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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179595 | Polarizing photorefractive glass The invention is directed to a glass composition and articles made from the composition that are both polarizing and photorefractive. The glass has, for example, a composition consisting essentially of, in weight percent (“wt. %”) of 70-73 SiO2, 13-17... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7733563 | Optical properties restoration apparatus, the restoration method, and an optical system used in the apparatus An optical system has fluoride compounds provided in an environment exposed by vacuum ultraviolet light or plasma light, which has higher photon energy than an absorption wavelength of a base stock of the optical system. 1-layer of a protective film of SiO2 | 06/08/2010 |
| 7612937 | Advanced ultraviolet-resistant silver mirrors for use in solar reflectors A silver mirror construction that maintains a high percentage of hemispherical reflectance throughout the UV and visible spectrum when used in solar reflectors, comprising: a) a pressure sensitive adhesive layer positioned beneath a silver overlay; b) ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7466480 | UV-blocking filter comprising a layer of temperature stable silver-containing diffusion paint on a borosilicate glass body The UV-blocking filter is a disk-shaped glass body made of borosilicate float glass, which has a layer of silver-containing diffusion paint adhering to it, which blocks ultraviolet light, so that the UV-blocking filter resists a high thermal load up to temperature o... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7453630 | Optical properties apparatus, the restoration method, and an optical system used in the apparatus The objectives of the present invention are to prevent or inhibit the deterioration effects such as light transmission, diffraction, reflection, spectrum generation, and interference, and these combinations, and by so doing, decrease the frequency of maintenance ope... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7405872 | System and method for filtering electromagnetic transmissions A combination of filters for filtering selected wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation is provided on a transparent substrate such as a plastic film or glazing of a window. The combination of filters prevents or attenuates the passage of wavelengths through the su... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7375348 | Micro UV detector A biological aerosol detector is provided. The biological aerosol detector uses a semiconductor optical source with an ultraviolet emission band to excite biological molecules in an aerosol sample. Filtering optics are configured to attenuate radiation from a second... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374822 | Near-infrared ray-shielding paint, near-infrared ray-shielding laminate obtained therefrom and production method thereof A near-infrared ray shielding paint capable of forming a coating that exhibits high light transmission coefficient in visible light region while having high shielding capability in near-infrared region and exhibits little chromaticity change even in harsh environmen... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372624 | 8-mirror microlithography projection objective A projection objective provides a light path for a light bundle from an object field in an object plane to an image field in an image plane. The projection objective includes eight mirrors. The light path is provided via the eight mirrors, and is free of obscuration... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372056 | LPP EUV plasma source material target delivery system An EUV light generation system and method is disclosed that may comprise a droplet generator producing plasma source material target droplets traveling toward the vicinity of a plasma source material target irradiation site; a drive laser; a drive laser focusing opt... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372623 | Multi-layer spectral purity filter, lithographic apparatus including such a spectral purity filter, device manufacturing method, and device manufactured thereby A multi-layered spectral purity filter improves the spectral purity of extreme ultra-violet (EUV) radiation and also collects debris emitted from a radiation source. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360374 | Refrigerated display merchandiser with light filter A refrigerated display merchandiser in which is stored food products and which is ordinarily exposed to prevailing ambient light is provided with transparent sheets which function as filter media to prevent harmful light from reaching the foods stuffs. The filtering... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349598 | Surface plasmon resonance device A surface plasmon resonance device of the present invention includes a transparent medium layer and a conductive layer, a periodic structure being present at the interface therebetween. Assuming that the wavelength of visible light incident on the conductive layer t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347592 | Light source for a projection system having a light absorption layer A reflector for use in a projection system comprises an anodized metal substrate having a metal oxide layer. The metal oxide layer has a plurality of pores. A light absorbing pigment is deposited into each of the pores such that the light absorbing pigment and the m... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345813 | UV adjustable optical attenuator An optical element includes a light absorbing medium formed of a transparent material and light absorbing elements encapsulated within the transparent material. The light absorbing elements have an ultraviolet (UV) light-dependent absorption characteristic and UV li... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342715 | Multilayer film reflector for soft X-rays and manufacturing method thereof A multilayer film reflector for X-rays has alternately stacked layers formed on a substrate and comprising a layer (high refractive index layer) comprising a material having a large difference between a refractive index to soft X-ray and a refractive index in vacuum... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329856 | Image sensor having integrated infrared-filtering optical device and related method An image sensing device is disclosed having a die formed with an array of photosensing sites and a structure of optical material having infrared absorbing characteristics formed over the photosensing sites. An embodiment is disclosed in which the structure of optica... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319509 | Attenuator for attenuating wavelengths unequal to a used wavelength There is provided an attenuator for attenuating electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths Unequal to a used wavelength, including a grating element having i) grating grooves that produce a grating period (p), and ii) a grating plane. The grating period (p) is least a... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310454 | Photonic bandgap modulator, amplifier, demux, and TDM devices An optical device includes at least two photonic bandgap crystal (PBG) stacks that are each comprised of alternating layers of high and low index materials. A defect region is formed in a cavity region between the at least two photonic bandgap crystal stacks so as t... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7295368 | System and methods for filtering electromagnetic visual, and minimizing acoustic transmissions A combination of filters for filtering selected wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation is provided on a transparent substrate such as a plastic film or glazing of a window. The combination of filters prevents or attenuates the passage of wavelengths through the su... