Optical panel system including stackable waveguides
- Dunkirk, MD
- Manorville, NY
An optical panel system including stackable waveguides is provided. The optical panel system displays a projected light image and comprises a plurality of planar optical waveguides in a stacked state. The optical panel system further comprises a support system that aligns and supports the waveguides in the stacked state. In one embodiment, the support system comprises at least one rod, wherein each waveguide contains at least one hole, and wherein each rod is positioned through a corresponding hole in each waveguide. In another embodiment, the support system comprises at least two opposing edge structures having the waveguides positioned therebetween, wherein each opposing edge structure contains a mating surface, wherein opposite edges of each waveguide contain mating surfaces which are complementary to the mating surfaces of the opposing edge structures, and wherein each mating surface of the opposing edge structures engages a corresponding complementary mating surface of the opposite edges of each waveguide.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY
- Sponsoring Organization:
- United States Department of Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- Assignee:
- Brookhaven Science Associates (Upton, NY)
- Patent Number(s):
- 7,298,947
- Application Number:
- 11/714,338
- OSTI ID:
- 919900
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Polyplanar optical display electronics
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conference | July 1997 |
| Ten inch Planar Optic Display | report | April 1996 |
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