出了本发明实施例所提供的补偿器的制备方法的再一种流程示意图;Fig. 11 shows another schematic flow chart of the preparation method of the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention;
图12示出了本发明实施例所提供的图像显示装置的结构示意图;FIG. 12 shows a schematic structural diagram of an image display device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;
图13示出了本发明实施例所提供的0°和20°视场的点列图;Fig. 13 shows the spot diagram of 0 ° and 20 ° field of view provided by the embodiment of the present invention;
图14示出了本发明实施例所提供的成像仿真图。Fig. 14 shows an imaging simulation diagram provided by an embodiment of the present invention.
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100-棱镜基底、200-补偿元件、210-透明基底层、220-纳米结构、10-补偿器、20-自由曲面棱镜、21-透射面、22-透反面、23-分光面、30-像源、1-临时基底、2-隔离层、3-结构层、4-转移层。100-prism substrate, 200-compensation element, 210-transparent base layer, 220-nanometer structure, 10-compensator, 20-freeform surface prism, 21-transmission surface, 22-transflective surface, 23-splitting surface, 30-image Source, 1-Temporary substrate, 2-Isolation layer, 3-Structural layer, 4-Transfer layer.
在本发明的描述中,需要理解的是,术语“中心”、“纵向”、“横向”、“长度”、“宽度”、“厚度”、“上”、“下”、“前”、“后”、“左”、“右”、“竖直”、“水平”、“顶”、“底”“内”、“外”、“顺时针”、“逆时针”等指示的方位或位置关系为基于附图所示的方位或位置关系,仅是为了便于描述本发明和简化描述,而不是指示或暗示所指的装置或元件必须具有特定的方位、以特定的方位构造和操作,因此不能理解为对本发明的限制。In describing the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", " Orientation or position indicated by "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. The relationship is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, therefore It should not be construed as a limitation of the present invention.
此外,术语“第一”、“第二”仅用于描述目的,而不能理解为指示或暗示相对重要性或者隐含指明所指示的技术特征的数量。由此,限定有“第一”、“第二”的特征可以明示或者隐含地包括一个或者更多个该特征。在本发明的描述中,“多个”的含义是两个或两个以上,除非另有明确具体的限定。In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only, and cannot be interpreted as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the quantity of indicated technical features. Thus, a feature defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of these features. In the description of the present invention, "plurality" means two or more, unless otherwise specifically defined.
在本发明中,除非另有明确的规定和限定,术语“安装”、“相连”、“连接”、“固定”等术语应做广义理解,例如,可以是固定连接,也可以是可拆卸连接,或一体地连接;可以是机械连接,也可以是电连接;可以是直接相连,也可以通过中间媒介间接相连,可以是两个元件内部的连通。对于本领域的普通技术人员而言,可以根据具体情况理解上述术语在本发明中的具体含义。In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, terms such as "installation", "connection", "connection" and "fixation" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection or a detachable connection , or integrally connected; it may be mechanically connected or electrically connected; it may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediary, and it may be the internal communication of two components. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention according to specific situations.
