This application relates to a method for producing a refractive and diffractive
hybrid two-dimensional optical
waveguide, belonging to the technical field of optical
waveguide design, and includes the following steps: S1, setting the
beam transmission path and determining the
coupling-in region, transition region, and
coupling-out region on the
waveguide plate; S2, forming an array
coupling-in
grating and an array coupling-out
grating in the coupling-in and coupling-out regions defined on the waveguide plate using an array
waveguide grating process; S3, determining the
grating period, transparent portion width, grating width, resolution, and dispersion rate of the transition region based on a preset calculation rule; S4, using the calculation data from S3, forming a
diffraction transition grating in the transition region defined on the waveguide plate using a
surface relief process. The
hybrid refractive and diffractive waveguide results in a lower overall cost, better color, higher brightness and luminous efficiency, simpler process, higher
mass production capability, less susceptibility to
rainbow patterns, and no light leakage from the back side. It also requires low equipment costs and has a
coupling efficiency close to 100%, leading to better performance.