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285322 | Multilayer, transparent film made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) for producing packaging composites with UV protection The invention relates to an at least two-layer polyester film with a total thickness of from 5 to 200 μm which comprises, alongside polyethylene terephthalate, from 2 to 20% by weight—based on the weight of the entire film—of polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), whe... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282720 | Radiation sensor device and radiation source module containing same A radiation sensor device comprising a body portion having an entrance through which radiation may enter the body portion, a radiation detector and an optical filter interposed between the entrance and the radiation detector. The radiation detector is capable of det... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283571 | Method and system for performing wavelength locking of an optical transmission source A system for locking the operating wavelength of an optical transmission source, the system including: a pattern of nanostructures being optically coupled to the optical transmission source and adapted to perform notch filtering; at least one photodetector optically... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275397 | Method of molding a silica article Disclosed are high temperature free-flow mold for the production of near net-shape silica articles and method for the production of near net-shape silica articles. The mold is preferably made of graphite, preferably coated with SiC on the surfaces of the mold cavity... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273640 | Highly reflective optical element A reflective optical film comprises a layer containing a polyester voided with inorganic particles such as barium sulfate in a size and an amount sufficient to provide a visible light reflectivity of at least 93%, a void volume of 40 to 70%, the film at least (1) ha... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7268945 | Short wavelength metrology imaging system An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) AIM tool for both the EUV actinic lithography and high-resolution imaging or inspection is described. This tool can be extended to lithography nodes beyond the 32 nanometer (nm) node covering other short wavelength radiation such as soft... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268940 | Illuminating device An illuminating device, as for a microscope, includes a light source and a reflecting filter system. The beam of light of the light source undergoes a plurality of reflections in the reflecting filter system. The entering beam of the reflecting filter system has an ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261957 | Multilayer system with protecting layer system and production method A multilayer system and its production. Multilayer systems, such as those used as mirrors in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength range, suffer contamination or oxidation during storage in air and in long-time operation, i.e. when exposed to EUV radiation in a vacuum ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256949 | Optical system with wavelength selecting device The object is to provide an optical system with a wavelength selecting device. According to one aspect of the present invention, an optical system with a wavelength selecting device includes, in order from an object along an optical axis, an objective optical system... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241404 | Resin composition, optical filter and plasma display A resin composition which can enhance the heat resistance and the humidity resistance of a dye possessing the maximum absorption at wavelengths in the range of 380–780 nm is provided. It is obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture containing 5–100 wt. % of a m... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235300 | Titanium-containing interference pigments and foils with color shifting properties Interference pigment flakes and foils are provided which have color shifting properties. The pigment flakes can have a symmetrical coating structure on opposing sides of a reflector layer, can have an asymmetrical coating structure with all of the layers on one side... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230760 | Polarizers and isolators and methods of manufacture A passively aligned optical isolator includes laminated layers of material including two polarizing glass layers sandwiching a Faraday rotator layer. Each polarizing glass layer comprises a glass matrix containing elongated metal particles exhibiting a change in pol... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223467 | Biaxially oriented laminated polyester film A biaxially oriented laminated polyester film which is a co-extruded laminated polyester film comprising at least three polyester layers with the intermediate layer containing a dye which is substantially dissolved in polyesters, said film having on one side thereof... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215465 | Optical low pass filter An optical device includes first and second laminated films of alternate layers of optical thin films of high refractivity material and low refractivity material, and having an optical film thicknesses of “a” and “b” respectively; wherein b>a, and an optical... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215466 | Optical filter for screening out infrared and ultraviolet light An optical filter for screening out infrared and ultraviolet light includes a transparent substrate and a film stack formed on the substrate. The film stack includes a number of high refractive index layers and a number of low refractive index layers alternately sta... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215836 | System for amplifying optical signals The invention is in the field of distributed Raman amplification for digital and analog transmission applications and other applications, e.g., instrumentation and imaging applications, including HFC-CATV applications. In particular, the invention uses a high power ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215870 | Moisture protection for an electromechanical transducer A strain gauge with a strain-sensitive electrical resistor track and connector electrodes for contacting the resistor track arranged on a carrier substrate is provided with a protective coating having inorganic materials and covering at least part of the carrier sub... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212336 | Optical filter screening out infrared and ultraviolet light An optical filter includes a transparent substrate, a first film stack and a second film stack. The first and second film stacks each includes a number of high refractive index layers and a number of low refractive index layers alternately stacked one on another. Th... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206125 | Infrared blocking filter for broadband Optical metrology An infrared filter for an optical metrology tool includes a substrate having film stacks on opposing surfaces thereof. A first film stack can be used to reflect ultra-violet radiation and transmit radiation at non-ultraviolet wavelengths. The second film stack can b... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206126 | Optical system, and image pick-up apparatus using the same An optical system including a diffractive optical element, and an optical member for suppressing incidence of ultraviolet radiation on the diffractive optical element is disclosed. The optical member is disposed on a light incident side of the diffractive optical el... | 04/17/2007 |