本发明实施例提供了一种补偿器,用于对入射的环境光进行补偿校正。参见图1所示,该补偿器包括:棱镜基底100和能够被分出多个超表面结构单元的补偿元件200。其中,补偿元件200设置在棱镜基底100的一侧;如图1所示,该补偿元件200设置在棱镜基底100的右侧。补偿元件200的超表面结构单元用于对透过超表面结构单元的光线的相位进行补偿;射向补偿器的光线的入射方向,与光线透过超表面结构单元、棱镜基底100以及位于棱镜基底100的出光侧的自由曲面棱镜20后的出射方向相同。An embodiment of the present invention provides a compensator for compensating and correcting incident ambient light. Referring to FIG. 1 , the compensator includes: a
本发明实施例中,棱镜基底100能够透过入射至该棱镜基底100的光线,该棱镜基底100可以是玻璃,也可以是其他的透明材质。在需要对环境光进行补偿时,该棱镜基底100具有入射环境光的入光侧和出射环境光的出光侧。如图1所示,环境光A能够由右向左入射,则该棱镜基底100的右侧为入光侧,左侧为出光侧。能够实现补偿功能的补偿元件200设置在棱镜基底100的一侧;如图1或图2所示,该补偿元件200可以设置在棱镜基底100的入光侧,或者如图3所示,该补偿元件200也可以设置在棱镜基底100的出光侧。In the embodiment of the present invention, the
补偿元件200能够被分为多个超表面结构单元,由于超表面结构单元的厚度较小,一般为微米或纳米级,将补偿元件200设置在棱镜基底100的一侧,使得该棱镜基底100可以起到支撑补偿元件200的作用。如图1-图3所示,棱镜基底100设置该补偿元件200的一侧为平面,以方便将补偿元件200加工到棱镜基底100上。该棱镜基底100未设置补偿元件200的一侧,其可以为平面(如图2或图3所示),也可以为非平面。为了在该补偿器应用到图像显示装置时保证该图像显示装置具有较小的厚度,该补偿元件200设置在棱镜基底100的入光侧。此时,如图1所示,该棱镜基底100的出光侧可以为非平面,例如该侧的表面形状与自由曲面棱镜20靠近棱镜基底100的一侧的表面形状相匹配,例如是内凹的自由曲面。其中,自由曲面棱镜20为用于成像的棱镜,为了能够形成放大的像,该自由曲面棱镜20至少有一个面是自由曲面,光线(如环境光)直接透过该自由曲面棱镜20时传播方向会发生改变,导致成像变形(光学像差),本发明实施例主要基于该补偿元件100对该成像变形进行补偿校正。The
本发明实施例中,补偿元件100通过其中的超表面结构单元实现对入射至补偿元件100的光线进行相位补偿,使得入射到该补偿器之前的光线的入射方向,与该光线透过超表面结构单元(即补偿元件100)、棱镜基底100以及自由曲面棱镜20后的出射方向相同。如图1所示,光线A入射到补偿器中的补偿元件100,该补偿元件100中相应的超表面结构单元对该光线A的相位进行补偿,将光线A转换为光 线B;一般情况下,光线A与光线B的传播方向不同。之后,光线B依次经过棱镜基底100、自由曲面棱镜20后转换为光线E,该光线E即为光线A透过补偿器和自由曲面棱镜20后的光线,该光线E与光线A的传播方向相同。In the embodiment of the present invention, the
可选地,补偿元件200设置在棱镜基底100的入光侧;射向超表面结构单元的光线的入射方向,与光线依次透过超表面结构单元、棱镜基底100以及位于棱镜基底100的出光侧的自由曲面棱镜20后的出射方向相同。Optionally, the compensating
需要说明的是,为了方便显示光线的传播方向,图1中的各个部件之间设有一定的间隔;而在实际应用中,各个部件是可以贴合的,例如补偿元件200贴合在棱镜基底100的入光侧。并且,本领域技术人员可以理解,本发明实施例中棱镜基底100的入光侧、出光侧只是相对而言,并不用于限定光线从“入光侧”到“出光侧”透射;如图1所示,光线也可以从左向右透射棱镜基底100,即从光线也可以棱镜基底100的“出光侧”射向“入光侧”。在图1中,当光线从左向右依次透射自由曲面棱镜20、棱镜基底100、补偿元件200时,该补偿元件200仍然可以对该光线实现相位补偿。It should be noted that, in order to facilitate the display of the propagation direction of light, a certain interval is provided between the various components in FIG. The incident side of 100. Moreover, those skilled in the art can understand that the light incident side and the light exit side of the
本发明实施例提供的一种补偿器,补偿元件200的超表面结构单元能够对光线进行相位补偿,使得射向补偿器的光线的入射方向,与该光线透过补偿器以及自由曲面棱镜20后的出射方向相同,故光线能够无焦且不失真地透过补偿器以及自由曲面棱镜20,人眼透过补偿器和自由曲面棱镜20后,可以正常观看外部事物。并且,超表面结构单元的厚度较小,棱镜基底100也可以做到具有较小的厚度,故该补偿器与自由曲面棱镜20能够形成无焦且薄的图像显示装置,从而能够实现轻薄化,方便用户使用。In the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the metasurface structure unit of the compensating
