In the present embodiment, a sealing agent (50) sealing two substates contains a low melting-point glass material and is adhered to each of a first substrate (10) and a second substrate (20), a barrier rib (60), which is formed in such a manner as to surround the outer periphery of an electronic element (30), is disposed between the sealing agent (50) and the electronic element (30), and between the first substrate (10) and the second substrate (20), and the sealing agent (50) is spaced apart from the barrier rib (60). As a result, a deterioration of the electronic element, caused by the heat produced when sealing, may be prevented while the electronic element formed between the two substrates is protected from moisture and oxygen.

The disclosure provides an optically drivable glass device including: a substrate; a windable stacked layer arranged on the substrate, where one end of the windable stacked layer is installed on the substrate, and the windable stacked layer includes a driving layer formed of an ultraviolet rays-sensitive and deformable material, and a flexible substrate layer with a light absorbing or reflecting function, where an initial state of the driving layer is a flat state; and an ultraviolet light source configured to provide the windable stacked layer with a light source, where the driving layer is configured to change from the flat state to a curled state under an ultraviolet radiation environment; and the driving layer is configured to change from the curled state to the flat state under an ultraviolet radiation-free environment.

A privacy glazing structure may include an electrically controllable optically active material, such as a liquid crystal material, sandwiched between a flexible substrate and a rigid substrate. The flexible substrate and the rigid substrate may each have a conductive layer deposited on the surface facing the optically active material. The flexible substrate may be bonded about its perimeter to the rigid substrate and may be sufficiently flexible to conform to non-planarity of the rigid substrate. As a result, the flexible substrate may adopt the surface contour of the rigid substrate to maintain a uniform thickness of optically active material between the flexible substrate and the rigid substrate.

A curved liquid crystal display panel and a curved liquid crystal display device are disclosed. The curved liquid crystal display panel comprises: two substrates curved towards a same direction with liquid crystals filled therebetween to form a curved liquid crystal layer; and a transparent layer covering an outer surface of a glass of at least one of the substrates, a stress-optical coefficient of the glass of the substrate and a stress-optical coefficient of the transparent layer at a same side of the liquid crystal layer have opposite signs, wherein the outer surface of the glass of the substrate is a surface of the glass of the substrate away from the liquid crystals. The curved liquid crystal display device comprises the curved liquid crystal display panel. The optical rotation effects of the glass of the substrate and the transparent layer located at the same side of the liquid crystal layer are opposite from each other, optical delay thereof are counteracted by each other. Display effect of the curved liquid crystal display panel and the curved liquid crystal display device according to embodiments of the invention is improved largely.

An augmented reality display system includes a pair of variable focus lens elements that sandwich a waveguide stack. One of the lens elements is positioned between the waveguide stack and a user's eye to correct for refractive errors in the focusing of light projected from the waveguide stack to that eye. The lens elements may also be configured to provide appropriate optical power to place displayed virtual content on a desired depth plane. The other lens element is between the ambient environment and the waveguide stack, and is configured to provide optical power to compensate for aberrations in the transmission of ambient light through the waveguide stack and the lens element closest to the eye. In addition, an eye-tracking system monitors the vergence of the user's eyes and automatically and continuously adjusts the optical powers of the pair of lens elements based on the determined vergence of those eyes.

Mach-Zehnder interferometers comprise heater elements configured to have projections in the plane of optical waveguides positioned such that two adjacent sections of one optical waveguide arms are heated by a common heater element. The heater and at least a substantial section of the heated waveguide segments can be curved. Configurations of an optical waveguide arm can comprise an outer curved heated section, an inner curved heated section, and a loopback waveguide section connecting the outer curved heated section and the inner curved heated section, with average radius of curvature selected to form an open accessible space. Appropriate configurations of the two optical waveguide arms provide for nested configurations of the arms that provide for a compact structure for the interferometer.

Provided is a magneto-optic element that enables easy size reduction of an optical isolator. A magneto-optic element is formed of two or more magnetic members joined together.

Substantially alkali free glasses are disclosed with can be used to produce substrates for flat panel display devices, e.g., active-matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs). The glasses have high annealing temperatures and Young's modulus. Methods for producing substantially alkali free glasses using a downdraw process (e.g., a fusion process) are also disclosed.

A Faraday rotator includes a magnetic circuit including first to third magnetic materials each provided with a through hole through which light passes, and a Faraday element disposed in the through hole. When a direction where light passes through the through hole is defined as a direction of an optical axis, the first magnetic material is magnetized in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the optical axis, the second magnetic material is magnetized in a direction parallel to the direction of the optical axis, and the third magnetic material is magnetized in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the optical axis, and a length of the Faraday element along the direction of the optical axis is shorter than a length of the second magnetic material along the direction of the optical axis.

A display device is provided that includes a display panel, a light guide plate on a rear side of the display panel, a reflector on a rear surface of the light guide plate, a cover bottom on a rear surface of the reflector, wherein the cover bottom is made of a glass material, and a light-emitting diode (LED) housing including an LED on one end thereof to supply light to an end of the light guide plate, another end of the LED housing being coupled to a rear surface of an end of the cover bottom.