The invention relates in particular to a method for creating patterns in a layer (410) to be etched, starting from a stack comprising at least the layer (410) to be etched and a masking, layer (420) on top of the layer (410) to be etched, the masking layer (420) having at least one pattern (421), the method comprising at least; a) a step of modifying at least one zone (411) of the layer (410) to be etched via ion implantation (430) vertically in line with said at least one pattern (421); b) at least one sequence of steps comprising: b1) a step of enlarging (440) the at least one pattern (421) in a plane in which the layer (410) to be etched mainly extends; b2) a step of modifying at least one zone (411″, 411″) of the layer (410) to be etched via ion implantation (430) vertically in line with the at least one enlarged pattern (421), the implantation being carried out over a depth less than the implantation depth of the preceding, modification step;) c) a step of removing (461, 462) the modified zones (411, 411′, 41″), the removal comprising a step of etching the modified zones (411, 411′, 411″) selectively with respect to the non-modified zones (412) of the layer (410) to be etched.

A stereoscopic image display device including: a display panel including pixels; a lens array disposed on the display panel, wherein the lens array includes a lens layer which includes an optically anisotropic material, and a planarization layer which covers the lens layer and includes an optically isotropic polymer; and a light shielding pattern disposed on the lens array, and overlapping a boundary between lenses of the lens array.

A method includes treating a surface of a substrate to cause the surface to include a hydrophobic portion and a hydrophilic portion, providing a replication material over the hydrophilic portion, and imprinting the replication material to cause the replication material to have a predetermined characteristic.

There is provided a novel, improved optical body, the micro concave-convex structure of which can be protected without the use of a protective film, a film adhesive body, and a method for manufacturing an optical body, the optical body including: an optical film, on one surface of which is formed a first micro concave-convex structure in which an average cycle of concavities and convexities is less than or equal to a visible light wavelength; and a master film that covers the first micro concave-convex structure. The master film is provided with a second micro concave-convex structure formed on a surface that faces the first micro concave-convex structure, the second micro concave-convex structure is made of a cured curing resin, and has a reverse shape of the first micro concave-convex structure, and the optical film and the master film are separable from each other.

Disclosed are methods of preparing lens arrays, display apparatuses, and methods of preparing display apparatuses. A method of preparing a lens array includes: forming a hybrid film on a base substrate, the hybrid film including first hybrid sub-films arranged in an array and a second hybrid sub-film, and a contact angle of a liquid on a surface of the first hybrid sub-film being less than a contact angle of the liquid on a surface of the second hybrid sub-film; coating the hybrid film with a photo-curable resin to form liquid droplets arranged in an array, the liquid droplets being lens-shaped and located on the first hybrid sub-films, respectively; and photo-curing the photo-curable resin to obtain lenses arranged in an array, the lenses being located on the first hybrid sub-films, respectively.

The present disclosure relates to a camera package, a manufacturing method of a camera package, and an electronic device capable of reducing a manufacturing cost for forming a lens. The manufacturing method of the camera package according to the present disclosure includes forming a high-contact angle film around a lens forming region on an upper side of a transparent substrate that protects a solid-state imaging element, dropping a lens material in the lens forming region on the upper side of the transparent substrate, and molding the dropped lens material by a mold to form a lens. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a camera package and the like in which a lens is arranged above a solid-state imaging element.

The catheter probe comprises a catheter tip and a catheter body. The catheter tip comprises a plurality of channels for housing a plurality of optical sensors. Each one of said plurality of optical sensors comprises a ferrule comprising a via, a microlens aligned with said via and attached to said ferrule and an optical fiber for optically coupling said microlens to a monitoring means.

Various embodiments provide methods for fabricating a couplable electro-optical device. An example method comprises fabricating a pillar on a substrate by forming a lens spacer portion about an electro-optical component fabricated on the substrate; and adhering unshaped lens material to an exposed surface of the pillar. The exposed surface of the pillar is disposed opposite the substrate. The example method further comprises maintaining the unshaped lens material at a reflow temperature for a reflow time to allow the lens material to reflow into a formed lens shape, and curing the lens material to form an integrated lens having the formed lens shape secured to the lens spacer portion and formed about the electro-optical component on the substrate.

A method for fabricating millimeter and sub-millimeter size lenses using a high viscosity curable liquid, such as epoxy. The method comprises dispensing a predetermined volume of the curable liquid onto a substrate. The curable liquid preferably has a viscosity higher than 100 cps. Additionally, to reduce spherical aberration, the curable liquid can be cured upside down to leverage the effects of gravity.

The invention relates a method for producing a radiation-emitting component including a step A, in which a laser having an optical resonator and an output mirror is provided, wherein during the intended operation, laser radiation exits the optical resonator via the output mirror. In a step B), a photoresist layer is applied to the output mirror. In a step C), an optical structure is generated from the photoresist layer by means of a 3D lithography method, wherein the optical structure is designed to influence the beam path of the laser radiation by refraction and/or reflection.