G02B5/284

Reflective device and display apparatus

The present disclosure relates to a reflective device and a display apparatus. In one embodiment, a reflective device includes: a resonant cavity configured to reflect a light of a first wavelength range; and a light conversion structure disposed within the resonant cavity and configured to convert an incident light of a second wavelength range into the light of the first wavelength range.

Optical detection device having adhesive member

A light detection device includes a Fabry-Perot interference filter, a light detector, a spacer that has a placement surface on which a portion outside a light transmission region in a bottom surface of the interference filter is placed, and an adhesive member that adheres the interference filter and the spacer to each other. Elastic modulus of the adhesive member is smaller than elastic modulus of the spacer. At least a part of a lateral surface of the interference filter is located on the placement surface such that a part of the placement surface of the spacer is disposed outside the lateral surface. The adhesive member is disposed in a corner portion formed by the lateral surface of the interference filter and the part of the placement surface of the spacer and contacts each of the lateral surface and the part of the placement surface.

Transportation method

A transportation method for transporting an object including a plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filters, the transportation method including a first step of accommodating the object in an accommodating container, wherein the Fabry-Perot interference filter includes a substrate, a first mirror portion and a second mirror portion provided on the substrate to face each other via a gap and in which a distance from each other is variable, and in the first step, the object is accommodated and supported in the accommodating container in a state where the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filters is two-dimensionally arranged.

Spectral and phase modulation tunable birefringence devices
11567381 · 2023-01-31 ·

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.

Wetting layers for optical device enhancement

Embodiments described herein relate to methods and materials for optical device fabrication. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an optical device is provided. The method includes depositing a dielectric film on a substrate, depositing a wetting layer on the dielectric film, and depositing a metal containing film on the wetting layer. In another embodiment, an optical device is provided. The device includes a substrate, a dielectric film deposited on and contacting the substrate, a wetting layer deposited on and contacting the dielectric film, and a metal containing film deposited on and contacting the wetting layer.

HIGH PRECISION OPTICAL LOCKER
20230025759 · 2023-01-26 ·

In some implementations, an optical assembly comprises an optical cavity; one or more detectors; and an optical component having an input face and an output face configured to receive an input beam to the input face and to produce one or more primary output beams, and a plurality of secondary output beams from the output face, the secondary output beams resulting from multiple internal reflections within the optical component. At least one of the input face is not perpendicular to the input beam or the output face is not perpendicular to the one or more primary output beams. Each primary output beam is transmitted through the optical cavity perpendicular to at least one surface of the optical cavity, and directed to a respective one of the one or more detectors. Each detector is arranged to exclude at least a portion of each secondary output beam.

COMPACT ETALON STRUCTURE
20230017729 · 2023-01-19 ·

An etalon may include a plurality of reflectors, wherein at least one reflector, of the plurality of reflectors, is partially reflecting of light in a frequency range and each other reflector, of the plurality of reflectors is either partially or fully reflecting of light in the frequency range, and wherein the plurality of reflectors comprises at least three reflectors arranged to define a volume of a resonant optical cavity.

INTERFERENCE FILTER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INTERFERENCE FILTER
20230009008 · 2023-01-12 ·

An interference filter includes a transmissive first substrate including a first inner surface and a first outer surface facing each other, in which the first inner surface is provided with a first reflection film, a transmissive second substrate including a second inner surface and a second outer surface facing each other, in which the second inner surface is provided with a second reflection film, a first bonding portion configured to bond the first inner surface and the second inner surface to each other, and seal a first inner space between the first substrate and the second substrate, a transmissive third substrate facing the first outer surface, a second bonding portion configured to bond the first outer surface and the third substrate to each other, and seal a second inner space between the first substrate and the third substrate, a transmissive fourth substrate facing the second outer surface, and a third bonding portion configured to bond the second outer surface and the fourth substrate to each other, and seal a third inner space between the second substrate and the fourth substrate, wherein the first inner space, the second inner space, and the third inner space are lower in pressure than atmospheric pressure.

SPECTRAL FILTER, AND IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SPECTRAL FILTER

A spectral filter may include a plurality of filter arrays each including a plurality of unit filters having different center wavelengths from each other. Each of the plurality of unit filters may include a first metal reflection layer and a second metal reflection layer which are disposed to be apart from each other; a cavity including a first pattern and being arranged between the first metal reflection layer and the second metal reflection layer; and a lower pattern film being disposed under the first metal reflection layer and including a second pattern. In unit filters having a same center wavelength in each of the plurality of unit filters corresponding to the plurality of filter arrays, the first pattern of the cavity and the second pattern of the lower pattern film may vary according to a position of the unit filters.

Optical filter, spectrometer including the optical filter, and electronic apparatus including the optical filter
11692875 · 2023-07-04 · ·

An optical filter, a spectrometer including the optical filter, and an electronic apparatus including the optical filter are disclosed. The optical filter includes a first reflector including a plurality of first structures that are periodically two-dimensionally arranged, each of the first structures having a ring shape, and a second reflector spaced apart from the first reflector and including a plurality of second structures that are periodically two-dimensionally arranged.