Title :
Angle relations inside a bent waveguide for a wedge display
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge
fDate :
2/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Owing to the physical limitations of the tools used to manufacture waveguides, a some amount of bending occurs. For a wedge display, such bending would cause problems for the final picture presented as the angles of light injection into the wedge are susceptible to changes in curvature. The right-angled triangle approximation shows that a 5deg bending might be tolerable in the display, but significant distortion occurs for greater bending.
Keywords :
flat panel displays; optical waveguides; waveguide discontinuities; bending; bent waveguide; right-angled triangle approximation; wedge display;
Journal_Title :
Optoelectronics, IET
DOI :
10.1049/iet-opt:20080011