在上述实施例的基础上,补偿元件200中的超表面结构单元在多个目标波长下的相位误差符合误差最小条件;其中,该相位误差为超表面结构单元在目标波长下的实际补偿相位与在相同的目标波长下超表面结构单元需要补偿的理论相位之间的差值。On the basis of the above-mentioned embodiments, the phase error of the metasurface structure unit in the
本发明实施例中,可以预先设置包含多个超表面结构单元的结构数据库,该结构数据库可以采用现有的数据库,也可以在现有数据库的基础上适应性的添加新的超表面结构单元。对于某一超表面结构单元,其对不同波长的光线的补偿效果一般是不同的;对于该结构数据库中不同的超表面结构单元,其对同一波长的光线的补偿效果也是不同的。本发明实施例中,目标波长为需要补偿的波长,该目标波长可以包括可见光波段内的波长;基于补偿器以及自由曲面棱镜20的形状结构,可以确定对每个目标波长的光线需要补偿的相位,即理论相位。并且,基于该结构数据库可以确定每个超表面结构单元对不同目标波长的光线的补偿相位,即实际补偿相位。本发明实施例将同一目标波长下的理论相位与实际补偿相位之间的差值作为该目标波长下的相位差值;若某超表面结构单元在多个目标波长下的相位误差符合误差最小条件,说明该超表面结构单元的相位补偿效果与理论上所需的补偿效果差距不大,此时可以选取该超表面结构单元作为补偿元件200中相应的超表面结构单元。In the embodiment of the present invention, a structural database containing multiple metasurface structural units can be preset. The structural database can use an existing database, or can adaptively add new metasurface structural units based on the existing database. For a certain metasurface structure unit, its compensation effect on light of different wavelengths is generally different; for different metasurface structure units in the structure database, its compensation effect on light of the same wavelength is also different. In the embodiment of the present invention, the target wavelength is the wavelength that needs to be compensated, and the target wavelength can include wavelengths in the visible light band; based on the shape and structure of the compensator and the free-
可选地,该误差最小条件为多个相位误差的加权和
最小,即补偿元件100中所选用的超表面结构单元,与结构数据库中其他超表面结构单元相比,加权和
最小。本发明实施例中,多个相位误差的加权和为:
Optionally, the error minimum condition is the weighted sum of multiple phase errors Minimum, that is, the metasurface structure unit selected in the
其中,(x,y)表示超表面结构单元的位置坐标,m为超表面结构单元(x,y)在结构数据库中的编号,λ i为第i个目标波长,c i为目标波长λ i的权重系数; 为超表面结构单元(x,y)在目标波长λ i下的实际补偿相位, 为超表面结构单元(x,y)在目标波长λ i下需要补偿的的理论相位,且: Among them, (x, y) represents the position coordinates of the metasurface structural unit, m is the number of the metasurface structural unit (x, y) in the structure database, λ i is the i-th target wavelength, and c i is the target wavelength λ i The weight factor of; is the actual compensation phase of the metasurface structure unit (x, y) at the target wavelength λi , is the theoretical phase that needs to be compensated for the metasurface structure unit (x,y) at the target wavelength λi , and:
其中,n
1为棱镜基底100的折射率,t
x,y为在超表面结构单元(x,y) 对应的光线传播方向上棱镜基底100的厚度,n
2为自由曲面棱镜20的折射率,T
x,y为在超表面结构单元(x,y)对应的光线传播方向上自由曲面棱镜20的厚度。
Wherein, n 1 is the refractive index of the
本发明实施例中,补偿元件200能够被分为多个超表面结构单元,该补偿元件200不同位置处的超表面结构单元也不完全相同,本实施例以超表面结构单元在补偿元件200上的位置(x,y)来表示相应的超表面结构单元。例如,棱镜基底100靠近该补偿元件200的一侧为平面,该补偿元件200的超表面结构单元能够分布在该平面上,此时可以将超表面结构单元在该平面中的位置坐标(x,y)来作为该超表面结构单元的标识ID。In the embodiment of the present invention, the
