A display of real world scenes comprising one or more optical mirror film surfaces having one or more selected deformations on said surfaces including a plurality of flat mirror facets, a plurality of folded mirror ridges, and a plurality of mirror vertices capable of capturing and transforming said scenes into other-worldly virtual images for recorded play back video image of said virtual images and other applications; including a method of imposing one or more selected ordered and disordered deformations on said mirror film surface irreversibly as a means of forming surfaces useful for the function of said virtual imaging display.

A highly reflective mirror for use in the wavelength range of 0.300 μm to 15 μm includes a substrate, a first interface layer, a reflective layer, a second interface layer, a plurality of tuning layers including a combination of a low index material and a high index material wherein the high index material is HfO.sub.2, and a protective layer. The highly reflective mirror has a reflectivity of at least 90% over the wavelength range of 335 nm to 1000 nm at an angle of incidence (AOI) of 45°.

A stretchable reflective color-shifting film comprises a stretchable transparent polymer layer; a semi-transmissive metal layer; a transparent spacer layer; a reflective metal layer; an adhesive layer; and a stretchable base film layer. When the film body is stretched by 25%, the peak total reflectance stretched is at 80% of the peak total reflectance when the film body is unstretched according to the Total Reflectivity Test.

The invention relates to an optical element including a resin body having a functional surface covered with a reflective coating capable of reflecting light beams, the reflective coating including a copper layer covering at least the functional surface, a nickel layer covering the copper layer, and a chromium layer covering the nickel layer.

A radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled mirror includes a mirror comprising a reflective layer. The reflective layer comprises at least one layer of a metallic material. At least one portion of the reflective layer is removed to form a booster antenna from a remaining portion of the reflective layer. A dielectric coating is applied to the mirror where the reflective layer was removed. The RFID-enabled mirror further includes an RFID chip coupled to the booster antenna.

A mirror, in particular for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus or an inspection system, having a mirror substrate (205), a reflection layer (220), which is configured to have a reflectivity of at least 50% for electromagnetic radiation of a predefined operating wavelength that is incident on the optically effective surface (200a) of the mirror at an angle of incidence of at least 65° relative to the respective surface normal, and a barrier layer system (210), which is arranged between the reflection layer and the mirror substrate and has a sequence of alternating layer plies composed of a first material and at least one second material. The barrier layer system reduces penetration of hydrogen atoms that would otherwise penetrate the mirror substrate by at least a factor of 10.

A radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled mirror includes a mirror comprising a reflective layer. The reflective layer comprises at least one layer of a metallic material. At least one portion of the reflective layer is removed to form a booster antenna from a remaining portion of the reflective layer. A dielectric coating is applied to the mirror where the reflective layer was removed. The RFID-enabled mirror further includes an RFID chip coupled to the booster antenna.

A process for obtaining a decorative mirror includes reflective regions forming a pattern and non-reflective regions, the process including providing a sheet of soda-lime-silica glass coated with a reflective coating on the entirety of one of the faces thereof, then applying a composition including a phosphate salt to the reflective coating, solely in application regions, the application regions being intended to become the non-reflective regions, then tempering the glass sheet, in which the glass sheet is subjected to a temperature of at least 550° C., causing the reflective coating to dissolve in the application regions so as to form the non-reflective regions in which the glass sheet is not coated.

Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to techniques for laser ablating/scribing peripheral edges of a coating (e.g., a low-emissivity, mirror, or other coating) on a glass or other substrate in a pre- or post-laminated assembly, pre- or post-assembled insulated glass unit, and/or other product, in order to slow or prevent corrosion of the coating. For example, a 1064 nm or other wavelength laser may be used to scribe lines into the metal and/or metallic layer(s) in a low-emissivity or other coating provided in an already-laminated or already-assembled insulated glass unit or other product, e.g., around its periphery. The scribe lines decrease electron mobility from the center of the coating to the environment and, thus, slow and sometimes even prevent the onset of electrochemical corrosion. Associated products, methods, and kits relating to same also are contemplated herein.

A display of real world scenes comprising one or more optical mirror film surfaces having one or more selected deformations on said surfaces including a plurality of flat mirror facets, a plurality of folded mirror ridges, and a plurality of mirror vertices capable of capturing and transforming said scenes into other-worldly virtual images for recorded play back video image of said virtual images and other applications; including a method of imposing one or more selected ordered and disordered deformations on said mirror film surface irreversibly as a means of forming surfaces useful for the function of said virtual imaging display.