US 12,235,549 B1
Spatial light modulator and holographic three-dimensional display device
Yang Zeng, Shanghai (CN); and Yaodong Wu, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Shanghai Tianma Micro-electronics Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by Shanghai Tianma Micro-electronics Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/623,269.
Claims priority of application No. 202311872759.4 (CN), filed on Dec. 29, 2023.
Int. Cl. G03H 1/22 (2006.01); G02B 30/25 (2020.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/13363 (2006.01); G02F 1/1337 (2006.01); G02F 1/1347 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/1347 (2013.01) [G02B 30/25 (2020.01); G02F 1/133528 (2013.01); G02F 1/13363 (2013.01); G02F 1/133757 (2021.01); G02F 2413/02 (2013.01); G02F 2413/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spatial light modulator, comprising:
a first liquid crystal panel configured to adjust a phase of first light and including a first liquid crystal layer;
a second liquid crystal panel configured to adjust an amplitude of the first light, located on one side of the first liquid crystal panel and including a second liquid crystal layer including second liquid crystal molecules having a liquid crystal optical axis;
a quarter-wave plate located on a side of the second liquid crystal panel facing away from the first liquid crystal panel; and
a polarizer located on a side of the quarter-wave plate facing away from the first liquid crystal panel,
wherein the second liquid crystal panel includes a first optical axis direction, a difference between a refractive index of the second liquid crystal molecules along a direction of the liquid crystal optical axis and a refractive index perpendicular to the direction of the liquid crystal optical axis is Δn, a thickness of the second liquid crystal layer is d, a wavelength of the first light is λ1, and 0.5λ1≤Δn×d≤0.75λ1, and
wherein:
the first liquid crystal panel further includes a first alignment film with a first alignment direction and a second alignment film with a second alignment direction;
the first alignment film and the second alignment film are respectively located on two sides of the first liquid crystal panel;
the second alignment direction is parallel to a first reference direction;
an angle between an optical axis direction of the quarter-wave plate and the second alignment direction is approximately 30°; and
an angle between a polarization direction of the polarizer and the second alignment direction is approximately 15°.