为了使得补偿器与自由曲面棱镜20能够形成无焦的光学系统,对于任意目标波长λ
i,若自由曲面棱镜20的光焦度为Φ
1(λ
i),补偿器的光焦度为Φ
2(λ
i),则需要满足Φ
1(λ
i)+Φ
2(λ
i)=0。因此,该光学系统入射环境光时,若该自由曲面棱镜20在环境光光路的相位为
补偿器在环境光光路的相位为
则需要满足
并且,补偿器的棱镜基底100和超表面结构单元在环境光光路上也分别具有相应的相位
且
故该超表面结构单元应当具有的相位
该相位
即为在目标波长λ
i下需要补偿的的理论相位。
In order to make the compensator and the free-
如图4所示,对于超表面结构单元(x,y),其对应的光线传播方向上棱镜基底100的厚度为t
x,y,则该位置处的棱镜基底100的相位
相应地,超表面结构单元(x,y)对应的光线传播方向上自由曲面棱镜20的厚度为T
x,y,则该位置处的自由曲面棱镜20的相位
为
因此,对于(x,y)处的超表面结构单元,其在目标波长λ
i下需要补偿的的理论相位为:
As shown in Figure 4, for a metasurface structure unit (x, y), the thickness of the
其中,
为超表面结构单元(x,y)所对应的自由曲面棱镜20的相位,
为超表面结构单元(x,y)所对应的棱镜基底100的相位。n
1为棱镜基底100的折射率,n
2为自由曲面棱镜20的折射率;一般情况下,n
1与n
2可以相同,例如,棱镜基底100与自由曲面棱镜20采用相同的材质,如均采用相同的玻璃材质等。
in, is the phase of the free-form surface prism 20 corresponding to the metasurface structure unit (x, y), is the phase of the
对于结构数据库A中任意一个超表面结构单元k(k∈A),均可以确定该超表面结构单元k在相应目标波长λ
i下的实际补偿相位,即可以确定将该超表面结构单元k设置于(x,y)的实际补偿相位
并可以确定多个相位误差的加权和
进而可以确定最小的加权和所对应的超表面结构单元m,即对于任意的k,
故可以将结构数据库中的超表面结构单元m设置在(x,y)处,作为超表面结构单元(x,y)。对补偿元件200其他位置处的超表面结构单元,可以采用相同的方式确定,此处不做赘述。
For any metasurface structural unit k(k∈A) in the structural database A, the actual compensation phase of the metasurface structural unit k at the corresponding target wavelength λi can be determined, that is, it can be determined that the metasurface structural unit k is set to Actual compensation phase at (x,y) and can determine the weighted sum of multiple phase errors Furthermore, the metasurface structure unit m corresponding to the minimum weighted sum can be determined, that is, for any k, Therefore, the metasurface structure unit m in the structure database can be set at (x, y) as the metasurface structure unit (x, y). The metasurface structure units at other positions of the compensating
其中,不同的目标波长λ i可以设置相应的权重系数c i。可选地,目标波长至少包括黄色光、绿色光、红色光、紫色光对应的波长;并且,黄色光和绿色光的权重系数中的较小值不小于红色光和紫色光的权重系数中的较大值。即,黄色光与绿色光具有较大的权重系数,红色光与紫色光具有较小的权重系数,基于该加权和所确定的超表面结构单元能够更好地补偿人眼更加敏感的黄色光和绿色光,能够提高人眼的观看效果。 Wherein, different target wavelengths λ i may set corresponding weight coefficients c i . Optionally, the target wavelengths at least include wavelengths corresponding to yellow light, green light, red light, and purple light; and, the smaller value among the weight coefficients of yellow light and green light is not less than larger value. That is, yellow light and green light have larger weight coefficients, and red light and purple light have smaller weight coefficients. Based on this weighted sum, the metasurface structural units determined can better compensate for the more sensitive yellow light and Green light can improve the viewing effect of human eyes.
