The utility model content
The technical matters that the utility model mainly solves provides a kind of simple in structure, the light-emitting device of lower-cost outgoing polarized light.
The utility model embodiment provides a kind of light-emitting device, it is characterized in that, comprising:
Excitation source, this excitation source is used for the outgoing exciting light;
The Wavelength converter that comprises first surface, first surface is used for receiving exciting light, this Wavelength converter is provided with material for transformation of wave length, this material for transformation of wave length is used for receiving exciting light to produce Stimulated Light, and at least part of light in the mixed light of at least part of this Stimulated Light or this Stimulated Light and unabsorbed exciting light is from the first surface outgoing;
Light collecting device be used for to be collected the emergent light of the first surface of Wavelength converter, and with this emergent light from the emitting light path outgoing, and this emitting light path is separated with the light path that incides the exciting light of Wavelength converter;
Square rod is used for making this emergent light from the exiting surface outgoing of this square rod behind the even light of the emergent light of light collecting device;
Polarization converter, this polarization converter comprises polarization spectro element, optical path adjusting element and polarization conversion device, the first prism and the second prism that the polarization spectro element comprises polarization beam splitter and sticks to these polarization beam splitter both sides;
The first prism comprises second surface and the 3rd surface, and the exiting surface close contact of second surface and square rod, the first prism are used for receiving the emergent light of square rod and guiding to polarization beam splitter;
Polarization beam splitter is used for the 3rd surface of light to the first prism of emergent light first polarization state of reflection square rod, light to the second prism of the second polarization state in the emergent light of transmission square rod, and the polarization direction of the first polarization state is perpendicular to the polarization direction of the second polarization state;
The second prism is used for guiding from the light outgoing of the second polarization state of polarization beam splitter transmission;
The optical path adjusting element comprises prism and reflecting element, and prism is used for the emergent light on the 3rd surface of reception the first prism, and this emergent light is guided to reflecting element; Reflecting element is used for this emergent light with the direction reflection parallel with the exit direction of the light of the second polarization state;
Polarization conversion device is used for the light of the first polarization state is converted to the light of the second polarization state;
Square rod is fixedly connected with polarization converter.
The utility model also provides a kind of optical projection system, and this light-source system comprises above-mentioned light-emitting device.
Compared with prior art, the utility model embodiment has following beneficial effect:
Among the utility model embodiment, Wavelength converter receives excitation light generation without the emergent light of polarization state, and this light without polarization state is incident to square rod after light collecting device is collected.Outgoing was to polarization converter after square rod was used for incident light spared light.Polarization converter comprises polarization spectro element, optical path adjusting element, and polarization conversion device.The polarization spectro element here comprises a polarization beam splitter and the first prism and the second prism that stick to these polarization beam splitter both sides, and the first prism guides to polarization beam splitter with the emergent light of square rod.The light of the first polarization state during polarization beam splitter reflects the incident light, the light of the second polarization state that transmission polarization direction is vertical with the first polarization state.The light of the first polarization state that the first prism will reflect guides to the optical path adjusting element, and the second prism is with the second polarization state light guiding outgoing of transmission.The optical path adjusting element receives from the light of the first prism incident and with its reflection, and reflection direction is identical with the light exit direction of the second polarization state.Polarization conversion device comprises on the emitting light path that appears at the first polarization state twice quarter-wave plate or appears at 1/2nd wave plates of the emitting light path last time of the first polarization state, being used for the first the conversion of polarized state is the second polarization state, so polarization converter will be converted to without the incident light of polarization state the light of the second polarization state of in the same direction outgoing.The polarization spectro element includes only a polarization beam splitter, and structure is relatively simple, and square rod is fixedly connected with polarization converter, and the two rigging error is less, and cost compare is low.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with drawings and embodiments the utility model embodiment is elaborated.
Fig. 2 a is the structural front view of an embodiment of light-emitting device of the present utility model, and shown in Fig. 2 a, light-emitting device 200 comprises excitation source 210, Wavelength converter 220, light collecting device 230, square rod 240, polarization converter 250.
Excitation source 210 is used for the outgoing exciting light.Particularly, excitation source 210 is blue laser light source, and in other embodiment of the utility model, excitation source can also be led light source, fluorescent powder light source etc.
