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7450231 Deviation angle self compensating substantially achromatic retarder  
A substantially achromatic multiple element compensator system for use in wide spectral range (for example, 190-1700 nm) rotating compensator spectroscopic ellipsometer and/or polarimeter systems....
7430078 Multiple imaging arrangements for head mounted displays  
A head mounted display is disclosed that utilizes a single video display screen to transport images to both eyes. Multiple reflections are created by illuminating the display screen form a...
7425951 Three-dimensional image display apparatus, method of distributing elemental images to the display apparatus, and method of displaying three-dimensional image on the display apparatus  
An apparatus is provided with a display unit and a optical filter. The unit has pixels arranged in a matrix form, which are grouped into a first group and second groups to display two-dimensional...
7408712 Polarization-selectively blazed, diffractive optical element  
A polarization-selectively blazed, diffractive optical element including multiple contiguous blaze structures extending along a given geometrical path. Each structure has a width perpendicular to...
7408711 Polarizing plate, method for manufacturing the same, and liquid crystal display panel having the same  
A polarizing plate including a polarizer for polarizing incident light; first and second protection films arranged respectively on top and bottom surfaces of the polarizer; and an optical...
7403267 System and method for providing modified illumination intensity  
A system and method utilize a birefringence inducer to induce or change birefringence of an optical element to change an index of refraction within the optical element to produce a...
7400448 Birefringent spectral filter  
A birefringent spectral filter comprises a first birefringent stage and a polarizing beam splitter optically coupled to the first birefringent stage. The first birefringent stage is adapted to...
7385763 Thick film multilayer reflector with tailored layer thickness profile  
A multilayer reflector useable to reflect or transmit light over the visible wavelength range includes optically thick constituent layers. The optical thickness of the constituent layers through...
7375897 Imaging systems  
In certain aspects, the disclosure relates to an imaging system, particularly an objective or an illumination device of a microlithography projection-exposure apparatus having an optical axis (OA),...
7375889 Apparatus and method for controlling polarization in an optical communications medium  
A method for resetting a polarization controller includes determining that the phase magnitude is associated with a first range of phase angles and generating a first control signal having a first...
7375888 Optical component  
An optical component contains two or more hidden images for authentication and antiforgery purposes. The images are successively revealed and concealed when the optical component is held between...
7369186 Polarizing beam splitter featuring stacked grating layers and display including the same  
A polarizing beam splitter includes a polarization splitting layer which includes stacked one-dimensional grating layers. The grating layers can include alternating layers of at least one H layer...
7361884 Polarization independent optical isolator and optical transmitting/receiving apparatus  
A polarization independent optical isolator includes: a first birefringent plate that divides the receiver light from the optical transmission path into normal light and abnormal light to output...
7345654 Three-dimensional image display apparatus  
A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the...
7343057 Integratable optical isolator in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer configuration  
A method of operating an optical isolator having first and second optical splitter-combiners disposed within a semiconductor die. The optical splitter-combiners are coupled together into an...
7339735 Polarization recovery system for projection displays  
A waveguide polarization recovery system both polarizes the input light energy for use with an LCD imager and converts the polarity of unusable light energy to add to the illumination of the LCD...
7324281 Refractive boundary elements, devices, and materials  
An optical device includes an interface between two or more media. The refractive indices, orientations of media, and alignment relative to a propagating wave define a refractive boundary at which...
7324181 Non-absorbing polarization color filter and liquid crystal display incorporating the same  
The present invention relates to the field of color filters, in particular, to a non-absorbing polarization color filters and to high-brightness color liquid crystal display panel with improved...
7317528 Ellipsometer, measurement device and method, and lithographic apparatus and method  
An ellipsometer includes an optical component and a detector. The optical component has two birefringent parts in optical communication via a border surface. Light incident on the border surface is...
7317508 Optical system and method for the production of micro-structured components by microlithography  
An optical system of a microlithographic exposure apparatus comprises at least one optical element (L 1 to L 16, 15, 16, 24 ) having a locally varying birefringence direction distribution that is...
7298558 Electronic adjustable color filter device  
An electronically adjustable, combinational color filter device is provided for generating color light. Incoming light is split in a polarizing beam splitter/combiner into a first and a second...
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...
7295781 Polarization mode dispersion compensation  
Methods and systems for PMD compensation in an optical communication system are implemented by transmitting multiple optical signals through a common optical conduit to an optical compensator that...
7289267 Polarizing beam splitter  
A polarizing beam splitter having a film made of a high-refractivity material and a film made of a low-refractivity material alternately stacked on a substrate. When an incidence angle with respect...
7283302 Wavelength filter and wavelength monitor device  
A wavelength filter includes a solid material that is optically transparent and including a pair of planar surfaces substantially parallel to each other; and a supporting member that supports the...