在上述任一实施例的基础上,如图1所示,该补偿器的补偿元件200包括透明基底层210和多个纳米结构220。其中,纳米结构220与透明基底层210的一部分可以被划分为一个超表面结构单元。每个超表面结构单元均能够调制入射光,纳米结构220可以直接调控光的相位等特性;本实施例中,纳米结构220是全介质结构单元,其至少在可见光波段具有高透过率,可选的材料包括:氧化钛、氮化硅、熔 融石英、氧化铝、氮化镓、磷化镓和氢化非晶硅等。其中,多个纳米结构220呈阵列排布,从而能够划分出超表面结构单元;该超表面结构单元可以为正六边形、正方形、扇形等,每个超表面结构单元的中心位置,或者每个超表面结构单元的中心位置和顶点位置分别设有一个纳米结构。其中,所有的纳米结构220可以位于透明基底层210的同一侧,或者,部分纳米结构220位于透明基底层210的一侧,另一部分纳米结构位于透明基底层210的另一侧,本实施例对此不做限定。Based on any of the above embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1 , the
需要说明的是,透明基底层210为整体的层结构,补偿元件200中的多个超表面结构单元可以是人为划分出来的,即在透明基底层210上布设多个纳米结构220,从而可以划分出包含一个或多个纳米结构220的超表面结构单元,或者说,多个超表面结构单元可以形成一体式结构的补偿元件200。It should be noted that the
可选地,本发明实施例提供的补偿器主要用于补偿外部的环境光,由于环境光是偏振不相关的,为了使得纳米结构220对入射光的偏振不敏感,本发明实施例中的纳米结构采用特定的对称结构。如图5所示,本发明实施例提供的纳米结构220为在高度方向上具有中心轴221的直立型结构,如柱状结构等,且纳米结构220具有第一对称平面222和与第一对称平面垂直的第二对称平面223。如图5所示,第一对称平面222与第二对称平面223的相交线为中心轴221,且第一对称平面222与纳米结构220之间的截交线,与第二对称平面223与纳米结构220之间的截交线形状相同。如图5所示,纳米结构220为实心的圆柱体,两个对称平面与纳米结构220之间的截交线均为形状完全相同的矩形。Optionally, the compensator provided in the embodiment of the present invention is mainly used to compensate the external ambient light. Since the ambient light is polarization-independent, in order to make the
例如,该纳米结构220可以为如图5所示的圆柱,或者,该纳米结构220也可以是具有4n个侧棱的正棱柱,n为正整数;例如,纳米结构220可以是正四棱柱、正八棱柱等,图6示出了一种正四棱柱的纳米结构220。For example, the
或者,该纳米结构220为至少部分中空的圆柱或具有4n个侧棱的正棱柱,且纳米结构220的中空为圆柱状或具有4n个侧棱的正棱柱 状的腔体结构。如图7中的图(a)所示,圆柱的纳米结构220部分中空,且中空的结构是正四棱柱。或者,进一步地,该纳米结构220中空的腔体结构内还设有更小的圆柱或具有4n个侧棱的正棱柱。如图7中的图(b)所示,纳米结构220整体上为圆柱状,其还具有圆柱状中空的腔体结构,且该腔体结构内还有正四棱柱。Alternatively, the
或者,该纳米结构220为圆柱状或具有4n个侧棱的正棱柱状的腔体结构。如图7中的图(c)所示,纳米结构220为正四棱柱形状的腔体结构。或者,进一步地,该腔体结构内设有圆柱或具有4n个侧棱的正棱柱。如图7中的图(d)所示,纳米结构220为圆柱形状的腔体结构,该腔体结构内还设有正四棱柱。Alternatively, the
需要说明的是,纳米结构220为腔体结构,指的是纳米结构220周围填充有结构材料,例如填充有氮化硅等透明材料。由于超表面结构单元是被划分出来的,故通过在完整的结构层中刻出腔体结构,即可形成相应的纳米结构220。此外,图5至图7只是示出了超表面结构单元的示意图,图中的尺寸大小、尺寸比例等并不用于限定超表面结构单元。根据实际需求,可以设计或选用所需尺寸的超表面结构单元。It should be noted that the
此外可选地,如图1和图2所示的补偿器,补偿元件200位于外表,此时可以在补偿元件200远离棱镜基底100的一侧设置钢化膜,从而起到保护作用。并且,补偿元件200远离棱镜基底100的一侧也可以设置增透膜,以提高环境光入射至补偿器时的透射率。In addition, optionally, for the compensator shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the compensating
本发明实施例提供的一种补偿器,补偿元件200的超表面结构单元能够对光线进行相位补偿,使得射向补偿器的光线的入射方向,与该光线透过补偿器以及自由曲面棱镜20后的出射方向相同,故光线能够无焦且不失真地透过补偿器以及自由曲面棱镜20,人眼透过补偿器和自由曲面棱镜20后,可以正常观看外部事物。并且,超表面结构单元的厚度较小,棱镜基底100也可以做到具有较小的厚度,故该补偿器与自由曲面棱镜20能够形成无焦且薄的图像显示装置,从而能够实现轻薄化,方便用户使用。基于误差最小条件选取合适的超表面结构 单元,能够保证补偿元件200具有较高的补偿效果;选用具有特定对称结构的纳米结构220,可以对非偏振的环境光进行更好地调制。In the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the metasurface structure unit of the compensating
