Aspects of the present disclosure relate to depth sensing using a device. An example device includes a first light projector configured to project light towards a second light projector configured to project light towards the first light projector. The example device includes a reflective component positioned between the first and second light projectors, the reflective component configured to redirect the light projected by the first light projector onto a first portion of a scene and to redirect the light projected by the second light projector onto a second portion of the scene, and the first and second portions of the scene being adjacent to one another and non-overlapping relative to one another. The example device includes a receiver configured to detect reflections of redirected light projected by the first and second light projectors.

Disclosed are an optical anti-counterfeiting element and an optical anti-counterfeiting product. The optical anti-counterfeiting element includes: a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite each other; a micrographic layer formed on the second surface of the substrate, wherein the micrographic layer includes a micro-graphic-text region showing a preset graphic-text information and a background region, at least part of the micro-graphic-text region or the background region is covered with a small reflection surface, and the small reflection surface is covered with a color modulation structure; and a sampling layer formed on the first surface of the substrate, wherein the sampling layer is configured for sampling the micro-graphic-text layer and composing, with sampled graphics, the preset graphic-text information of a preset color showing a moire magnification effect. A colored anti-counterfeiting feature with a color varying effect showing a moire magnification effect can be generated without coloring.

Provided are a diffraction grating structure (100), an imaging device (1000), and a wearable apparatus (2000). The diffraction grating structure (100) includes a waveguide sheet (10), a couple-in grating (20), a couple-out grating (30), and a functional layer (40). The couple-in grating (20) is configured to couple light in the waveguide sheet (10). Each of the waveguide sheet (10) and the couple-out grating (30) is configured to couple the light out to the functional layer (40). The functional layer (40) is configured to refract the light to an ambient environment and increase a light-outcoupling rate of the couple-out grating (30).

Provided is a display device including a light guide plate; a reflective prism configured to reflect an imaging beam toward the light guide plate, wherein the imaging beam reflected by the reflective prism travels within the light guide plate at an angle greater than a critical angle of the light guide plate; and a diffraction grating configured to diffract the imaging beam traveling within the light guide plate to an angle less than or equal to the critical angle of the light guide plate, wherein the reflective prism includes a first surface in contact with the light guide plate, and a second surface configured to reflect the imaging beam.

Disclosed herein are metasurfaces formed on a substrate from a plurality of posts. The metasurfaces are configured to be optically active at one or more wavelengths and in certain embodiments are configured to form lenses having unexpectedly strong focusing power. In particular, the metasurfaces are formed from “low-contrast” materials, including CMOS-compatible materials such as silicon dioxide or silicon nitride. Accordingly, the disclosed metasurfaces are generally CMOS compatible and therefore embody a new paradigm in metasurface design and manufacturing.

An optical device includes a refractive prism including a first surface facing an object, a second surface facing a first lens, and a third surface configured to reflect incident light to change a path of the incident light, one of the first surface, the second surface, or both the first and the second surface includes a pattern such that the refractive prism is a diffractive optical element; and a plurality of lenses including the first lens.

A projection module and a terminal are provided. The projection module includes a base, a housing, a first light source, a second light source and an optical element. The housing is disposed on the base, and defines an accommodating cavity together with the base. The first light source is disposed on the base and arranged in the accommodating cavity. The second light source is disposed on the base and arranged in the accommodating cavity. The optical element is disposed on the housing and includes a diffraction area and a diffusion area. The first light source aligns with the diffraction area, the second light source aligns with the diffusion area, the diffraction area is configured to diffract light passing through the diffraction area, and the diffusion area is configured to diffuse light passing through the diffusion area.

Provided are methods for geometric intrinsic camera calibration using a diffractive optical element. Some methods described include receiving, by at least one processor, at least one image captured by a camera based on a plurality of light beams received from a diffractive optical element aligned with an optical axis of the camera, the plurality of light beams having a plurality of propagation directions associated with a plurality of view angles. The at least one processor identifies a plurality of shapes in the image, determines a correspondence between the plurality of shapes in the image and the plurality of light beams, and identifies one or more intrinsic parameters of the camera that minimize a reprojection error function based on the plurality of shapes in the image and the plurality of propagation directions. Systems and computer program products are also provided.

Provided are a cured product of a curable composition including a compound represented by General Formula (1), in which a birefringence Δn at a wavelength of 587 nm is 0.00≤Δn≤0.01; an optical member; a lens; a compound represented by General Formula (1); a curable resin composition containing the compound; a cured product; a diffractive optical element; and a multilayer diffractive optical element.

Pol.sup.1-Sp.sup.a-L.sup.1-Ar-L.sup.2-Sp.sup.b-Pol.sup.2  Genera Formula (1) Ar represents an aromatic ring group represented by a specific formula, L.sup.1 and L.sup.2 represent —O—, Sp.sup.a and Sp.sup.b represent a linking group having the shortest atom number of 11 or more and linking Pol and L, Pol.sup.1 and Pol.sup.2 represent a polymerizable group, and in Sp.sup.a and Sp.sup.b, a linking portion to L.sup.1 or L.sup.2 is —CH.sub.2— and a linking portion to Pol.sup.1 or Pol.sup.2 is a carbon atom.

A window can comprise a first side and a second side substantially parallel to the first side. The window can comprise an optical grating operatively positioned with respect to one of the first side and the second side. The optical grating can be used to determine a temperature at or near the respective one of the first side and the second side.