Method and device for reducing speckle formation on a...

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G02B 27/48 (2006.01) G02F 1/13 (2006.01) H04N 9/31 (2006.01)

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CA 2366566

The invention relates to a method and a device for reducing the speckle that is formed on a projection display when a coherent light source (1) is used. Before being projected, the light coming from the light source strikes an electrically controllable optical element (4) with a spatially inhomogeneous index of refraction and penetrates said optical element, whereby the index of refraction within the period of projection is temporally altered. This leads to the averaging out of the speckle pattern on the projection screen (6). A multimode light source is preferably used for illumination and/or the light coming from the light source is split into several spatial modes in order to increase the effect. The light from the light source is preferably split by being coupled into a multimode light- conducting fibre. Said optical element is advantageously a liquid crystal element consisting of at least two liquid crystal layers, to which a position-dependent voltage is applied in order to produce a position-dependent index of refraction and whose birefringence is compensated by the appropriate alignment of the layers in relation to each other.

L'invention concerne un procédé et un dispositif qui permettent de réduire la formation de speckle sur un écran de projection quand on utilise une source (1) de lumière cohérente. La lumière provenant de la source, avant la projection, tombe sur et traverse un élément optique (4) commandé électriquement, avec un indice de réfraction spatialement non homogène, ce qui provoque une modification dudit indice durant la projection et par conséquent une homogénéisation du motif de speckle sur l'écran (6). Pour l'éclairage, on utilise de préférence une source de lumière multimodale et/ou la lumière provenant de la source décomposée en plusieurs modes spatiaux, ce qui renforce l'effet. Pour décomposer la lumière provenant de la source, on la couple de préférence à une fibre optique multimodale. Comme élément optique, on utilise avantageusement un élément à cristaux liquides constitué d'au moins deux couches de cristaux liquides, auquel on applique une tension position-dépendante de façon à générer un indice de réfraction position-dépendant et dont la biréfringence est compensée par un alignement approprié des couches les unes par rapport aux autres.

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