基于同样的发明构思,本发明实施例还提供一种图像显示装置,参见图8所示,该图像显示装置包括:自由曲面棱镜20和如上任一实施例所提供的补偿器10。该自由曲面棱镜20能够形成放大的像,外部的环境光经过补偿器10、自由曲面棱镜20之后,不改变光线的传播方向,即包括补偿器10和自由曲面棱镜20的图像显示装置为无焦系统,不会造成环境光的失真。基于该图像显示装置,用户可以正常观看自由曲面棱镜20所成的像,并且可以正常观看外部环境,能够实现增强现实的效果。Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention also provides an image display device, as shown in FIG. 8 , the image display device includes: a free-
例如,参见图8所示,该自由曲面棱镜20包括透射面21、透反面22和分光面23;分光面23为靠近补偿器10的棱镜基底100的出光侧的一面。其中,透射面21用于透射外部的成像光线,且被透射面21透射的成像光线射向透反面22;透反面22用于将被透射面21透射的成像光线全反射至分光面23;分光面23用于将被透反面22全反射的成像光线反射至透反面22;透反面22还用于透过被分光面23反射的成像光线。其中,该透反面22为内凹的球面,方便加工。For example, as shown in FIG. 8 , the free-
本发明实施例中,该图像显示装置还可以包括像源30,由像源30发出射向自由曲面棱镜20的成像光线;如图8所示,像源30发出的成像光线M能够射向自由曲面棱镜20的透射面21。成像光线M透过该透射面21,进而以较大的入射角入射至透反面22,并在透反面22发生全反射,使得成像光线M被全反射至分光面。该分光面23具有非反射和透射功能,例如分光面23设有半透半反膜,能够反射成像光线M中的至少部分光线;被分光面23反射的成像光线M最终能够以较小的入射角再次入射至透反面22,进而透过该透反面22射向人眼。而外部的环境光A透过补偿器10、分光面23、透反面22后也能够射向人眼。In the embodiment of the present invention, the image display device may also include an
其中,自由曲面棱镜20的分光面23与补偿器10的棱镜基底100的出光侧的表面形状相匹配,一般均为自由曲面,使得自由曲面棱镜 20与棱镜基底100可以贴合在一起。例如,二者可以胶合的形式贴合在一起;若自由曲面棱镜20与棱镜基底100的折射率相同,则采用的胶与二者的折射率相近;例如,胶的折射率与二者的折射率之间的误差不超过0.1。Wherein, the
此外,由于分光面23能够反射、透射光线,外部的环境光A透过该分光面23时也会发生部分反射,即分光面23反射部分环境光;为了保证人眼能够看到正常亮度的外部环境,该分光面23需要具有足够的透射率。本发明实施例中,分光面23的透反比(即透射率与反射率的比值)不小于(I
max-I
0)/I
0;其中,I
max为外部的成像光线的最大亮度,I
0为成像所需的最大亮度。一般情况下,该透反比大于1,即分光面23透射的光线多于反射的光线。
In addition, since the
本发明实施例还提供一种近眼投影显示设备,其包括如上所述的任一图像显示装置。基于近眼投影显示设备,人眼可以看到像源30所成的像,并且可以正常观看外部环境。其中,“近眼”指的是显示设备靠近人眼,其与人眼之间的距离一般小于10cm,一般可以为1-3厘米。An embodiment of the present invention also provides a near-eye projection display device, which includes any image display device as described above. Based on the near-eye projection display device, human eyes can see the image formed by the
本发明实施例还提供一种如上任一实施例提供的补偿器的制备方法,该补偿器包括棱镜基底100和补偿元件200,且补偿元件200包括透明基底层210和纳米结构220。包含纳米结构220的超表面结构单元用于对透过超表面结构单元的光线的相位进行补偿;射向补偿器的光线的入射方向,与光线透过超表面结构单元、棱镜基底100以及位于棱镜基底100的出光侧的自由曲面棱镜20后的出射方向相同。The embodiment of the present invention also provides a preparation method of the compensator provided in any one of the above embodiments, the compensator includes a
其中,由于棱镜基底100可能是异形的,如图1所示的棱镜基底100类似三棱柱结构,而在制作纳米结构220时,对基底是有要求的;例如,光刻机对基底的材料、厚度等有要求,导致难以直接在棱镜基底100上生成纳米结构220。本发明实施例利用符合加工工艺要求的临时基底1进行加工,之后通过转移的方式制作补偿器。参见图9所示,该制备方法包括:Wherein, because the
