Challenges encountered during the design and manufacturing of advanced optical components for AR systems, as well as the benefits of an integrated simulation workflow.
Disruptive AR systems will push the limits of optics: limits in design, limits in manufacturing, and limits in overall system integration. The trend of optical components being integrated into more complex miniaturized systems is impacting optical software. Optical design software has been around for decades to design, simulate, and analyze any optical component from lenses and mirrors to light sources and light waveguides. However, this traditional approach relies heavily on human expertise for modeling, defining system specifications, analysis, component fabrication, and system assembly and testing.
Meanwhile, advanced optical components for AR systems use semiconductor manufacturing capabilities which deliver ultra-complex electronic chips, in high volumes, at ultra-miniaturized scales. As an enabler to Moore’s law, the electronic design industry has evolved its toolbox by creating models and design processes to predict the manufacturability of these complex chips. Today, electronic designers leverage this mature ecosystem to predict and limit the impact of the process on device performance. A similar design-to-manufacturing simulation flow could unleash the full potential of optical components used in AR systems with reduced production costs and faster time to market.
This paper discusses challenges encountered during the design and manufacturing of advanced optical components for AR systems, as well as the benefits of an integrated simulation workflow for improved optical performance and reduced development costs.
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