A display system comprises an optical waveguide and a light engine. The light engine generates multiple input beams which form a virtual image. An incoupling grating of the waveguide couples each beam into an intermediate grating of the waveguide, in which that beam is guided onto multiple splitting
A display system comprises an optical waveguide and a light engine. The light engine generates multiple input beams which form a virtual image. An incoupling grating of the waveguide couples each beam into an intermediate grating of the waveguide, in which that beam is guided onto multiple splitting regions. The intermediate grating splits that beam at the splitting regions to provide multiple substantially parallel versions of that beam. Those multiple versions are coupled into an exit grating of the waveguide, in which the multiple versions are guided onto multiple exit regions. The exit grating diffracts the multiple versions of that beam outwardly. The multiple input beams thus cause multiple exit beams to exit the waveguide which form a version of the virtual image. One or more surfaces of the intermediate grating comprise surface variations such that a visible banding effect is eliminated from the version of the virtual image.
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1. A display system comprising: an optical waveguide having an incoupling grating, an intermediate grating and an exit grating; anda light engine configured to generate multiple input beams, each beam being substantially collimated and directed to the incoupling grating in a unique inward direction,
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A display system comprising: an optical waveguide having an incoupling grating, an intermediate grating and an exit grating; anda light engine configured to generate multiple input beams, each beam being substantially collimated and directed to the incoupling grating in a unique inward direction, whereby the multiple input beams form a virtual image image;wherein the intermediate and exit grating have widths substantially larger than the beams' diameters;wherein the incoupling grating is arranged to couple each beam into the intermediate grating, in which that beam is guided onto a splitting region of a first surface of the intermediate grating;wherein the intermediate grating comprises a second surface opposing the first surface and is arranged to split that beam at the splitting region to provide two versions of that beam which are coupled into the exit grating;whereby the two versions of that beam take respective optical paths between the splitting region before being incident on the exit grating at respective angles, said respective angles having an angular variation less than or equal to 0.5 miliradian, and beam footprints of the two versions of that beam partially overlap on the exit grating;wherein the exit grating is arranged to diffract the two versions of that beam outwardly, the multiple input beams thus causing multiple exit beams to exit the waveguide which form a version of the virtual image; andwherein the first surface and/or the second surface comprise surface variations arranged to introduce an optical path length difference between the respective optical paths such that a visible banding effect is eliminated from the version of the virtual image. 2. A display system according to claim 1, wherein the surface variations are arranged to introduce an optical path length difference between the respective optical paths of at least 50 nanometers. 3. A display system according to claim 1, wherein that beam is guided onto the splitting region of the first surface of the intermediate grating in a direction along the width of the intermediate grating. 4. A display system according to claim 3, wherein: along a first optical path taken by the first version of that beam the first version is guided from the first splitting region in a direction towards the exit grating onto a second splitting region of the first surface of the intermediate grating and guided from the second splitting region in the direction along the width of the intermediate grating onto a third splitting region of the first surface of the intermediate grating;along a second optical path taken by the second version of that beam the second version is guided from the first splitting region in a direction along the width of the intermediate grating onto a fourth splitting region of the first surface of the intermediate grating and guided from the fourth splitting region in the direction towards the exit grating onto a fifth splitting region of the first surface of the intermediate grating; andthe third and fifth splitting regions of the first surface of the intermediate grating partially overlap. 5. A display system according to claim 4, wherein the surface variations introduce an optical path length mismatch between (i) an optical path length between the first and second splitting regions; and (ii) an optical path length between the fourth and fifth splitting regions; to introduce said optical path length difference. 6. A display system according to claim 4, wherein the surface variations introduce an optical path length mismatch between (i) an optical path length between the first and fourth splitting regions; and (ii) an optical path length between the second and third splitting regions; to introduce said optical path length difference. 7. A display system according to claim 1, wherein the optical waveguide is substantially flat so as to outwardly diffract the multiple versions of each beam substantially in parallel to one another and in an outward direction which substantially matches the unique inward direction in which that beam was incoupled. 8. A display system according to claim 1, wherein the optical waveguide is curved so as to form the version of the virtual image a finite distance from the waveguide. 9. A display system according to claim 1, wherein only the first surface comprises said surface variations. 10. A display system according to claim 1, wherein only the second surface comprises said surface variations. 