Wavelength converter 220 comprises first surface 221a, this first surface 221a is used for receiving exciting light, Wavelength converter 220 is provided with material for transformation of wave length, this material for transformation of wave length is used for absorbing exciting light to produce Stimulated Light, and at least part of light in the mixed light of this Stimulated Light and unabsorbed exciting light is from first surface 221a outgoing.The material for transformation of wave length here is specially yellow fluorescent powder, YAG fluorescent powder for example, and it can absorb the Stimulated Light of blue light and stimulated emission yellow, and Wavelength converter is with the mixed light of the unabsorbed blue excitation light of outgoing and yellow Stimulated Light.Material for transformation of wave length may be the material that quantum dot, fluorescent dye etc. have wavelength conversion capability also, is not limited to fluorescent powder.
Light collecting device 230 receives the emergent light of the first surface 221a of Wavelength converters 220, and with this emergent light from the emitting light path outgoing, and emitting light path and the light path that incides the exciting light of Wavelength converter 220 are separated.Particularly, light collecting device 230 is the cambered surface reflection unit that comprises the reflecting surface of light hole and light hole outside, exciting light is incident on the first surface 221a of Wavelength converter through light hole, the major part of the emergent light of the first surface 221a of Wavelength converter is collected by the reflection of the reflecting surface of cambered surface reflection unit and by square rod 240, and fraction leaks from light hole.Preferably, cambered surface reflection unit 230 is the part of semielliptical shape or semielliptical shape, and Wavelength converter 220 is arranged at a focus of this ellipsoid, thereby most of light of Wavelength converter 220 outgoing reflexes to another focus of this ellipsoid through the reflecting surface of cambered surface reflection unit; Perhaps, cambered surface reflection unit 230 is semisphere or a hemispheric part, and Wavelength converter is arranged near this sphere centre of sphere a bit, thereby most of light of Wavelength converter outgoing reflexes to and this another point about centre of sphere symmetry through the reflecting surface of cambered surface reflection unit, collects so that carry out light.In addition, light collecting device is not limited in the cambered surface reflection unit with light hole in the present embodiment, in other embodiment of the utility model, curved reflectors with holes also can replace with cambered surface reflection unit not with holes, and this moment, exciting light incided Wavelength converter from the gap between curved reflectors and the Wavelength converter; Curved reflectors with holes can also replace with catoptron with holes, exciting light incides Wavelength converter from the hole equally, the emergent light of Wavelength converter is reflected mirror and reflexes to another light path outgoing, and this light path is different from the input path of the exciting light that incides Wavelength converter.
Square rod 240 makes it from exiting surface 242 outgoing after the emergent light of light collecting device 230 is spared light.
Fig. 2 b is the structural representation of polarization converter in the light-emitting device shown in Fig. 2 a, shown in Fig. 2 b, polarization converter 250 comprises polarization spectro element 2510, optical path adjusting element 2520, and polarization conversion device 2530, the first prism 2511 and the second prism 2512 that polarization spectro element 2510 comprises polarization beam splitter 2513 and sticks to these polarization beam splitter 2513 both sides.
The first prism 2511 comprises second surface 2511a and the 3rd surperficial 2511b, exiting surface 242 close contacts of second surface 2511a and square rod 240, and the first prism 2511 is used for receiving the emergent light of square rod 240 and guiding to polarization beam splitter 2513.
Polarization beam splitter 2513 is for the 3rd surface of light to the first prism of emergent light first polarization state of reflection square rod 240, the polarization direction of light to the second prism 2512, the first polarization states of the second polarization state is perpendicular to the polarization direction of the second polarization state in the emergent light of transmission square rod 240.
The second prism 2512 is used for guiding from the light outgoing of the second polarization state of polarization beam splitter 2513 transmissions.