步骤S91:在临时基底1上设置隔离层2。Step S91 : setting an
本发明实施例中,临时基底1为临时作为基地的一层结构,该临时基底1的材料可以是硅或者石英玻璃。隔离层2为可去除的材料,且与基底(包括临时基底1、透明基底层210)、纳米结构220的材料不同;该隔离层2的材料可以是可溶解的金属材料,例如锗、铝、铜、金等金属材料。其中,隔离层2可以采用沉积的生长方式生成,例如选用CVD(气相沉积法)方式等,该隔离层2的厚度可以在1~300μm。In the embodiment of the present invention, the
步骤S92:在隔离层2远离临时基底1的一侧设置透明基底层210。Step S92 : setting a
本发明实施例中,在隔离层2上生长一层透明基底,该层即可作为该透明基底层210。该透明基底层210的材料为透明材料,对目标波段(如可见光波段)的光线具有较高的透射率,其具体可以选用氧化硅。透明基底层210可以采用CVD或ALD(原子层沉积)等方式沉积得到,其厚度可以是0.5~5μm。In the embodiment of the present invention, a transparent base layer is grown on the
步骤S93:在透明基底层210远离隔离层2的一侧设置结构层3。Step S93 : setting the
本发明实施例中,在透明基底层210上生长一层结构层3,该结构层3与透明基底层210的材料不同,且结构层3也选用目标波段透明的材料,例如氧化钛、氮化硅、熔融石英、氧化铝、氮化镓、磷化镓和氢化非晶硅等。结构层3可以采用CVD或ALD等方式沉积得到,其厚度可以是300~3000nm。In the embodiment of the present invention, a layer of
步骤S94:在结构层3上结构化出多个纳米结构220。Step S94 : Structuring a plurality of
其中,可以采用光刻等方式在结构层3上结构化出多个纳米结构220。例如,可以在结构层3上涂设遮蔽层,该遮蔽层可以包括光刻胶和/或硬掩模,其中硬掩模可为各种氧化物或铝、铬等金属。之后,在遮蔽层上曝光出纳米图案,可选的曝光方法包括电子束曝光、深紫外光刻曝光、纳米压印和激光直写;之后采用如干法刻蚀等方法,得到纳米结构220,并去除光刻胶和/或硬掩模。Wherein, a plurality of
步骤S95:去除隔离层2,将分离出的透明基底层210和多个纳米结构220转移至棱镜基底100的一侧,制成补偿器。Step S95: removing the
本发明实施例中,通过溶解隔离层2的方式去除隔离层2,从而将临时基底1分离出去,进而可以将包含透明基底层210和纳米结构 220的结构转移至预先设置好的棱镜基底100上,从而形成所需的补偿器。In the embodiment of the present invention, the
可选地,由于透明基底层210和纳米结构220的厚度较小,本发明实施例通过增加转移层4的方式来实现转移。参见图10所示,在步骤S95“去除隔离层2”之前,该方法还包括:Optionally, since the thickness of the
步骤S950:在纳米结构220表面设置转移层4。Step S950 : setting the
并且,上述步骤S95“去除隔离层2,将分离出的透明基底层210和多个纳米结构220转移至棱镜基底100的入光侧”包括:Moreover, the above step S95 of "removing the
步骤S951:去除隔离层2。Step S951 : removing the
步骤S952:将分离出的透明基底层210、纳米结构220和转移层4转移至棱镜基底100的入光侧,且透明基底层210贴合棱镜基底100的一侧。Step S952 : Transfer the separated
步骤S953:去除转移层4,从而得到所需的补偿器。Step S953: removing the
本发明实施例中,该转移层4采用具有一定硬度的材料制成,其可以采用塑胶,例如PMMA(聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯)、PDMS(聚二甲基硅氧烷)、PE(聚乙烯)、PC(聚碳酸酯)等材料。一般情况下,该转移层4的厚度需要大于结构层2厚度的十倍,例如,转移层4的厚度可以是10μm~1mm。本发明实施例通过在去除隔离层2之前增加转移层4,利用具有一定厚度的转移层4可以将透明基底层210和纳米结构220转移至棱镜基底100上。In the embodiment of the present invention, the
图10所示的方法能够将棱镜基底100和纳米结构220分别设置在透明基底层210的两侧,从而能够得到类似于图1的补偿器。此外,也可以将棱镜基底100设置在纳米结构220的一侧,从而能够得到例如图3所示的补偿器。参见图11所示,该制备方法的步骤S92“在隔离层2远离临时基底1的一侧设置透明基底层210”包括:The method shown in FIG. 10 can arrange the
步骤S921:在隔离层2远离临时基底1的一侧设置转移层4。Step S921 : setting the
步骤S922:之后再在转移层4远离隔离层2的一侧设置透明基底层210。Step S922: Afterwards, a
