A two dimensional (2D) photonic crystal (PhC) structure includes a substrate and a periodic grating structure formed on the substrate. The periodic grating structure includes a plurality of gratings having a grating period, a. Each pair of adjacent gratings is separated by air. Each grating has a grating width, d, and includes a plurality of alternating layers of a first material and a second material. The first material corresponds to a high index material. The second material corresponds to a low index material. A ratio of a first refractive index of the first material to a second refractive index of the second material is greater than or equal to two. Each first material layer has a first thickness, t1. Each second material layer has a second thickness, t2. The 2D PhC structure has a structure refractive index at or near zero for a range of frequencies.

Disclosed herein is an apparatus suitable for light scanning. The apparatus comprises a light source and a photonic crystal. The light source is configured to direct a light beam along an optical axis toward the photonic crystal. The photonic crystal is configured to direct the light beam along a direction at an angle relative to the optical axis. The angle is a function of wavelength of the light beam. The apparatus may also comprise a partial toroid lens configured to diverge the light beam received from the photonic crystal. The light source of the apparatus may be configured to change the wavelength continuously across a range of wavelengths.

A polarizer substrate includes a substrate, an organic planarization layer, an inorganic buffer layer, and a plurality of strip-shaped polarizer structures. The organic planarization layer is located on the substrate. The inorganic buffer layer is located on the organic planarization layer. The inorganic buffer layer has a plurality of trenches located on a first surface. The trenches do not penetrate through the inorganic buffer layer. The strip-shaped polarizer structures are located on the first surface of the inorganic buffer layer. Each of the trenches is located between two adjacent polarizer structures. A display panel is also provided.

The invention relates optical devices, for example pixelated devices such as an optical device having a plurality of coloured pixels, each said pixel comprising a filter structure, the filter structure comprising: a first metallic layer; a dielectric layer over said first metallic layer; and a second metallic layer over said dielectric layer; wherein said second metallic layer comprises a nanostructured metallic layer having a lateral structure with features having at least one characteristic lateral dimension equal to or less than 1 μm, and wherein said second metallic layer is structured to couple light incident on said second metallic layer into at least two absorption modes of the filter structure, one to either side of a target wavelength, such that said filter structure appears coloured at said target wavelength in reflected or transmitted light.

To provide a volume-type optical element in which a self-cloning photonic crystal is used. An optical element is provided with half-wave plates of photonic crystals formed on the xy plane and laminated in the z-axis direction in a three-dimensional space x, y, z. The groove direction of the photonic crystals is a curved line, and the angle in relation to the y-axis direction changes continuously in the range of 0°-180°. Light entering the optical element in the axial direction is emitted from the optical element upon being divided and converted into clockwise circularly polarized light in the direction facing the x-axis by a given angle from the z-axis and anticlockwise circularly polarized light in the direction facing the −x-axis by a given angle from the z-axis. Laminating or placing a quarter-wave plate comprising a photonic crystal on one or both surfaces makes it possible to divide light entering from the z-axis direction of the optical element into two orthogonal linearly polarized lights.

A thermal emission source is provided that has a structure capable of suppressing deterioration of an optical assembly over time. The thermal emission source includes an optical assembly (1) having an optical structure in which a member made of a semiconductor has a refractive index distribution so as to resonate with light of a wavelength shorter than a wavelength that corresponds to an absorption edge corresponding to a band gap of the semiconductor. The optical assembly (1) includes a coating structure (30) with a coating material that differs from the semiconductor of refractive portions (10) and through which light of a wavelength included in a wavelength range from visible light to far infrared rays can be transmitted.

An isotropic imaging filter is provided that includes a photonic crystal slab, where the photonic crystal slab includes a square lattice of air through holes, a dielectric constant, a thickness (d), a through hole radius (r), and a lattice constant (a), where the square lattice of air holes are separated according to a value of the lattice constant, where the thickness is configured according to d=M(a), where the through hole radii is configured according to r=N(a), where the thickness and the hole radii are configured to generate isotropic bands of guided resonances of an incident image.

The present disclosure provides a structured retroreflector. The structured retroreflector includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of transflective structure layers disposed on one side of the transparent substrate and mutually laminated and parallel, wherein distances between any two adjacent transflective structure layers are equal and 0.1λ to 10λ, λ being a wavelength of incident light, and a transparent filling layer disposed between any two adjacent transflective structure layers.

Waveguides and electromagnetic cavities fabricated in hyperuniform disordered materials with complete photonic bandgaps are provided. Devices comprising electromagnetic cavities fabricated in hyperuniform disordered materials with complete photonic bandgaps are provided. Devices comprising waveguides fabricated in hyperuniform disordered materials with complete photonic bandgaps are provided. The devices include electromagnetic splitters, filters, and sensors.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transparent display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The transparent display device includes a display panel and a total internal reflection photonic crystal backplate, the display panel includes a display side and an incident side opposite to the display side, the total internal reflection photonic crystal backplate is disposed at the incident side of the display panel; the total internal reflection photonic crystal backplate includes a substrate and a plurality of pillar structures periodically arranged in the substrate, wherein a refractive index of the plurality of pillar structures is different from a refractive index of the substrate.