Particularly, the first prism 2511 in the present embodiment and the second prism 2512 be the total reflection prism of principal section isosceles right triangle, the filter coating that polarization beam splitter 2513 forms for high low refractive index dielectric alternate plating, when this filter coating receives the light without skewness of certain incident angle, this filter coating can be divided into the incident light without polarization state the vertical two-way light of polarization state.The face at the hypotenuse place of the isosceles right triangle principal section of the first prism 2511 and the second prism 2512 is respectively 2511c and 2512c, filter coating 2513 is plated on the surface among surperficial 2511c and the 2512c and is fixing by cementing agent and another surface, fixed form is generally to be utilized adhesive bonds, three to form the principal section to be approximately foursquare hexahedron.The second surface of the first prism 2511 and the 3rd surface are respectively surperficial 2511a and the 2511c at the right-angle side place of isosceles right triangle principal section.In the practical application, in order to guarantee filter coating to the polarization spectro effect of incident light, the refractive index of the first prism 2511, the second prism 2512, filter coating 2513 and cementing agent should be more approaching, and guarantee that incident light incides on the filter coating 2513 at a certain angle.In the present embodiment, filter coating 2513 is 45 degree angles with the incident light incident direction, the light of filter coating 2513 reflections the first polarization state, the light of transmission the second polarization state, and vertical with the 3rd surperficial 2511b from the direction of propagation of the light of the first polarization state of filter coating 2513 reflection, it is less to incide the 3rd surperficial 2511b angle, has reduced the generation of total reflection.For the second prism 2512, vertical with the surperficial 2512a at a right-angle side place of the right-angle triangle principal section of the second prism 2512 from the direction of propagation of the light of the second polarization state of filter coating 2513 transmissions, can reduce equally the generation of total reflection on this surface.And the surperficial 2512b at another right-angle side place of the right-angle triangle principal section of the second prism 2512 is parallel with the optical propagation direction of the second polarization state, it is larger to incide this surperficial angle of light degree major part, can total reflection occur and reflex to surperficial 2512a outgoing on this surface, therefore the first prism in the present embodiment and the structure of the second prism are a kind of preferred structures, certainly, in other embodiment of utility model, the first prism and the second prism also can be other structures, for example the principal section is other shape prism, can realize too the guiding of incident light and the function of polarization spectro.
Optical path adjusting element 2520 comprises prism 2521 and reflecting element 2522, prism 2521 comprises the 4th surperficial 2521a and the 5th surperficial 2521b, the 4th surperficial 2521a receives the emergent light of the 3rd surperficial 2511b of the first prism 2511, prism guides to the 5th surperficial 2521b with this emergent light, reflecting element 2522 is used for being incident to the light reflection of the 5th surperficial 2521b, and reflection direction is parallel with the exit direction of the light of the second polarization state.
Particularly, the prism 2521 here is the prism of right-angle triangle for the principal section, the 4th surperficial 2521a is the surface at a right-angle side place of right-angle triangle principal section, the 5th surperficial 2521b is the surface at the hypotenuse place of right-angle triangle principal section, this surface is parallel with polarization beam splitter 2513, and is parallel with the exit direction of the second polarization state to guarantee this surperficial reflected light exit direction.Reflecting element 2522 can be the devices such as catoptron, and preferably, reflecting element 2522 and the 5th surperficial 2521b close contact are beneficial to fix, and this moment, reflecting element can be the reflectance coating that is plated in the 5th surperficial 2521b.
Polarization conversion device 2530 can be converted to the light of the first polarization state the light of the second polarization state, particularly, polarization conversion device is 1/2nd wave plates that appear at the emitting light path last time of the first polarization state, and 1/2nd wave plates 2530 here are arranged on the exit facet 2321c place of the light of prism 2521.Preferably, this 1/2nd wave plate 2530 is fixed on the surperficial 2321c, and with convenient fixing, 1/2nd wave plates also can be fixed separately in other embodiment of the present utility model certainly.
Square rod 240 is fixedly connected with polarization converter 250.Because the exiting surface 242 of square rod and the second surface 2511a close contact of the first prism, can utilize the method such as bonding to be fixed together in two faces this, so that the cooperation between the two is more accurate, assembling is more prone to, and has reduced simultaneously production cost.Square rod 240 also can be one-body molded with polarization converter 250, can reduce manufacturing procedure, further reduces cost.
By above description as can be known, Wavelength converter 220 receives excitation light generation without the light of polarization state, and this light without polarization state is incident to square rod 240 after light collecting device 230 is collected.Square rod 240 is incident to polarization converter after incident light is spared light.Polarization converter 250 comprises polarization spectro element 2510, optical path adjusting element 2520, and polarization conversion device 2530.To optical path adjusting element 2520, the light of the second polarization state that transmission polarization direction is vertical with the first polarization state makes its direct outgoing without the light of the first polarization state in the polarization state light in polarization spectro element 2510 reflection here.Optical path adjusting element 2520 receives from the light of polarization spectro element 2510 incidents and with its reflection, and reflection direction is identical with the light exit direction of the second polarization state.Polarization conversion device 2530 is 1/2nd wave plates that appear at the emitting light path last time of the first polarization state, being used for the first the conversion of polarized state is the second polarization state, therefore polarization converter 220 will be converted to without the incident light of polarization state the light of the second polarization state, and the hot spot of the polarized light after the conversion has enlarged one times with respect to the hot spot face without the incident light of skewness.The polarization spectro element includes only a polarization beam splitter, and structure is relatively simple, and square rod is fixedly connected with polarization converter, and the two rigging error is less, adjust easily, so the cost of this light-emitting device will reduce greatly.
