Certain example embodiments relate to techniques for creating flat laminated mirrors, e.g., for use in concentrating solar power (CSP) applications. In certain example embodiments, the first substrate is a low iron glass substrate. A reflective coating is provided between the first and second substrates. The first and second substrates are laminated together via a radiation curable laminating adhesive with the reflective coating between the substrates. In certain example embodiments the radiation curable laminating adhesive is cured via UV radiation in order to form a laminated reflective article.

A mirror reflective element assembly for a vehicle includes an electrically variable reflectance mirror reflective element that includes front and rear substrates with an electrochromic medium disposed therebetween and bounded by a perimeter seal. A perimeter layer is disposed at a second surface of the front substrate proximate a perimeter edge of the front substrate that conceals the perimeter seal from view by a driver of a vehicle. At least a portion of the mirror reflector extends from under the perimeter seal outward towards at least a portion of the perimeter edge of the rear substrate. The mirror reflective element includes a more curved outboard region and a less curved inboard region. A laser-etched demarcation may demarcate the more curved outboard region of the mirror reflective element from the less curved inboard region of the mirror reflective element.

The present disclosure generally relates to durable solar mirror films, methods of making durable solar mirror films, and constructions including durable solar mirror films. In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a solar mirror film comprising: a multilayer optical film layer including having a coefficient of hygroscopic expansion of less than about 30 ppm per percent relative humidity; and a reflective layer having a coefficient of hygroscopic expansion.

An optical layer system for a position-measuring device includes at least first, second and third functional surfaces disposed on a surface of a transparent substrate. Each of the functional surfaces have a different optical function. The functional surfaces are composed of a first layer stack and a second layer stack.

A reflective mirror is provided with a base and a multilayer film including first layers and second layers laminated alternately on the base and capable of reflecting at least a portion of the incident light. The multilayer film is provided with a first portion having a first thickness, and with a second portion which has a second thickness different from the first thickness and which is provided at a position rotationally symmetric to that of the first portion about the optical axis of the reflective mirror relative.

The infrared reflecting substrate includes a first metal oxide layer, a second metal oxide layer and a metal layer in this order on a transparent substrate. The second metal oxide layer and the metal layer are in direct contact with each other. The first metal oxide layer has a refractive index of 2.2 or more. The second metal oxide layer is formed of a metal oxide that contains tin oxide and zinc oxide, and an oxygen content of the metal oxide is less than the stoichiometric composition. The second metal oxide layer is deposited by a DC sputtering method.

A solar reflective mirror includes a parting film between solar reflecting sublayers to improve optics and stability of the solar mirror. The coating stack of the solar reflector mirror is encapsulated to increase the useable life of the solar mirror, and to eliminate the need for a permanent protection overcoat. Omission of the PPO film which is electrically non-conductive makes the coating stack electrically conductive eliminating the need for a two layer encapsulant when the encapsulant is e-coated.

Another feature of the invention is applying the base coat of the encapsulant over the marginal edges of the PPO film leaving a center section without coverage and adding the top coating of the encapsulant over the base coat and the uncoated area.

Provided is a wide angle application high reflective mirror having a reflection band partially overlapping in a wavelength range of 800-4000 nm. The mirror comprises a film system in which a plurality of high refractive index film layers and a plurality of low refractive index film layers that are alternately stacked, and the material of the high refractive index film layer is one of SiH, SiO.sub.xH.sub.y, or SiO.sub.xN.sub.y, or a mixture thereof. The highly reflective mirror can achieve a reflectance greater than 99% with an incident angle ranging from 0 to 60 degrees over a large angle range.

A metasurface reflector includes: a first metal layer and a second metal layer stacked in a first direction; and a dielectric layer provided between the first metal layer and the second metal layer in the first direction. The dielectric layer includes a main surface on which the second metal layer is provided. The metasurface reflector is divided into a plurality of unit regions arranged in a second direction along the main surface and in a third direction along the main surface and intersecting the second direction. The second metal layer includes metal units respectively provided in all or some of the plurality of unit regions. Lengths of metal units, which are arranged in the second direction and set for a same wavelength among the metal units, in the second direction are different from each other.

A coating structure is provided for coating a reflector for use in a headlamp of a motor vehicle. The coating structure includes a metallic base layer for applying to a substrate which may be a reflective base body. A layer of polytetrafluoroethylene is arranged on the metallic base layer. At least one high-refractive index dielectric layer (H) with a refractive index of 1.8 in the visible spectral range arranged on the layer of polytetrafluoroethylene. The material of the high-refractive index dielectric layer (H) does not feature any absorption lines in the visible spectral range.