G02F1/0102

OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT

A method for producing an optical element having a main body with a first side surface, which has a first optical coating, and at least one second side surface, which is not plane-parallel to the first side surface and has a second optical coating, is proposed. The method includes the steps of: determining the stress induced in the optical element by the first optical coating of the first side surface; determining a counter-stress, so that the resultant overall stress induced in the optical element is as small as possible; determining the second optical coating while taking into account the determined counter-stress and the optical parameters of the second optical coating; applying the first optical coating on the first side surface; and, applying the second optical coating on the at least one second side surface.

Multi-layer coating system using voids for heat blocking system and method for manufacturing same
09835929 · 2017-12-05 · ·

Provided are a multilayered-coating system and a method of manufacturing the same. The multi-layered coating system includes: a layer 1 including a plurality of spherical voids with a radius a.sub.1 that are randomly distributed and separated from one another and a filler material with a refractive index n.sub.1 that is disposed in a space between the spherical voids; and subsequent layers expressed as the following word-equation, “a layer i located above a layer i−1 and including a plurality of spherical voids with a radius a.sub.i that are randomly distributed and separated from one another, and a filler material with a refractive index n.sub.i, the filler material disposed in a space between the spherical voids where i is an integer greater than 1”.

Beam scanning apparatus and optical apparatus including the same

A beam scanning apparatus includes a light source configured to emit light, and a reflective phased array device configured to reflect the light emitted from the light source and incident on the reflective phased array device, and electrically adjust a reflection angle of the reflected light reflected by the reflective phased array device, wherein the light source and the reflective phased array device are disposed such the light is incident on the reflective phased array device at an incidence angle with respect to a normal of a reflective surface of the reflective phased array device.

DISPLAY DEVICE
20170344053 · 2017-11-30 ·

Disclosed aspects relate to a display device. By forming a back cover, which is the support structure constituting the display device, in a bent structure and forming a molding part made of an elastic material to enclose the vertical extension portion, a border gap, which is a clearance between the side surfaces of the display panel and the side surface support structure, can be minimized to maintain an excellent external appearance of the display device, and to prevent infiltration of foreign matter and damage of the display panel, which may be caused by the gap between the display panel and the support structure. By disposing a metal inner plate on the inner surface of the horizontal portion of the back cover, the rigidity of the back cover can be increased, the thickness of the back cover can be decreased, and heat generated from the display panel and the like can be smoothly dissipated.

SUBSTRATE FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS
20170329157 · 2017-11-16 ·

According to an aspect, a substrate for a display apparatus includes: a first substrate; a translucent coloring layer that includes a plurality of color regions and that overlaps with the first substrate; a first translucent resin layer that overlaps with the first substrate at boundaries of the color regions; and a light shielding layer that overlaps with the first translucent resin layer on an opposite side to the first substrate side. A width of the light shielding layer in a direction parallel with the first substrate is equal to or smaller than a width of the first translucent resin layer in the parallel direction on a cross section vertical to the first substrate.

Edge processing method for display panel having irregular edge and display panel

The present disclosure provides an edge processing method for a display panel and a display panel having a device for processing an edge. The method includes: determining an irregular edge of the display panel and determining all edge pixels the irregular edge passes through; dividing all the edge pixels into n sets of edge pixels, where n≥2; and inputting frame image information to the display panel, wherein at least one set of the n sets of edge pixels is configured to display a frame image in at least one display frame, and is configured not to display the frame image in at least another display frame.

Electro-refractive modulation in photonic structures

Methods, systems, and devices are described for electro-optic tuning. An example device may comprise a first layer comprising a transition metal di-chalcogenide material, a second layer comprising a conductive material, and a third layer comprising a dielectric material. The third layer may be disposed at least partially between the first layer and the second layer. An electrical potential difference applied between the first layer and the second layer may cause a tunable refractive index change in the first layer.

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE BIASING MODULATOR APPARATUS AND METHOD

A circuit that allows the control of a parameter in each arm of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer or modulator in push-pull mode using a single control terminal and a ground (or a differential driving circuit). The parameter that is controlled can be a phase shift, a modulation or an attenuation. The magnitude and the frequency of the parameter can be adjusted.

SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE
20170276968 · 2017-09-28 ·

A substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The substrate comprises a base substrate (101), a metal black matrix (111) and an anti-reflection pattern (112A, 112B) for reducing optical reflectivity of the metal black matrix (111), which are arranged on the base substrate (101), and the anti-reflection pattern (112A, 112B) is arranged on a side of the metal black matrix (111) close to a light emission side of the substrate. The anti-reflection pattern (112A, 112B) reduces reflectivity of the metal black matrix (111) on outside ambient light, increases a display contrast of a display device that includes the substrate, and thus improves display quality of the pictures.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING SELECTIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY FILTERING OBJECTS AND COATINGS USING SELECTABLY TRANSMISSIVE ENERGY SCATTERING LAYERS

A system and method are provided for forming energy filter layers or shutter components, including energy scattering layers that are actively electrically switchable. The energy filters or shutter components are operable between at least a first mode in which the layers, and thus the presentation of the shutter components, appear substantially transparent when viewed from an energy/light incident side, and a second mode in which the layers, and thus the presentation of the energy filters or shutter components, appear opaque to the incident energy impinging on the energy incident side. The differing modes are selectable by electrically energizing, differentially energizing and/or de-energizing electric fields in a vicinity of the energy scattering layers. Refractive indices of transparent particles, and the transparent matrices in which the particles are fixed, are tunable according to the applied electric fields. The energy scattering layers may conceal a sensor such as a camera or photovoltaic cell.