Configurations for a beam deflector metasurface are disclosed. The beam deflector metasurface may include beam deflectors arranged in a repeating, radial pattern of concentric zones. The beam deflector metasurface may be a large area, high numerical aperture metasurface optic with high efficiency when directing light at non-normal angles of incidence. The different concentric zones may direct received light in varying directions with various steepness of angles. The beam deflectors may include pillars that may be the same or different width, height, or shape. The pillars may function as diffractive gratings and the cross-coupling between the pillars may direct the output light. The zones of the beam deflector metasurface may allow for diffusing hot spots and spreading the light evenly over the target area. The beam deflector metasurface may be used for non-imaging applications where the deterioration of focus allows for better efficiency at non-normal input and output angles of incidence. The beam deflectors may be designed for polarization and wavelength sensitivity as well as allowing for multiple processing benefits such as patterning the beam deflectors onto active devices.

Various embodiments and configurations of optical imaging systems are described herein that utilize a metalens for narrowband deflection of target frequencies. For example, one embodiment of a multifrequency metalens includes an in-plane spatially multiplexed array of frequency-specific nanopillars or frequency-specific rows/columns of nanopillars that are intermingled with one another. In other embodiments, transmissive metalenses and/or reflective metalenses are tuned to focus color-separated visible light into red, green, and blue (RGB) channels of a digital image sensor.

An optically anisotropic film is formed of a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound and has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction of the optically anisotropic film, and the optically anisotropic film satisfies predetermined requirements.

Provided is an optical element with which a high diffraction efficiency can be obtained with a simple configuration. The optical element includes: an optically-anisotropic layer that is formed using a composition including a liquid crystal compound, in which the optically-anisotropic layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, and the optically-anisotropic layer has a region in which an alignment direction of a liquid crystal compound in at least one of upper and lower interfaces has a pre-tilt angle with respect to the interface.

Provided is an illumination device including a display panel including a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface, the display panel being configured to output light including image information through the first surface, a light source configured to emit light, the light source being spaced apart from the display panel in a direction away from and normal to the second surface of the display panel, a window panel including a first area configured to transmit the light output from the display panel and a second area configured to transmit the light emitted from the light source, and a light transmitting unit provided between the window panel and the light source, the light transmitting unit configured to transmit the light emitted from the light source to an object through the second area, the light transmitting unit including at least one meta-surface.

Provided in an illumination device including a display panel including a first surface configured to display an image, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a plurality of display pixels disposed between the first surface and the second surface, and a transmission window configured to transmit light incident on the second surface through the first surface, a light source disposed at the second surface of the display panel and configured to emit light to an object toward the display panel, and a light deliverer disposed between the light source and the display panel, the light deliverer configured to deliver the light emitted from the light source to the object as flood illumination through the transmission window.

The color filter substrate includes a photoluminescent layer and an optical path adjustment layer. The photoluminescent layer includes a plurality of photoluminescent portions. Each photoluminescent portion is configured to receive backlight and emit excitation light. The optical path adjustment layer is located on a light incident side of the photoluminescent layer, and the optical path adjustment layer is configured to increase an incident angle of at least portion of the backlight that enters the photoluminescent layer.

As described above, one or more aspects of the present disclosure provide articles having structural color, and methods of making articles having structural color.

The techniques of this disclosure relate to a system for adjusting a focus of an image. A system includes a phased metalens configured to adjust a focus of an image detected by an imaging substrate of an image sensor to compensate for warpage of the imaging substrate. The phased metalens can achieve a near-diffraction-limited focusing over incoming light wavelengths using precisely defined nanoscale subwavelength resolution structures.

A lightweight stacked optical waveguide using two plastic substrates having nano-structure gratings and a single glass substrate sandwiched between them. The nano-structure gratings face each other, and are each encapsulated within the optical waveguide. The two plastic substrates are each adhesively secured to the central glass substrate rather than to each other to provide sufficient securing strength and precisely establish and maintain an air gap between the substrates. The thickness of the plastic substrates and the glass substrate are selected such that the stacked optical waveguide is lightweight, but also has sufficient drop performance. The stacked optical waveguide can be efficiently manufactured as the adhesive bonds a plastic substrate to a glass substrate.