Lens coatings and coated lenses which offer full-spectrum protection by reducing back-side reflection of all light spanning from the ultraviolet sub-band B (UVB) to infrared (IR-A) region are provided. The full-spectrum back-side anti-reflective coatings disclosed herein are comprised of multiple thin-film layers of high refractive index (HighIndex) and low refractive index (LowIndex) materials. In many embodiments, the penultimate layer distal from the substrate lens is a HighIndex layer, and the final layer distal from the substrate lens is a LowIndex layer.

A camera module includes a lens holder having a hollow region; a first lens unit disposed in the hollow region and including at least one lens; a second lens unit disposed above the lens holder; a circuit board disposed under the lens holder; an adhesion unit disposed between a lower surface of the lens holder and an upper surface of the circuit board and configured to couple the lens holder and the circuit board to each other. The adhesion unit includes an opening and a portion of an internal space formed by a coupling of the circuit board and the lens holder is to be open to an outside through the opening of the adhesion.

A photonic crystal, a light conversion device, a display panel, and a pair of glasses are provided. The photonic crystal of the embodiment of the present disclosure includes first dielectric layers and second dielectric layers having different refractive indexes, and the first dielectric layers and the second dielectric layers are alternately stacked. A thickness and a refractive index of each of the first dielectric layers and a thickness and a refractive index of each of the second dielectric layers are configured such that the photonic crystal blocks blue light with a wavelength of 420 nm to 470 nm incident into the photonic crystal from passing through the photonic crystal.

Provided is an optical film that, when being incorporated into an image display device, can suppress the image display device from appearing pale. An optical film including a UV-absorbing layer containing a UV-absorbing agent B on a plastic film containing a UV-absorbing agent A, wherein fluorescence emission when the plastic film side is irradiated with excitation light having a wavelength of 365 nm and fluorescence emission when the UV-absorbing layer side is irradiated with excitation light having a wavelength of 365 nm satisfy a specific condition.

The present disclosure provides an interference filter, a lithography system incorporating an interference filter, and a method of fabricating an interference filter. The interference filter includes a transparent substrate having a front surface and a back surface, a plurality of alternating material layers formed over the front surface of the transparent substrate that form a bandpass filter, and an anti-reflective structure formed over the back surface of the transparent substrate. The alternating material layers alternate between a relatively high refractive index material and a relatively low refractive index material.

A multilayer film structure, and method of making such a multilayer film structure, which includes a first layer consisting essentially of a first material and a second layer consisting essentially of a second material. In embodiments, the multilayer film structure includes a plurality of first layers alternating with a plurality of second layers. The layers are constructed by applying a N.sub.2-based reactive sputtering methodology so that the layers maintain a largely amorphous microstructure and a stable and high reflectivity upon annealing at temperatures up to 800° C. for 1 hour.

Strontium tetraborate is used as an optical coating material for optical components utilized in semiconductor inspection and metrology systems to take advantage of its high refractive indices, high optical damage threshold and high microhardness in comparison to conventional optical materials. At least one layer of strontium tetraborate is formed on the light receiving surface of an optical component's substrate such that its thickness serves to increase or decrease the reflectance of the optical component. One or multiple additional coating layers may be placed on top of or below the strontium tetraborate layer, with the additional coating layers consisting of conventional optical materials. The thicknesses of the additional layers may be selected to achieve a desired reflectance of the optical component at specific wavelengths. The coated optical component is used in an illumination source or optical system utilized in a semiconductor inspection system, a metrology system or a lithography system.

A spectacle lens for an eye of a wearer of spectacles has a front surface and a back surface, wherein the front surface of the spectacle lens faces away from the eye and the back surface of the spectacle lens faces the eye. The spectacle lens includes an optical lens substrate made of or containing mineral glass and/or organic glass, wherein the spectacle lens has at least one first antireflection coating and at least one second antireflection coating, wherein the at least one first antireflection coating has a filter effect for blue light. Further, spectacles containing the spectacle lens are also disclosed.

An anti-reflective lens and method for treating a lens to reduce visible light and ultraviolet light at levels perceptible to the vision system of an animal and a detection device having tetra-chromatic vision or di-chromatic vision. The treatment method produces an optical substrate that is less perceptible to an animal and detection device perceptible to view through the UV light spectrum. The method provides a substrate treated on opposite sides with an anti-reflective coating so that reflections from visible light and UV light are not visible to the animal and detection device, from incident angles between 0° to 60°. The anti-reflective coatings are applied in varying amounts of constituents and thicknesses, consisting of: adhesion layer, low index material (SiO.sub.2), high index material (ZrO.sub.2), and superhydrophobic layers. The substrate is initially UV treated, and then coated with the anti-reflective coating to minimize visible light and UV light reflection between 300-400 nanometers.

An optical element including an optically transparent lens which defines a curved surface having a steepness given by an R/# of from about 0.5 to about 1.0. A film is positioned on the curved surface. The film includes an index layer. A composite layer is positioned on the curved surface having a refractive index greater than the index layer. The composite layer includes HfO.sub.2 and Al.sub.2O.sub.3. The composite layer has a mole fraction X of HfO.sub.2, wherein X is from about 0.05 to about 0.95 and a mole fraction of Al.sub.2O.sub.3 in the composite layer is 1−X.