A display unit that includes an image display part and a light-transmitting protective part arranged on the image display part. A cured resin layer is arranged between the display part and the protective part. The cured resin layer can have a transmittance of 90% or higher in the visible range and a storage modulus at 25° C. of 1×10.sup.7 Pa or less. The cured resin layer can be formed from a resin composition that has a cure shrinkage of 5% or less.

A head-mounted apparatus include an eyepiece that include a variable dimming assembly and a frame mounting the eyepiece so that a user side of the eyepiece faces a towards a user and a world side of the eyepiece opposite the first side faces away from the user. The dynamic dimming assembly selectively modulates an intensity of light transmitted parallel to an optical axis from the world side to the user side during operation. The dynamic dimming assembly includes a variable birefringence cell having multiple pixels each having an independently variable birefringence, a first linear polarizer arranged on the user side of the variable birefringence cell, the first linear polarizer being configured to transmit light propagating parallel to the optical axis linearly polarized along a pass axis of the first linear polarizer orthogonal to the optical axis, a quarter wave plate arranged between the variable birefringence cell and the first linear polarizer, a fast axis of the quarter wave plate being arranged relative to the pass axis of the first linear polarizer to transform linearly polarized light transmitted by the first linear polarizer into circularly polarized light, and a second linear polarizer on the world side of the variable birefringence cell.

A geometric phase optical element and a three-dimensional display apparatus including the same are provided. The geometric phase optical element includes: a liquid crystal layer; a first electrode on a surface of the liquid crystal layer; and a second electrode on another surface of the liquid crystal layer, wherein, when no voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes, the liquid crystal layer is configured such that a phase difference according to an arrangement of the liquid crystal is π and light transmitted through the liquid crystal layer is diffracted by a first deflection angle, and when a first voltage that causes the phase difference according to the arrangement of the liquid crystal to become π/2 is applied to the first and second electrodes, the liquid crystal layer is configured such that the light transmitted through the liquid crystal layer is diffracted by a second deflection angle.

A display device, characterized in that the display device includes a first panel having a first side and a first light shielding layer at a periphery of the first panel, wherein the first light shielding layer has a first edge departing away from the first side; and a second panel, disposed on the first panel, and having a second side adjacent to the first side; wherein the second panel includes a second light shielding layer at a periphery of the second panel; and the second light shielding layer has a second edge departing away from the second side. Wherein a first width is measured from the first side to the first edge along a direction, a second width is measured from the second side to the second edge along the direction, the second width is greater than the first width, and the direction is vertical to the first side.

A near-eye display device, including: a display device (1) for displaying an image; an imaging lens (2) on a light-outgoing side of the display device (1) and for imaging the image displayed on the display device (1); a polarizer (3) on the light-outgoing side and for converting light emitted from the display device (1) into linearly polarized light; first and second phase delay layers (41, 42), on a side of the polarizer (3) distal to the display device (1) and for converting a polarization state of incident light; a polarized light splitter (5) on a side of the second phase delay layer (42) distal to the polarizer (3); and a curved mirror (6) on a reflected light path of the polarized light splitter (5) and for partially reflecting light transmitted by the second phase delay layer (42) to human eyes and partially transmitting ambient light.

A display device includes a cover, a display, and a polarization reflection layer. The cover transmits visible light. The display displays an image. The polarization reflection layer is disposed between the cover and the display and on a surface of the display. The polarization reflection layer reflects part of light incident through the cover and transmits light of the image displayed by the display.

The present invention describes a liquid crystal composite tunable device for fast polarisation-independent modulation of an incident light beam comprising: (a) two supporting and functional panels, at least one of them coated with a transparent conductive electrode layer and with optionally at least one additional layer selected from an alignment layer, antireflective coating layer, thermochromic or electrochromic layer, photoconductive or photosensitive layer, and (b) a composite structure sandwiched between said two panels and made of a liquid crystal and porous microparticles infiltrated with said liquid crystal. The porous microparticles have an average refractive index approximately equals to one of the liquid crystal principal refractive indices, matching that of the liquid crystal at one orientational state (for example, parallel n.sub.∥), and exhibiting large mismatch at another orientational state (for example, perpendicular n.sub.⊥). This refractive index mismatch between said microparticles and said liquid crystal is tuned by applying an external electric or magnetic field, thermally or optically.

A display substrate is provided. The display substrate includes an alignment film and a plurality of rows of pixel units arranged in a first direction. Each row of pixel units includes a plurality of pixel units arranged in a second direction. The second direction intersects with the first direction, and the angle between a rubbing direction of the alignment film and the first direction is an acute angle. By setting the angle between the rubbing direction of the alignment film of the display substrate and the first direction to be an acute angle, the contrast of a specific orientation of the display device can be changed.

The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and provides a display module and a display device. The display module includes a first display sub-panel, where the first display sub-panel includes: a first display sub-panel including a plurality of first pixel units; and a second display sub-panel arranged at a light-entering side of the first display sub-panel and including a plurality of second pixel units. Each second pixel unit corresponds to at least one first pixel unit, an orthogonal projection of each second pixel unit onto the first display sub-panel coincides with the corresponding first pixel unit, and the second display sub-panel is a vertical-electric-field-type liquid crystal display panel.

A diffraction-limited, programmable pulse shaping network using a virtually integrated phased array (VIPA)-grating pair, integrated with a 2-d transmissive phase-only spatial light modulator (SLM) and a retro-array phase-conjugate mirror (RA-PCM). A high-temporal resolution, broadband pulse shaping network is realized using a 2-D VIPA-grating dispersive element pair, with a programmable SLM at a common Fourier transform plane. True wavefront reversal (“time reversal”) is realized using a self-starting RA-PCM, which compensates for system path distortions, misalignment, beam wander, vibrations and optical aberrations. Upon reverse transit through the system, the RA-PCM wavefront matches the set of virtual images emerging from the VIPA. The RA-PCM is a self-starting, low-power device, without frequency shifts, doesn't require pump beams and/or the need for high-intensity stimulated scattering threshold conditions to be met. Polarization decoupling enables the RA-PCM to compensate for optical distortions, while enabling the SLM to generate real time Fourier phase masks for programmable pulse shaping.