11. A display system according to claim 1, wherein both the first surface and the second surface comprise said surface variations. 12. A display system according to claim 1, which is wearable by a user. 13. A display system according to claim 12, embodied in a wearable headpiece, the exit grating positioned forward of an eye of the user when worn to make the image visible to the user. 14. A display system according to claim 13 comprising two such optical waveguides, each of which provides image light to a different eye of the user. 15. An optical waveguide for a display system, the optical waveguide having an incoupling grating, an intermediate grating and an exit grating, the incoupling grating arranged to receive multiple input beams, each beam being substantially collimated and directed to the incoupling grating in a unique inward direction, whereby the multiple input beams form a virtual image; wherein the intermediate and exit grating have widths substantially larger than the beams' diameters;wherein the incoupling grating is arranged to couple each beam into the intermediate grating, in which that beam is guided onto a splitting region of a first surface of the intermediate grating;wherein the intermediate grating comprises a second surface opposing the first surface and is arranged to split that beam at the splitting region to provide two versions of that beam which are coupled into the exit grating;whereby the two versions of that beam take respective optical paths between the splitting region before being incident on the exit grating at respective angles, said respective angles having an angular variation less than or equal to 0.5 miliradian, and beam footprints of the two versions of that beam partially overlap on the exit grating;wherein the exit grating is arranged to diffract the two versions of that beam outwardly, the multiple input beams thus causing multiple exit beams to exit the waveguide which form a version of the virtual image; andwherein the first surface and/or the second surface comprise surface variations arranged to introduce an optical path length difference between the respective optical paths such that a visible banding effect is eliminated from the version of the virtual image. 16. An optical waveguide according to claim 15, wherein the surface variations are arranged to introduce an optical path length difference between the respective optical paths of at least 50 nanometers. 17. An optical waveguide according to claim 15, wherein that beam is guided onto the splitting region of the first surface of the intermediate grating in a direction along the width of the intermediate grating. 18. An optical waveguide according to claim 17, wherein: along a first optical path taken by the first version of that beam the first version is guided in a direction towards the exit grating onto a second splitting region of the first surface of the intermediate grating and guided from the second splitting region in the direction along the width of the intermediate grating onto a third splitting region of the first surface of the intermediate grating;along a second optical path taken by the second version of that beam the second version is guided in a direction along the width of the intermediate grating onto a fourth splitting region of the first surface of the intermediate grating and guided from the fourth splitting region in the direction towards the exit grating onto a fifth splitting region of the first surface of the intermediate grating; andthe third and fifth splitting regions of the first surface of the intermediate grating partially overlap. 19. An optical waveguide according to claim 18, wherein the surface variations introduce an optical path length mismatch between (i) an optical path length between the first and second splitting regions; and (ii) an optical path length between the fourth and fifth splitting regions; to introduce said optical path length difference; and/or the surface variations introduce an optical path length mismatch between (i) an optical path length between the first and fourth splitting regions; and (ii) an optical path length between the second and third splitting regions; to introduce said optical path length difference. 20. A wearable headset comprising: a headpiece;an optical waveguide having an incoupling grating, an intermediate grating and an exit grating; anda light engine mounted on the headpiece, the light engine configured to generate multiple input beams, each beam being substantially collimated and directed to the incoupling grating in a unique inward direction, whereby the multiple input beams form a virtual image image;wherein the intermediate and exit grating have widths substantially larger than the beams' diameters;wherein the incoupling grating is arranged to couple each beam into the intermediate grating, in which that beam is guided onto a splitting region of a first surface of the intermediate grating;wherein the intermediate grating comprises a second surface opposing the first surface and is arranged to split that beam at the splitting region to provide two versions of that beam which are coupled into the exit grating;whereby the two versions of that beam take respective optical paths between the splitting region before being incident on the exit grating at respective angles, said respective angles having an angular variation less than or equal to 0.5 miliradian, and beam footprints of the two versions of that beam partially overlap on the exit grating;wherein the exit grating is arranged to diffract the two versions of that beam outwardly, the multiple input beams thus causing multiple exit beams to exit the waveguide which form a version of the virtual image; andwherein the first surface and/or the second surface comprise surface variations arranged to introduce an optical path length difference between the respective optical paths such that a visible banding effect is eliminated from the version of the virtual image.
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