The present disclosure relates to a layered optical composite, in particular for use in an augmented reality device. In particular, the disclosure relates to a layered optical composite and a process for its preparation, a device comprising the layered optical composite and a process for its preparation, and the use of a layered optical composite in an augmented reality device. The present disclosure relates to a layered optical composite comprising: a. a substrate having a front face and a back face, b. a coating comprising: i. a type T layer, and ii. a type C region comprising one or more type C layers; in which the substrate has: i. a thickness t.sub.G in the range from 0.2 to 1.2 mm; ii. a refractive index n.sub.G at a wavelength λ in the range from 1.6 to 2.4; and iii. an optical absorption coefficient K.sub.G at the wavelength λ of less than 10 cm.sup.−1; in which the type C layers individually and independently have: i. a thickness t.sub.C in the range from 9 to 250 nm; ii. a refractive index n.sub.C at the wavelength λ in the range from 1.35 to 2.43; and iii. an optical absorption coefficient K.sub.C at the wavelength λ of less than 10.sup.6 cm.sup.−1; in which at least one type C layer has: i. an optical absorption coefficient at the wavelength λ of at least 100 cm.sup.−1; in which the type T layer has: i. a thickness t.sub.T in the range from 50 to 300 nm; ii. a refractive index n.sub.T at the wavelength λ in the range from 1.35 to 1.96; and iii. an optical absorption coefficient K.sub.T of less than 80 cm.sup.−1; in which the type C region and the type T layer are each superimposed over one face of the substrate with the type C region further than the type T layer from the substrate;
in which λ is in the range from 430 to 670 nm.

An outer wall material includes a first transparent member integrally or separately including a transparent plate material and a prism portion; and a reflection member provided on a second side of the prism portion of the first transparent member. The prism portion causes the reflection member to collect light whose angle with respect to a normal line of the plate material is equal to or greater than a predetermined angle and to retro-reflect the collected light, and transmits light whose angle with respect to the normal line of the plate material is less than the predetermined angle.

In one aspect, embodiments relate to a system for preventative dental laser treatment that ensures even irradiation of a laser beam. The system includes, a laser arrangement configured to generate the laser beam. The laser beam has one or more of a super-Gaussian energy profile and a transverse ring mode. The system also includes a focus optic. The focus optic is configured to converge the laser beam with a numerical aperture of 0.1 or less to a focal region. The system also includes a hand piece configured to direct the laser beam at a surface of a dental hard tissue. The system additionally includes a controller. The controller is configured to control one or more parameters of the laser source, such that a portion of the surface of the dental hard tissue is heated to a temperature in a range between 400° Celsius and 1300° Celsius.

Metamaterial devices for optical absorption, dispersion and directional sensing include optically transparent prisms made of a wide range optically transparent material, the prisms comprising a lens surface that is exposed to a source of electromagnetic radiation, with the other surfaces of the prism adjacent to a sensing device, a reflective surface and/or an optical absorption surface. Absorption devices are configured to trap and absorb the electromagnetic radiation that enters the lens surface. Dispersion devices are configured to scatter the electromagnetic radiation that enters the lens surface and the infrared radiation that radiates from an object and through the prism towards the lens surface. The directional sensing devices are configured to selectively detect electromagnetic radiation entering the device at a target angle.

A display module and a display device. The display module includes a display panel, which has a display region (AA) and a light-transmitting region (BB), the light-transmitting region (BB) being provided with a light-transmitting hole (V1); a flexible cover plate, which is located on the light exit side of the display panel, and covers the display region (AA) and the light-transmitting region (BB); a transparent supporting structure, which is located on the side of the display panel facing the flexible cover plate, where the transparent supporting structure covers the light-transmitting hole (V1), and an orthogonal projection of the transparent supporting structure on the flexible cover plate and an orthogonal projection of the display panel on the flexible cover plate have an overlapping region.

Disclosed are an active complex spatial light modulation method and apparatus for an ultra-low noise holographic display. The active complex spatial light modulation apparatus includes a substrate and a petal antenna including three petal patterns arranged on the substrate, dividing a complex plane into three phase sections, and modulating the input light into three-phase amplitude values corresponding to the phase sections. The petal antenna may have a point symmetry shape based on the center point of the petal antenna.

A monolithically integrated, tunable infrared pixel comprises a combined broadband detector and graphene-enabled tunable metasurface filter that operate as a single solid-state device with no moving parts. Functionally, tunability results from the plasmonic properties of graphene that are acutely dependent upon the carrier concentration within the infrared. Voltage induced changes in graphene's carrier concentration can be leveraged to change the metasurface filter's transmission thereby altering the “colors” of light reaching the broadband detector and hence its spectral responsivity. The invention enables spectrally agile infrared detection with independent pixel-to-pixel spectral tunability.

A privacy protection film, a manufacturing method thereof, a backlight module, and a display device are provided. The privacy protection film includes a substrate, a light incident surface of the substrate is provided with a reflective layer, light transmission holes are provided on the reflective layer; a light exiting surface of the substrate is provided with a micro-lens array; each of the light transmission holes corresponds to at least one micro-lens in the micro-lens array; and the micro-lens is configured to control an exiting direction of light exiting from the light exiting surface of the substrate to remain unchanged; or, the micro-lens is configured to control an exiting direction of the light exiting from the light exiting surface of the substrate to be deflected toward a direction of an axis of the micro-lens.

Novel compounds able to absorb UV radiation and comprise antimicrobial properties as well. The compounds are novel and undisclosed scytonemin analogs, able to absorb up to 90% of UV-A radiation and can cover a broader UV to blue light absorption range from 293 nm to 500 nm. When mixtures of more than one compound are used, their synergetic absorption properties can cover an even broader spectrum within 293 nm to 500 nm. The compounds present faint coloration, and some are even colorless, therefor the present compounds can be easily incorporated in formulations to be used in cosmetic products, sunscreens or lenses for sunglasses.

A detection apparatus includes: a substrate; a metal nanostructure on a surface of the substrate and on which immobilized antibodies having a property of binding with a detection object substance are immobilized, the metal microstructure generating a surface plasmon by being irradiated with excitation light; an introducer that introduces labeled antibodies having a property of binding with the detection object substance and labeled with a fluorescent material, and a test solution containing the detection object substance into the metal nanostructure; a light source that irradiates the metal nanostructure with the excitation light from the back surface side of the substrate; and a photodetector that detects the detection object substance based on fluorescence generated from the fluorescent material in response to irradiation of the excitation light. The metal nanostructure includes a light transmissive portion that transmits, to the surface side of the substrate, the excitation light emitted from the back surface side thereof.