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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7362943 | Polymeric photonic crystals with co-continuous phases An optical element is formed by co-extruding to have an arrangement of polymer scattering fibers within a polymer matrix. The scattering fibers lie substantially parallel to a first axis. The scattering fibers are arranged at positions across the cross-section of th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355663 | Polarizing plate and liquid crystal display using the same A polarizing plate excellent in polarization performance in all wavebands from a short wavelength region to a long wavelength region and a liquid crystal display using such a polarizing plate. The polarizing plate including a polarizer has a portion having a polariz... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7326373 | Method for forming a wafer for use in an optical part An improved method is disclosed, for forming a wafer into a complex, curved shape, for use in an optical part. The method includes a step of moving the wafer into contact with a molding surface having a predetermined non-cylindrical, aspheric curved shape, to form t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7315418 | Polarizing beam splitter assembly having reduced stress A polarizing beam splitter includes a multilayer polarizing film, a first cross-linked silicone gel layer disposed on the multilayer polarizing film, a first rigid cover disposed on the cross-linked silicone gel layer, and a second rigid cover disposed adjacent to t... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7297393 | Optical film Birefringent optical films have a Brewster angle (the angle at which reflectance of p-polarized light goes to zero) which is very large or is nonexistent. This allows for the construction of multilayer mirrors and polarizers whose reflectivity for p-polarized light ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7285312 | Atomic layer deposition for turbine components A method and superalloy component for depositing a layer of material onto gas turbine engine components by atomic layer deposition. A superalloy component may have a ceramic thermal barrier coating on at least a portion of its surface, comprising a superalloy substr... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278775 | Enhanced LCD backlight A light guide containing substantially aligned non-spherical particles provides more efficient control of light scattering. One or more regions containing ellipsoidal particles may be used and the particle sizes may vary between 2 and 100 microns in the smaller dime... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272100 | Optical head apparatus The present invention is for providing optical head apparatus that can control scatter occurring at locations along the length of the optical path, when laser beam is transmitted through prism constituting the No. 1 prism structural member and the No. 2 prism struct... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7262920 | Optical element and manufacturing method therefor An optical element and a manufacturing method therefor, an exposure apparatus, and a device manufacturing method that can reduce the effect of intrinsic birefringence under high NA conditions. According to an optical element as one aspect of the present invention, a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255444 | Optical unit and projection-type image display apparatus using the same A technique according to the present invention allows a projection-type image display system to suppress the temperature rise of the polarization split devices and secure high image quality. Polarization split means has a polarization split device arranged in a medi... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254288 | Corner cube depolarizer The depolarizer utilizes a commonly available BK7 glass corner cube to transform linearly polarized light into depolarized light with 100% conversion efficiency. The low-cost corner cube is a unique optical element that greatly simplifies the means for producing com... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251076 | Optical component and method for producing thick polyimide film An optical component according to the present invention comprises a substrate, and at least one optical element obtained by processing at least one thick optical film provided on the substrate. The optical component has a plurality of surfaces substantially not para... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238307 | Method for pre-conditioning inserts for injection molding A method is disclosed for pre-conditioning inserts for improved replication during injection molding. The pre-conditioned inserts provide improved bonding with the injection-material and improved replication of complex molding surfaces. The pre-conditioning of the i... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236296 | Multilayer infrared reflecting film with high and smooth transmission in visible wavelength region and laminate articles made therefrom A multilayer film article is disclosed. The film includes an infrared light reflecting multilayer film having alternating layers of a first polymer type and a second polymer type and an infrared light absorbing or reflecting layer adjacent the multilayer film. The f... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230754 | Neutral white-light filter device A substantially neutral filter across the white-light spectrum is obtained by minimizing the wavelength-dependent effects of filtering components and of reflective coatings on surfaces. The incoming light is captured by a first prism and directed toward the interfac... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7221508 | Reflex-type screen The reflex-type screen includes an aluminum film reflecting layer for reflecting incident light, a lower adhesive layer which is made of adhesive agent, a polarization layer for transmitting the polarized light, a upper adhesive layer which is made of adhesive agent... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218831 | Multifunctional optical assembly An integrated optical assembly including a light management component with an entry surface and a light delivery component having an exit surface attached to the entry surface of the light management component is disclosed The light management component and the ligh... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7189460 | High reflectance mirror A high reflectance mirror having a high reflectance in a visible-light region, being excellent in durability such as a moisture resistance, a saltwater resistance, etc. and having small dependence on incident angle (i.e., the fluctuation of the reflectance depending... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172294 | Multi-layer film cut filter and production method therefor, UV cut filter, dustproof glass, display panel and projection type display unit A multi-layer film, wherein a ratio H/L or L/H, a balance in optical film thickness between a high-refractive-index layer H and a low-refractive-index layer L, is set within a range of 1.2–2.0 to bias a balance in thickness. A method of producing a dielectric mult... