• DocumentCode
    1158347
  • Title

    Angle relations inside a bent waveguide for a wedge display

  • Author

    Kong, D.L.-H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    60
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Optoelectronics, IET
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1751-8768
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/iet-opt:20080011
  • Filename
    4782989