G02B13/0095

NEAR-EYE DISPLAY DEVICE
20170299877 · 2017-10-19 ·

A near-eye display device includes at least one projection system configured to project an image to a target position. The projection system includes an image output module, an object lens group, an aperture-coded module, and an eyepiece. The image output module is configured to provide the image. The object lens group is configured to receive lights of the image, and includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The aperture-coded module is configured to receive the lights of the image from the first lens group and send the lights of the image to the second lens group, and the aperture-coded module sequentially provides plural coded patterns, such that the object lens group converts the image into plural relay images sequentially. The eyepiece is configured to send the relay images to the target position.

Adjustment and Design Method of Illumination System Matched with Multiple Objective Lenses in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Machine

Provided in the present invention is an adjustment and design method of an illumination system matched with multiple objective lenses in an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine; the illumination system to which the method is applied comprises a light source, a collection lens, a field compound eye, a pupil compound eye and a relay lens group; the method specifically comprises the steps: before a projection objective lens of an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine is replaced, calculating aperture angles of emergent ray of a relay lens A on a meridian plane and a sagittal plane by means of ray tracing; after the projection objective lens of the extreme ultraviolet lithography machine is replaced, taking out a central point of a exit pupil plane as an object point for ray tracing; adjusting inclination angles and positions of the relay lens A and a relay lens B, and adjusting inclination angles of central compound eye units of the pupil compound eye and the field compound eye, till an image plane of a current illumination system approximates to an arc-shaped image plane corresponding to the projection objective lens. By adjusting the illumination system on the basis of the adjustment method of the present invention, an illumination system matched with the projection objective lens system can be obtained, which dramatically reduces the cost of designing a projection lithography machine.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPORT FREE-SPACE WAVELENGTH-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (WDM) DEVICE USING A RELAY LENS
20170285269 · 2017-10-05 ·

Method and multiport free-space wavelength division multiplexing (“WDM”) device capable of handling multiple optical signals carried in multiple wavelengths (“λ.sub.n”) using a relay lens are disclosed. The WDM device includes an optical filter, collimator, optical relay, and a relay optical filter. The optical filter is able to receive an optical beam containing multiple λ.sub.n and subsequently extract a first wavelength (“λ.sub.1”) from λ.sub.n. A second optical beam is formed by the remaining of λ.sub.n. The collimator, in one example, receives λ.sub.1 from the optical filter. Upon receiving the second optical beam, the optical relay collimates the second optical beam with minimal loss due to light divergence. The relay optical filter, in one aspect, is configured to receive the collimated second optical beam and redirects the collimated second optical beam to a predefined intended orientation.

Optical illumination system

Systems and methods are provided that combine an amplitude modulation SLM with a phase modulating SLM in the same optical illumination system. The combination of the amplitude modulation SLM and the phase modulation SLM allows the optical illumination to compensate for the limitations of amplitude modulation SLM by using phase modulating SLM and conversely to compensate for the limitations of phase modulation SLM by using amplitude modulating SLM.

WEARABLE OPTICAL SYSTEM
20170248791 · 2017-08-31 ·

A wearable optical system allows a user to watch a large screen, such as a smartphone screen, in a wide field of view (FOV) with both eyes, the field superimposed on the real world. The screen displays two separate zones to be the data source for each eye. The system includes two projection optical subassemblies based on a pupil forming eye piece. The interpupilarity distance (IPD) is adjusted by rotating each optical subassembly about a pivot, which is perpendicular to its specific display zone.

Optical systems with compact back focal lengths
09743076 · 2017-08-22 · ·

Optical systems, such as 2-D and 3-D projection systems, may be configured to have a compact back focal length to allow for more compact projection lenses, lower throw ratios, improved contrast, or any combination thereof. In an embodiment, an optical system may include a relay element configured to form an intermediate image having a focal point proximate to a projection lens.

PROJECTION DISPLAY UNIT
20170235433 · 2017-08-17 · ·

A projection display unit (1) includes a projection optical system (10A), a polarization separation device (15), and a detection optical system (10B). The projection optical system includes an illuminator (11), a projection lens (16), and a light valve (12) that modulates illumination light supplied from the illuminator on the basis of an image signal, and outputs the modulated illumination light toward the projection lens. The polarization separation device (15) is disposed between the light valve and the projection lens. The polarization separation device separates entering light into a first polarized component and a second polarized component, and outputs the first polarized component and the second polarized component in respective directions that are different from each other. The detection optical system includes an imaging device (13) and a reduction optical system (14). The imaging device is disposed in a position that is optically conjugate with a position of the light valve. The reduction optical system is disposed between the imaging device and the polarization separation device. The imaging device receives, via the projection lens and the polarization separation device, light based on detection invisible light. A transmittance adjuster is provided between the polarization separation device and the imaging device. The transmittance adjuster adjusts transmittance of at least part of a bundle of passing light rays derived from the invisible light.

Projected television device and screen

A front projection display device is provided including an image-generating source configured to generate an image, a wide angle lens system adapted to receive the image, and a screen. The wide angle lens system may be configured to increase distortion of the image in a first stage and decrease distortion of the image in a second stage. The screen may be configured to receive the image from the wide angle lens system on a first side and reflect the image back to a viewer on the first side. In another embodiment, a screen is provided for a front projection system, the screen may be configured to receive light from a steep angle and may include any number of surface topographies configured to reflect light back to the viewer along a desired viewing plane.

Relay set for an endoscope and an endoscope

The invention relates to a relay set for an endoscope that includes a plurality of relay sets of the same type, having two plano-convex rod lenses which face one another with their planar end surfaces, and an achromat that is arranged between these rod lenses, particularly in a central aperture plane of said relay set. Said achromat takes the form of an arrangement of at least two lenses which have different refractive indices and Abbe numbers, and is located at a distance from the rod lenses. The invention also relates to a corresponding endoscope. The claimed relay set is improved in that one lens of said achromat consists of ED glass that has an Abbe number of at least 75, in particular at least 77.

Monocentric lens-based multi-scale optical systems and methods of use
09762813 · 2017-09-12 · ·

A monocentric lens-based multi-scale imaging system is disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention comprise a monocentric lens as an objective lens that collects light from a scene. Monocentric lenses in accordance with the present invention include a spherical central lens element and a plurality of lens shell sections that collectively reduce at least one of spherical and chromatic aberration from the magnitude introduced by the spherical lens element itself. A plurality of secondary lenses image the scene through the objective lens and further reduce the magnitude of aberrations introduced by the objective lens. A plurality of sensor arrays converts optical sub-images of the scene into a plurality of digital images, which can then be used to form a composite image of the scene.