An optical arrangement for disinfection in apparatuses operating with air or a liquid comprises at least one radiation source or at least one group of radiation sources, which emits or jointly emit radiation in the ultraviolet wavelength range, at least one beam collecting optical unit, which collects the radiation emitted by the radiation source or the group of radiation sources, a number of beam delivering optical units, each configured to receive the radiation collected by the at least one beam collecting optical unit, and also a number of effect zones spatially separated from one another, into which the radiation delivered via the beam delivering optical units is emitted in order to bring about a disinfecting effect.

An optical apparatus includes: a condensing optical part having a focal point; and an optical element that is inserted between the condensing optical part and the focal point and capable of shifting, in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, the apparent focal point as viewed from a side of the condensing optical part.

The present disclosure relates to an optical scanner package comprising a scanner element, a lower substrate having an inner space, and a semi-spherical transmissive window. The semi-spherical transmissive window has different inclinations in an incident position thereof and in an emission position thereof, and interference caused by sub-reflection can thus be reduced. Since the incident angle α and the maximum emission angle β are small, anti-reflection coating design is easy, and light loss can be reduced. There is an advantage in that, even when the optical scanning angle (OSA) γ of a laser is large, the maximum emission angle β is small, and emitted laser light thus has a small change in characteristics. In addition, since there are curvatures on both sides of two axes, there is little restriction regarding the incident direction even in the case of two-axis driving.

A luminous flux collector comprises a housing, a wide-angle light capturing device and an optical collimating device, arranged around a longitudinal axis. The housing surrounds and protects the wide-angle light capturing device and the optical collimating device. The housing also provides structural support to hold the other elements in position. The wide-angle light capturing device can include a receptacle for receiving a light source, and the wide-angle light capturing device collects light with a spread angle of at least 120 degrees from the light source. The wide-angle light capturing device is disposed within a proximal end of the housing along the longitudinal axis. The optical collimating device extends from the wide-angle light capturing device to a distal end of the housing along the longitudinal axis.

An assembly for optical to electrical power conversion including a photodiode assembly having a substrate layer and an internal side, an antireflective layer, a heterojunction buffer layer adjacent the internal side; an active area positioned adjacent the heterojunction buffer layer, a plurality of n+ electrode regions and p+ electrode regions positioned adjacent the active area, and back-contacts configured to align with the n+ and p+ electrode regions. The active area converts photons from incoming light into liberated electron hole pairs. The heterojunction buffer layer prevents electrons and holes of the liberated electron hole pairs from moving toward the substrate layer. The plurality of electrode regions are configured in an alternating pattern with gaps between each n+ and p+ electrode region. The electrode regions receive and generate electrical current from migration of the electrons and the holes, provide electrical pathways for the electrical current, and provide thermal pathways to dissipate heat.

A phosphor element includes: a phosphor part having an incident face for excitation light, an opposing face opposing the incident face, and a side face, the phosphor part converting at least a part of the excitation light incident onto the incident face into a fluorescence and emitting the fluorescence from the incident face; an integral low refractive index layer on the side face and opposing face of the phosphor part and having a refractive index lower than that of the phosphor part; and an integral reflection film covering a surface of the low refractive index layer. The area of the incident face of the phosphor part is larger than the area of the opposing face.

A droplet sensor includes: an optical cover having an ellipsoid surface that is a portion of a spheroid; a light source disposed at or in proximity to a first focal point of the ellipsoid surface; and a light detector disposed at or in proximity to a second focal point of the ellipsoid surface, wherein the ellipsoid surface is an effective detection area configured to reflect light emitted from the light source toward the light detector, and an amount of light reflected by the effective detection area changes in accordance with adhesion of droplets on the ellipsoid surface, and wherein the optical cover has a curved surface that is tangentially connected to an outside of the effective detection area and having a curvature greater than a curvature of the ellipsoid surface.

A light emitting device comprising: a carrier; a plurality of light sources disposed thereon; a plurality of lenses disposed on the carrier covering the light sources, a light shielding structure comprising reflective barriers having an outer surface and a first reflective inner surface; wherein a light transmitting material extends between the outer surface and the first reflective inner surface, said outer surface being oriented such that part of light rays emitted by a first light source of the plurality of light sources is transmitted through a first lens of the plurality of lenses and through a first portion of said outer surface in the direction f the first reflective inner surface. The first reflective inner surface is configured for reflecting the light rays in the direction of a second portion of said outer surface being located further away from a base portion of the first lens than the first portion.

A method of additive manufacture is disclosed. The method may include creating, by a 3D printer contained within an enclosure, a part having a weight greater than or equal to 2,000 kilograms. A gas management system may maintain gaseous oxygen within the enclosure atmospheric level. In some embodiments, a wheeled vehicle may transport the part from inside the enclosure, through an airlock, as the airlock operates to buffer between a gaseous environment within the enclosure and a gaseous environment outside the enclosure, and to a location exterior to both the enclosure and the airlock.

A non-imaging optical concentrator, including a top portion, a body, and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion is configured to receive an incident light and transmit the received incident light to the body when the incident light is within an angle of acceptance for the non-imaging optical concentrator, and where the body is configured to reflect the incident light transmitted by the top portion to the bottom portion when the incident light is within the angle of acceptance for the non-imaging optical concentrator, and wherein the top portion is configured to split or diverge the incident light into two or more directions when the incident light is within the angle of acceptance for the non-imaging optical concentrator.