Wavelength converter 220 in the present embodiment comprises wavelength conversion layer 221, substrate 222, drive unit 223.Material for transformation of wave length is arranged on the wavelength conversion layer 221.Substrate 222 can be played a supporting role to wavelength conversion layer 221 for being coated with the clear glass in reflection horizon.But in the enough situation of the rigidity of wavelength conversion layer own (for example wavelength conversion layer forms by fluorescent powder is entrained in the clear glass), substrate is omissible, this moment, the reflection horizon can be plated in the surface of wavelength conversion layer, had equally identical effect.Even in the enough situation of the material for transformation of wave length thickness in wavelength conversion layer, also can not need to arrange the reflection horizon.In addition, substrate 222 also can be the hard material that high anti-aluminium sheet etc. has the highly reflective surface.
In the present embodiment, wavelength conversion layer 221 includes only a zone, and this region division has yellow fluorescent powder, and wavelength conversion layer 221 absorbs blue laser to produce yellow Stimulated Light, and this yellow Stimulated Light becomes the white light outgoing with unabsorbed blue light.In other embodiment of the present utility model, wavelength conversion layer 221 can comprise zone more than two, at least one is provided with material for transformation of wave length in the zone more than two for this, and other zone can arrange the different material of function, such as the material for transformation of wave length of other kind or scattering material etc.For example, wavelength conversion layer 221 comprises Three regions, be respectively arranged with red fluorescence powder, green emitting phosphor and scattering material, red fluorescence powder and green emitting phosphor absorb respectively blue laser and produce ruddiness and green glow, scattering material receive blue laser and with its scattering with eliminating coherence after outgoing, so wavelength conversion layer 221 can red bluish-green three coloured light of outgoing.
In addition, because material for transformation of wave length always comprises the part exciting light to exciting Optical Absorption can not reach absolutely in the emergent light of wavelength conversion layer 221.Therefore, in other embodiment of the present utility model, when not needing exciting light in the emergent light of light-emitting device, light-emitting device can also arrange filtering apparatus to be come the emergent light of wavelength conversion layer is filtered.Filtering apparatus comprises optical filter, can receive the emergent light of wavelength conversion layer, and filters out wherein at least part of exciting light.In the present embodiment, filtering apparatus can be arranged on the first surface of Wavelength converter, this filtering apparatus can the transmission Stimulated Light and the exciting light of low-angle incident, the exciting light of reflection wide-angle, and the exciting light composition in the Wavelength converter emergent light will reduce greatly.In addition, the optical filtering colour wheel can also be set, the optical filtering colour wheel can the transmission exciting light, the reflection Stimulated Light, and the optical filtering colour wheel rotates synchronously with Wavelength converter, can filter out the exciting light of Wavelength converter emergent light, and light-emitting device can an outgoing Stimulated Light at this moment.
Polarization beam splitter 2513 in the present embodiment is filter coatings, and its advantage is technical maturity, be coated with than being easier to, but filter coating is relatively more responsive to the angle of light degree.When the dispersion angle of incident light was larger, the ratio of the polarized light in filter coating transmitted light and the reflected light will reduce.Preferably, polarization beam splitter 2513 can be the polarization wiregrating, and with respect to filter coating, the angle sensitivity of polarization wiregrating is much lower, can the incident light that dispersion angle is larger be divided into the light of two kinds of vertical polarization attitudes.
Preferably, square rod is the taper square rod, and the area of the incidence surface 241 of taper square rod is less than the area of exiting surface 242.Because polarization beam splitter 2513 can be relatively more responsive to the angle of incident light, and the taper square rod not only can spare light to incident light, can also reduce the dispersion angle of incident light, thus the taper square rod be provided with the light action that divides that is beneficial to polarization beam splitter 2513.
Preferably, the both sides ratio that is shaped as rectangle and this rectangle of the exiting surface of square rod 240 is 3:2 or 9:8.Be applied to the Projection Display occasions such as projection light source, the Aspect Ratio in Projection Display zone generally is 3:4 or 9:16, and polarization converter can be with one times of the enlarged areas of launching spot, Aspect Ratio also can expand and was twice this moment, when therefore the exiting surface both sides ratio of square rod 240 is 3:2 or 9:8, as long as the position of the exiting surface of square rod 240 is set, so that the facula area of the emergent light of polarization converter is twice in the short side direction expansion of exiting surface, the ratio of polarization converter outgoing hot spot is 3:4 or 9:16 just, does not need again hot spot to be carried out Shape correction in follow-up light path.Similarly, the Aspect Ratio of the exiting surface of square rod 240 also can be 3:8 or 9:32, only needs to adjust the position of square rod exiting surface, thereby so that the facula area of the emergent light of polarization converter expands to be twice at the short side direction of exiting surface gets final product.
