This invention relates to devices that can controllably vary the properties of graphene with respect to different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation and particularly its optical properties. The electronically variable optical surfaces of the invention comprise graphene layers with intercalated metal (e.g. lithium) ions. The cell comprises an Li-NMC anode as ion source, an ionic liquid electrolyte, and an multilayer graphene cathode.

A sensor system comprises a LiDAR unit having an emitter for laser light having a wavelength of 900 nm to 1600 nm and a receiver for light over a wavelength range which is between 800 nm and 1600 nm and at least partly below the operating wavelength of the LiDAR sensor and a cover having a substrate layer made of thermoplastic material which is arranged such that IR light emitted by the LiDAR unit and received by the LiDAR unit passes through the cover.

This method for manufacturing a light absorber includes: a first step for irradiating a resin substrate with ion beams; a second step for etching the irradiated resin substrate with an alkaline solution to form an uneven surface on the surface thereof; a third step for forming a transfer body which covers the uneven surface of the etched resin substrate; and a fourth step for peeling off the transfer body from the resin substrate to obtain a light absorber. A metal film, a photocurable resin, and a silicone rubber are disclosed as an example of the transfer body.

The present disclosure relates to a light control film having nano (or nano-scale) light absorbing layer and a display using the same. A light control film according to the present disclosure comprises: a lower layer having a first axis and a second axis; an upper layer facing with the lower layer; a middle layer having a thickness disposed between the lower layer and the upper layer; a plurality of nano light absorbing layers arrayed with a predetermined interval along the first axis in the middle layer, each of the nano light absorbing layer having a width along the first axis, a length along the second axis and a height corresponding to the thickness of the middle layer; and a prism pattern disposed between each pair of the nano light absorbing layers.

The present disclosure provides a light control film and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes providing a microstructured film. The microstructured film includes a plurality of light transmissive regions alternated with channels. The microstructure film is defined by a top surface and a pair of side surfaces of each light transmissive region and a bottom surface of each channel. The method further includes coating the pair of side surfaces of each light transmissive region and the bottom surface of each channel with a coating. The coating includes light absorbing particles that are dispersed in a liquid. The method further includes drying the coating such that the light absorbing particles are selectively deposited on the pair of sides surfaces of each light transmissive region.

A light control film comprises a light input surface and a light output surface; alternating transmissive regions and absorptive regions disposed between the light input surface and the light output surface; and TIR cladding layers. The TIR cladding layer having a refractive index, n.sub.TIR. The transmissive regions alternate between high refractive index transmissive regions having a refractive index, n.sub.2, and low refractive index transmissive regions having a refractive index, n.sub.1. The absorptive regions comprise a core having a refractive index, n.sub.core, adjacent an AR cladding layer; wherein n.sub.1<n.sub.2 and n.sub.TIR<n.sub.2. The TIR cladding layers are adjacent the high refractive index transmissive regions. The cores have an aspect ratio of at least 20. The high refractive index transmissive regions have a wall angle of 6 degrees or less.

An optical multilayer film of a light-shielding member includes light absorbing layers that absorb visible light and dielectric layers that are made of a dielectric such that a total number of the layers is 4 or more. A surface-side light absorption thickness which is a total of physical film thicknesses of the light absorbing layers disposed between the outermost layer and a next outermost layer is not less than 6 nm and not greater than 17 nm. A base-side light absorption thickness which is a total of physical film thicknesses of the light absorbing layers disposed between the next outermost layer and the base is not less than 60 nm. A specific proportion, regarding a specific surface layer thickness which is a total of the physical film thicknesses of layers from a base-side maximum-thickness light absorbing layer to the outermost layer, is not less than 0.34.

The present disclosure provides a display device, the display device includes an optical imaging apparatus including an image source element, a beam splitting element, and a reflective element configured to be aligned on light path; and an absorbing element, a shape of the absorbing element and an arrangement position of the absorbing element in the display device cause the absorbing element to absorb non-imaging light in a scene to be displayed, and not block imaging light for generating a display image of the scene to be displayed. In the display device, the absorbing element absorbs the non-imaging light in the scene to be displayed and reduces the non-imaging light in the display device, in turn reduces influence of the non-imaging light on the scene to be displayed and improves display quality of the display image of the scene to be displayed.

A camera module includes an imaging lens assembly and an image sensor, wherein the image sensor is located on an image side of the imaging lens assembly. The imaging lens assembly has an optical axis and includes a plastic lens barrel and a plurality of plastic lens elements, wherein the plastic lens elements are disposed in the plastic lens barrel. The plastic lens barrel includes an object-side outer surface, a lens barrel minimum opening, an object-side outer inclined surface and a reversing inclined surface. The object-side outer surface is a surface of the plastic lens barrel facing towards an object side being closest to the object side and is annular. The reversing inclined surface expands from the lens barrel minimum opening to the image side, wherein a connecting position of the reversing inclined surface and the object-side outer inclined surface forms the lens barrel minimum opening.

An aperture structure for a substrate for an optical device includes an optical cavity layer, a light absorbing layer, and a blocking layer. The optical cavity layer includes a dielectric material and is characterized by a refractive index of about 1.4 or greater, as measured at a wavelength of 550 nm. The light absorbing layer includes a metal or a metal alloy and is characterized by an extinction coefficient k of at least 1, as measured at a wavelength of 550 nm. The blocking layer includes a metal or a metal alloy and is characterized by an optical density of at least 3 at each wavelength of light in the range from 400 nm to 700 nm. The aperture structure includes a reflectance of less than 5% at each wavelength of light in the range from 400 nm to 700 nm, as measured through the substrate.