7283207 Exposure apparatus  
In an exposure apparatus, light flux from a light source is serially converted into any of a plurality of polarized light beams perpendicular to each other on Poincare sphere and is output. This...
7277210 Measuring spectral lines from an analyte using multiplexed holograms and polarization manipulation  
An optical apparatus in which multiplexed holograms are used to achieve wavelength selectivity and polarization manipulation is used to facilitate near-normal incidence of light on the holograms....
7274510 Circulator and polarization beam combiner  
System and techniques for reducing the polarization dependency of an optical component by combining the actions of a circulator and a polarization beam combiner to separate an optical signal into a...
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....
7260281 Integratable optical isolator in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer configuration  
An optical isolator includes first and second optical splitter-combiners disposed within a semiconductor die. The optical splitter-combiners are coupled together into an interferometer...
7257287 Optical interleaver  
In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an optical device includes an interleaver/deinterleaver, which includes a passive thermal compensator, wherein an optical signal...
7255914 Variable refractive index polymer materials  
A new class of composite polymer films where the refractive index can be varied by simple compressive or extensive forces. The films are comprised of alternating layers of an elastomer and a glassy...
7250923 Three-dimensional image display apparatus  
A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the...
7248331 Polarizer, optical film, and image display  
The polarizer of the present invention is a polarizer comprising a film having a structure having a minute domain dispersed in a matrix formed of a translucent thermoplastic resin including an...
7247380 Laminated phase retarder film and a liquid crystal display using the same  
The objective of the present invention is to provide a laminated phase retarder film that is superior in evenness, exhibits a biaxial optical property as a whole, and makes it possible to set the...
7245432 Dual diffraction-grating device  
A diffraction grating device ( 100 ) has both reflecting ( 108 ) and transmitting ( 106 ) gratings inter leaved to allow both transmission diffraction patterns and reflection diffraction patterns...
7242517 Optical devices comprising series of birefringent waveplates  
Bidirectional isolating devices including non-reciprocal rotators (i.e. Faraday rotators) and wavelength selective reciprocal polarization rotators are disclosed. Each wavelength selective rotator...
7239446 Optical reduction system with control of illumination polarization  
An optical reduction system with polarization dose sensitive output for use in the photolithographic manufacture of semiconductor devices having variable compensation for reticle retardation before...
7234816 Polarizing beam splitter assembly adhesive  
A polarizing beam splitter (PBS) includes a multilayer reflective polarizing film, a pressure sensitive adhesive is disposed on the multilayer reflective polarizing film, a first rigid cover is...
7230762 Polarization phase difference plate  
The object of the present invention is to provide an excellent-quality polarization phase difference plate that enables, by a simple structure: decrease in light loss and in oscillation of the...
7227689 Birefringence optical element and manufacturing method thereof  
A mask with an opening pattern is placed on a substrate, and etching is carried out by use of anisotropy etching of crystal. The opening pattern of the mask is composed of broken lines, each of...
7223452 Optical film, method for producing the same, and image display device using the same  
An optical film, which includes a laminate of a base and a birefringent layer, and which is excellent in adhesiveness between the base and the birefringent layer, is provided. The birefringent...
7215473 Enhanced heat mirror films  
A heat mirror film containing visible light-transmissive and infrared reflective film comprising a birefringent dielectric multilayer support that reflects at least 50% of light in a band at least...
7209289 Illumination apparatus with polarizing elements for beam shaping  
Illumination apparatus for forming an output beam, the apparatus comprising: (a) a light source adapted to emit a source beam of linearly-polarized light in a downstream direction along an optical...
7206466 Polarization dependent loss loop  
A system and method for reducing polarization dependent loss in optical circuits is disclosed. The system includes a first optical device having an output, and a polarization controller optically...
7196846 Refractive boundary elements, devices, and materials  
An optical device includes an interface between two or more media. The refractive indices, orientations of media, and alignment relative to a propagating wave define a refractive boundary at which...
7170681 Optical scanning device  
An optical scanning device ( 1 ) for scanning three information layer ( 2, 2′, 2″ ) with three respective radiation beams ( 4, 4′, 4″ ) having three respective wavelengths (λ 1 , λ 2 , λ...
7170585 Projection lens and microlithographic projection exposure apparatus  
A projection exposure apparatus for microlithography has a light source, an illumination system, a mask-positioning system and a projection lens. The latter has a system aperture plane and an image...
7164532 Diffraction grating, light source unit applying the same therein, and optical head device employing the same  
A polarization diffraction grating includes two media having different orientation states arranged alternately and cyclically, wherein each boundary between the media forms an oblique rectangular...
7154669 Method and system for correction of intrinsic birefringence in UV microlithography  
Systems and methods for improved correction of intrinsic birefringence are provided. Two pairs of optical elements correct for intrinsic birefringence of optical materials. A combination of design...
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