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7164530 | Polarizing filter and optical device using the same A polarizing filter has a laminate structure: wherein one to four layers of first dielectric thin films 1 and one to four layers of second dielectric thin films 2 are alternately laminated on a transparent flat substrate 10 to form the laminate ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7138619 | Method and apparatus for coincident viewing at a plurality of wavelengths A plurality of imagers, each responsive to a different wavelength range of light radiation, share the same optical system of lenses. An optical film on a substrate is used to split the light beam emanating from the shared optical system. The first wavelength range i... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138156 | Filter design algorithm for multi-variate optical computing Within a method of making an optical interference filter, sample spectra and measurements of a predetermined characteristic associated with respective spectra are provided. Upon selection of an initial number of filter layers and a thickness for each layer, a transm... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131737 | Housing for mounting a beamsplitter and a spatial light modulator with an output optical path A housing (500) for a wire grid polarizing beamsplitter (240) and a spatial light modulator (210) in alignment with an output optical path has a front plate having an opening (502) for admitting incident illumination and a modulator mount... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130023 | Lithographic apparatus, mirror element, device manufacturing method, and beam delivery system A lithographic projection apparatus includes a radiation system for providing a projection beam of radiation, a support structure for supporting a patterning device, the patterning device serving to pattern the projection beam according to a desired pattern, a subst... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130120 | Prism, projection and optical component An apparatus for transmitting or reflecting incident light. The apparatus includes a pair of diffraction grid substrates; a substantially grid-shaped diffraction grid formed of metal, wherein the diffraction grid is disposed between the substrates; and a pair of adh... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7110623 | Temporally coherent depolarizer and a polarization transformer A corner cube utilized for both a polarization transformer and a depolarizer requires a special glass for the corner cube. For the transformer a polarized probe beam irradiates only one facet of the corner cube off-axis to vertex, whereas for the depolarizer a circu... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106443 | Optical signal-to-noise monitor having increased coherence Methods and apparatus for rapid, accurate OSNR measurements by directly measuring the spectrally-resolved State of Polarization (SOP) variation across each DWDM channel and using a polarization controller to deterministically extinguish the signal across narrow freq... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101054 | Light emitting apparatus First and second polarized light beam splitters 13, 14 split non-polarized light L into p polarized light P and s polarized light S1 and allow the p polarized light P to transmit in the same direction as that of the non-polarized light L, reflecting th... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095943 | Multifunctional optical assembly An integrated optical assembly including a light management component with an entry surface and a light delivery component having an exit surface attached to the entry surface of the light management component is disclosed The light management component and the ligh... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083847 | Optical film Birefringent optical films have a Brewster angle (the angle at which reflectance of p-polarized light goes to zero) which is very large or is nonexistent. This allows for the construction of multilayer mirrors and polarizers whose reflectivity for p-polarized light ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7063872 | Films having a high transmittance and matt property A film having a high transmittance and matt property is disclosed which has, on a transparent support 1, a hard coat layer 2 incorporated therein particles 4 of a particle size of 1.0 to 10 μm that is larger than the layer thickness thereof, an... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064897 | Optical polarizing films with designed color shifts Multilayer films are provided that exhibit a colored appearance when viewed at an oblique angle as a result of one or more reflection bands in the visible region of the spectrum. The films however provide no substantial reflection bands in either the visible or near... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060346 | Resin sheets, processes for producing the same, and liquid crystal displays Resin sheets which are thin and lightweight and have an antiglare function for preventing the so-called ghost phenomenon in which an illuminating light, such as fluorescent light or sunlight, or part of the surrounding objects, e.g., the keyboarder, is reflected on ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061561 | System for creating a patterned polarization compensator A system for creating a patterned polarization compensator (550) has a retardance characterization system (560) for optically scanning the spatially variant retardance of a spatial light modulator (210). A compensator patterning system (565 | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057815 | Optical glass for polarizing optical system, production process therefor and polarizing beam splitter An optical glass for polarizing optical system having a photoelastic constant C in the range of −0.2 to +0.5 [10−8 cm2/N] with respect to a wavelength of 633 nm, the optical glass having the following composition (1): composition (1)... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052762 | Low Tg multilayer optical films Multilayer optical films are comprised of materials with glass transition temperatures below room temperature ( | 05/30/2006 |
| 7030944 | Liquid crystal display device with roughened surfaces to reduce moiré fringe effects A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel obtained by adhering upper and lower polarizing plates to upper and lower surfaces, respectively, of an electrode substrate. The upper polarizing plate has a first roughened surface on its outer... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7023512 | Spatially patterned polarization compensator A modulation optical system (40) provides modulation of an incident light beam. A wire grid polarization beamsplitter (240) receives the beam of light (130) and transmits a beam of light having a first polarization, and reflects a beam of light ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7016113 | Large scale polarizer and polarizer system employing it A large scale polarizer comprises one or more quartz substrate parts formed as a rectangle, a triangle, or a parallelogram, and a polarizer holder supporting the quartz substrate part. The polarizer holder may be in a lattice structure holding a plurality of quartz ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016112 | Large scale polarizer and polarizer system employing it A large scale polarizer comprises one or more quartz substrate parts formed as a rectangle, a triangle, or a parallelogram, and a polarizer holder supporting the quartz substrate part. The polarizer holder may be in a lattice structure holding a plurality of quartz ... | 03/21/2006 |