之后的步骤S93、S94均是在包含转移层4的基础上进行的。并 且,上述步骤S95“去除隔离层2,将分离出的透明基底层210和多个纳米结构220转移至棱镜基底100的入光侧”包括:Subsequent steps S93 and S94 are all performed on the basis of including the
步骤S951:去除隔离层2。Step S951 : removing the
步骤S954:将分离出的透明基底层210、纳米结构220和转移层4转移至棱镜基底100的入光侧,且纳米结构220贴合棱镜基底100的一侧。Step S954 : Transfer the separated
步骤S955:去除转移层4,从而得到所需的补偿器,该补偿器的纳米结构220在棱镜基底100与透明基底层210之间。Step S955 : removing the
本发明实施例提供的一种补偿器的制备方法,在临时基底1的基础上进行加工,得到包含透明基底层210和纳米结构220的补偿元件200,并通过转移的方式将补偿元件200转移到棱镜基底100上,从而能够适应各种不同形状的棱镜基底100,并生成相应的补偿器。利用转移层4可以增加补偿元件200的厚度,方便实现转移。In the method for preparing a compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention, processing is performed on the basis of the
下面通过一个实施例详细介绍本发明实施例提供的补偿器的作用。如图12所示,补偿器10包括棱镜基底100和补偿元件200,补偿器100与自由曲面棱镜20可以形成图像显示装置。其中,自由曲面棱镜20的外表面(即透反面22)为内凹的球面折射面,半径为-130mm。自由曲面棱镜20的外表面中心点到眼瞳面(EPD)的距离为15mm。补偿元件200的中心到自由曲面棱镜20的外表面中心点的厚度为6mm;补偿元件200的透明基底层210的厚度为0.1mm;视场角±20°。自由曲面棱镜20和棱镜基底100的材料均为PMMA,超表面透明基底层210的材料为熔融石英,超表面纳米结构220的材料为氮化硅,周期600nm,高度1350nm,特征尺寸为100nm。The function of the compensator provided by the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below through an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 12 , the
由于补偿器主要作用于环境光光路,故此处主要分析环境光路的无焦系统。以486nm、587nm、656nm三个波长的相位调制为例,0°和20°视场的点列图参见图13所示,对外部环境的成像仿真图参见图14所示,图14中的左侧为实际的物体,右侧为透过该图像显示装置所成的像。由图可知,基于超表面的补偿器10很好地补偿了自由曲面棱镜20带来的光学像差,实现了衍射极限的成像像质。Since the compensator mainly acts on the ambient light path, the afocal system of the ambient light path is mainly analyzed here. Taking the phase modulation of three wavelengths of 486nm, 587nm, and 656nm as an example, the spot diagrams of 0° and 20° field of view are shown in Figure 13, and the imaging simulation diagram of the external environment is shown in Figure 14, and the left side of Figure 14 The side is the actual object, and the right side is the image formed by the image display device. It can be seen from the figure that the metasurface-based
以上所述,仅为本发明的具体实施方式,但本发明的保护范围并不局限于此,任何熟悉本技术领域的技术人员在本发明揭露的技术范围内,可轻易想到变化或替换的技术方案,都应涵盖在本发明的保护范围之内。因此,本发明的保护范围应以所述权利要求的保护范围为准。The above is only a specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any person familiar with the technical field can easily think of changing or replacing technologies within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention. Schemes should all be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the protection scope of the claims.
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