Because the incident light of the first prism has certain dispersion angle, incident light may incide on the surface that does not need emergent light of the first prism and outgoing, therefore preferably, except the second surface of the first prism 2511, the 3rd surface, with the surface of polarization light-dividing surface close contact the surface in, have at least a surface to be provided with the reflection horizon.Fig. 2 c is the schematic perspective view of the polarization converter shown in Fig. 2 b, shown in Fig. 2 c, upper and lower surfaces 2511d and the 2511e of the first prism do not need emergent light, so its surface can arrange the reflection horizon, and the light that incides surperficial 2511d and 2511e is reflexed to polarization beam splitter utilization.For the second prism and prism, similarly, do not need the surface of emergent light the reflection horizon can be set equally to reduce light loss.
Need the Fresnel on the exit facet to lose in order to reduce at light, preferably, the surface of the second polarized light outgoing is coated with anti-reflection film on the second prism.Similarly, the surface of the emergent light on the prism also can be coated with anti-reflection film to reduce light loss.
In the existing structure, the polarization spectro element 2510 of light splitting device 250 is fixedly connected with often with optical path adjusting element 2520, is fixing between the 4th surface of the 3rd surface of the first prism 2511 by close contact and prism 2521 here.But the larger light of dispersion angle in the incident light of the second surface 2511a of the first prism may not can incide polarization beam splitter 2513 and is directly incident on the 3rd surperficial 2511b at this moment, and further is incident to prism 2521.Therefore, preferably, there is air-gap between the 3rd surperficial 2511b of the first prism 2510 and the 4th surperficial 2521a of prism, because the light that incides the 3rd surface 2511 of the first prism all is wide-angle incident basically, total reflection can occur and was reflected onto the polarization beam splitter direction and utilizes in this part light this moment.
Except the structure shown in Fig. 2 b, the structure of the polarization converter in the present embodiment can also have the various structures form, is elaborated below in conjunction with diagram.Fig. 3 is the another kind of structural representation of the polarization converter shown in Fig. 2 a, as shown in Figure 3, the difference of polarization converter is shown in polarization converter shown in Figure 3 and Fig. 2 b, and 1/2nd wave plates 330 in the polarization converter are between the 4th surperficial 321a of the 3rd surperficial 331a of the first prism 331 and prism 321.In fact, / 2nd wave plates not only can be on the light-emitting face of prism 2521 and between the 3rd surperficial 331a and the 4th surperficial 321a shown in Figure 3, can also be positioned at other position, this 1/2nd wave plate 2530 of light transmission that only needs to guarantee the first polarization state once gets final product.
Polarization conversion device in the present embodiment can also be quarter-wave plate, only need guarantee that quarter-wave plate appears on the emitting light path of the first polarization state twice and gets final product.Fig. 4 is the another kind of structural representation of the polarization converter shown in Fig. 2 a, as shown in Figure 4, be with the difference of polarization converter shown in Figure 3, polarization converter does not comprise 1/2nd wave plates and comprises quarter-wave plate 420, this quarter-wave plate 420 is between reflecting element 411 and prism 412, and the light of the first polarization state is incident to be incident to reflecting element 411 and to be reflected behind the quarter-wave plate 420 and again passes through quarter-wave plate 420.Because the light of the first polarization state successively incides quarter-wave plate twice, the light of the first polarization state will be converted to the light of the second polarization state.In other embodiment of the present utility model, also can make two quarter-wave plates to be set on the light path of the light of the first polarization state, so that the light of the first polarization state respectively by two quarter-wave plates respectively once also can be realized the conversion of polarized state.
Each embodiment adopts the mode of going forward one by one to describe in this instructions, and what each embodiment stressed is and the difference of other embodiment that identical similar part is mutually referring to getting final product between each embodiment.
The utility model embodiment also provides a kind of optical projection system, comprises light-emitting device, and this light-emitting device can have structure and the function in the various embodiments described above.This optical projection system can adopt various shadow casting techniques, for example liquid crystal display (LCD, Liquid Crystal Display) shadow casting technique, digital light path processor (DLP, Digital Light Processor) shadow casting technique.
The above only is embodiment of the present utility model; be not so limit claim of the present utility model; every equivalent structure or equivalent flow process conversion that utilizes the utility model instructions and accompanying drawing content to do; or directly or indirectly be used in other relevant technical fields, all in like manner be included in the scope of patent protection of the present utility model.