The present disclosure pertains to a color filter for a display device, which has at least one color filter element for generating a predefined color in response to incident light, wherein the at least one color filter element includes a Perovskite material.

An electrophoretic medium is disclosed comprising four types of particles. The first type of particles has a first charge polarity. The second and third types of particles have a second charge polarity that is opposite to the first charge polarity. The electrophoretic medium further comprises, a first charge control agent, and a second charge control agent, the molecular structure of the first charge control agent including a quaternary ammonium group and a non-polar tail and the molecular structure of the second charge control agent including two or more polar groups, and a non-polar tail.

An optical isolator for generally collimated laser radiation includes a single polarizing element, at least one Faraday optical element, at least one reciprocal polarization altering optical element disposed at the single polarizing element, at least one reflective optical element for reflecting radiation to provide an even number of passes through the at least one Faraday optical element, and a magnetic structure. The magnetic structure is capable of generating a magnetic field within the at least one Faraday optical element that is generally aligned with the even number of passes along a beam propagation axis. The optical isolator is configured to receive generally collimated laser radiation, which passes through the single polarizing element and the at least one reciprocal polarization altering optical element and which makes at least two passes through the at least one Faraday optical element, whereby generally collimated laser radiation is output from the optical isolator.

A glueless optical device includes a housing having a first optical portal and a second optical portal opposite the first optical portal. A first optical component is within the housing adjacent to the first optical portal, and a second optical component is within the housing adjacent to the second optical portal. A central optical component is positioned within the housing between the first optical component and the second optical component. A first holder is configured to mount the first optical component to the housing via a first plate spring, and a second holder is configured to mount the second optical component to the housing via a second plate spring. A construct having a coil spring at least partially wrapped around a cylindrical crystal is configured to pass through a bore hole in the central optical component and mount the central optical component between the first holder and the second holder.

A Faraday rotator and an optical isolator having a high transmittance and a high Verdet constant are provided. The optical isolator includes at least a Faraday rotator that rotates a polarization plane of incident light in a non-reciprocal manner, a polarizer disposed on a light incident side of the Faraday rotator, and an analyzer disposed on a light exit side of the Faraday rotator. The Faraday rotator is made of an oxide containing ytterbium oxide (Yb.sub.2O.sub.3), and is manufactured by a ceramic manufacturing process, wherein the oxide is allowed to contain an oxide of a metal other than ytterbium, and the proportion of ytterbium in all metal atoms in the oxide is 80% or more.

An apparatus such as an optical modulator includes a buried oxide layer is disposed on a substrate. A microring resonator and an optical waveguide are disposed on the buried oxide layer and within a bonded semiconductor layer. The optical waveguide is optically coupled to the microring resonator and inputs a first optical wave into the microring resonator. An oxide layer is deposited on top of the optical waveguide and the microring resonator. A set of electrodes is disposed adjacent to the microring resonator, and in response to an electrical signal, the set of electrodes modulates the first optical wave into a modulated optical wave of transverse magnetic polarization within the microring resonator and outputs the modulated optical wave to the optical waveguide.

A quantum dot-containing composition includes a quantum dot, a ligand having coordinating groups, which coordinates to the surface of the quantum dots, and the ligand is represented by Formula I. ##STR00001##
In Formula I, A is an organic group including one or more coordinating groups selected from an amino group, a carboxy group, a mercapto group, a phosphine group, and a phosphine oxide group, Z is an (n+m+l)-valent organic linking group, R is a group including an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, or an alkynyl group each of which may have a substituent, Y is a group having a polymer chain which has a degree of polymerization of 3 or greater and which includes a polyacrylate skeleton or the like. n and m are each independently 1 or greater, l is 0 or greater, and n+m+l is integer 3 or greater. At least two coordinating groups are included in a molecule.

A quantum dot-containing composition includes a quantum dot, a ligand having coordinating groups, which coordinates to the surface of the quantum dots, and the ligand is represented by Formula I. ##STR00001##
In Formula I, A is an organic group including one or more coordinating groups selected from an amino group, a carboxy group, a mercapto group, a phosphine group, and a phosphine oxide group, Z is an (n+m+l)-valent organic linking group, R is a group including an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, or an alkynyl group each of which may have a substituent, Y is a group having a polymer chain which has a degree of polymerization of 3 or greater and which includes a polyacrylate skeleton or the like. n and m are each independently 1 or greater, l is 0 or greater, and n+m+l is integer 3 or greater. At least two coordinating groups are included in a molecule.

A paramagnetic garnet-type transparent ceramic is a sintered body of complex oxide represented by the following formula (1), comprising SiO.sub.2 as a sintering aid in an amount of more than 0% by weight to 0.1% by weight or less, and has a linear transmittance of 83.5% or more at the wavelength of 1,064 nm for an optical path length of 25 mm:
(Tb.sub.1-x-yY.sub.xSc.sub.y).sub.3(Al.sub.1-zSc.sub.z).sub.5O.sub.12  (1)
wherein 0.05≤x<0.45, 0<y<0.1, 0.5<1−x−y<0.95, and 0.004<z<0.2.

The present invention relates to the field of magnetic assemblies and processes for producing optical effect layers (OELs) comprising magnetically oriented non-spherical magnetic or magnetizable pigment particles on a substrate. In particular, the present invention relates to magnetic assemblies processes for producing said OELs as anti-counterfeit means on security documents or security articles or for decorative purposes.