An Electrically Switchable Bragg Grating (ESBG) despeckler device comprising at least one ESBG element recorded in a hPDLC sandwiched between transparent substrates to which transparent conductive coatings have been applied. At least one of said coatings is patterned to provide a two-dimensional array of independently switchable ESBG pixels. Each ESBG pixel has a first unique speckle state under said first applied voltage and a second unique speckle state under said second applied voltage.

A phosphor protection film for protecting phosphors contained in a phosphor layer. The phosphor protection film includes a functional layer, a bulking layer that has a single-layer structure or a laminated structure, and a first vapor deposited layer (gas barrier layer) that has gas barrier properties in this order from outside to inside. The clearance between the functional layer and the first vapor deposited layer in the thickness direction of the phosphor protection film is 45 to 280 μm.

A variety of illumination devices are disclosed that are configured to manipulate light provided by one or more light-emitting elements (LEEs). In general, embodiments of the illumination devices feature one or more optical couplers that redirect illumination from the LEEs to a reflector which then directs the light into a range of angles. In some embodiments, the illumination device includes a second reflector that reflects at least some of the light from the first reflector. In certain embodiments, the illumination device includes a light guide that guides light from the collector to the first reflector. The components of the illumination device can be configured to provide illumination devices that can provide a variety of intensity distributions. Such illumination devices can be configured to provide light for particular lighting applications, including office lighting, task lighting, cabinet lighting, garage lighting, wall wash, stack lighting, and downlighting.

A wearable heads-up display includes a power source, laser sources, and a lightguide. A photodetector is positioned to detect an intensity of a test light emitted at a perimeter of the lightguide from an optical path within the lightguide. A laser safety circuit provides a control to reduce or shut off a supply of electrical power from the power source to the laser sources in response to an output signal from the photodetector indicating that the detected intensity is below a threshold.

A quantum dot including a core and a shell disposed on an outer surface of the core. The core includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including a Group II-VI compound. The shell includes a second semiconductor nanocrystal. An effective mass of the second semiconductor nanocrystal is about 0.5 times to about 2.0 times an effective mass of the first semiconductor nanocrystal and the quantum dot does not include cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof.

A light guide structure for a backlight module is provided. A light source of the backlight module emits a light beam. The light beam is guided by the light guide structure. The light guide structure includes a plate body and a light-shielding layer. The plate body includes a light-transmissible plate, a light-guiding plate and a reflecting plate. The light-guiding plate has a lateral surface. The light-transmissible plate has a light-transmissible plate lateral surface. The reflecting plate has a reflecting plate lateral surface. The lateral surface of the light-guiding plate, the light-transmissible plate lateral surface and the reflecting plate lateral surface are collaboratively formed as a plate body lateral surface. The plate body lateral surface is covered by the light-shielding layer. The light beam from the light source is blocked by the light-shielding layer.

A small keyboard with alternative layouts for numbers, editing, and function keys, a main key zone of the keyboard comprising an editing alternative key zone, a numeric alternative key zone and an function alternative key zone; the editing alternative key zone corresponds to 15 keys in 3 rows and 5 columns on a left side of the main key zone; the numeric alternative key zone corresponds to 15 keys in 3 rows and 5 columns on a right side of the main key zone right; the function alternative key zone corresponds to 13 keys on a left side of a first row and 3 keys on a right side of a second row of the main key zone; when the Fn key function is activated, the second functions of all keys in the main key zone are activated.

A light emitting device comprises a lightguide formed from a film having an array of coupling lightguides in the form of strips extending from a lightguide region of the film, the coupling lightguides are folded and stacked, and a light source is positioned to emit light into edges of the stacked coupling lightguides to propagate into a light mixing region and then into a light emitting region. The light mixing region comprises a plurality of reflecting surfaces that reflect a portion of the light from the coupling lightguides toward one or more of the lateral edges of the film prior to exiting the film in the light emitting region. The plurality of reflecting surfaces may a light transmitting material printed in the form of lines on the surface of the film and may improve the uniformity of light emitted from the light emitting region.

An optical apparatus includes an image source, a relay optical system, and an optical processing system. The image source is configured to display an image. The relay optical system is configured to project the image displayed by the image source to the optical processing system, and to image at infinity. The optical processing system is configured to project incident light from the relay optical system in a same direction to at least two preset directions sequentially.

A core shell quantum dot including a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal and including zinc, tellurium, and selenium and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core and including a zinc chalcogenide, a method of manufacture thereof, and a device including the same are disclosed, wherein the core shell quantum dot does not include cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof, wherein in an X-ray photoelectron spectrum of the quantum dot, a peak area for Te oxide to a peak area for Te3d.sub.5/2 as an area percentage is less than or equal to about 25%.