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7636196 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...
7633678 Optical element, polarizing element, lighting device, and liquid crystal display  
An optical element of the invention comprises at least two laminated layers of reflective polarizer; and at least one retardation layer for changing polarization properties laminated between the...
7630133 Inorganic, dielectric, grid polarizer and non-zero order diffraction grating  
An inorganic, dielectric grid polarizer includes an optical stack with a diffraction grating and an inorganic, dielectric grid polarizer. The inorganic, dielectric grid polarizer includes a stack...
7630134 Optical element, polarizing element, lighting device, and liquid crystal display  
An optical element of the invention comprises at least two laminated layers of reflective polarizer; and at least one retardation layer for changing polarization properties laminated between the...
7630031 Optical compensation film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display  
An optical compensation film is provided and includes a cellulose acylate film and an optically anisotropic layer containing a liquid crystalline compound. The cellulose acylate film satisfies...
7583440 Diffusely-reflecting polarizer having nearly isotropic continuous phase  
The present invention provides a diffusely-reflecting polarizer having a first polymer which is amorphous and having a birefringence of less than about 0.02 and a second polymer, the first...
7583342 Optical resin film and polarizing film and liquid crystal display device using the same  
An optical resin film, which has Re (λ) and Rth (λ) satisfying retardation requirements (A) to (D), and has an in-plane width direction retardation (Re) variation coefficient of 5% or less and a...
7532398 Light pipe and polarized-light source  
A light pipe is obtained by laminating on one or both surfaces of a light-transmitting resin plate a polarized-light scattering plate having fine birefringent domains dispersed therein and hence...
7532286 Optical resin film and polarizing film and liquid crystal display device using the same  
An optical resin film, which has Re (λ) and Rth (λ) satisfying retardation requirements (A) to (D), and has a thickness of from 30 μm to 80 μm: (A) 0.1<Re (450)/Re (550)<0.95 (B)...
7526164 Reflective polarizers containing polymer fibers  
A polarizer is formed with an arrangement of polymer fibers substantially parallel within a polymer matrix. The polymer fibers are formed of at least first and second polymer materials. At least...
7505099 Optical resin film and polarizing plate and liquid crystal display using same  
An optical resin film is provided and fulfills the following formulae (A) to (D) concerning retardations and is formed by using a polymer or a copolymer of a cycloolefin compound: ...
7494223 Polarization conversion element, method of manufacturing the same and illumination source unit using the same  
A polarization conversion device comprises a prismatic beam splitting assembly for separating p- and s- polarized polarized light orthogonal in the direction of polarization from a light source and...
7492516 Optical element, polarizing element, lighting device, and liquid crystal display  
An optical element of the invention comprises at least two laminated layers of reflective polarizer; and at least one retardation layer for changing polarization properties laminated between the...
7466486 Polarization separating element and method of manufacturing the same  
A polarization separating element which can be easily manufactured without increasing the cost and can separate light into plural directions by using one sheet. A polarization separating element...
7459204 Modified copolyesters and improved multilayer reflective films  
A multilayered polymer film includes a first set of optical layers and a second set of optical layers. The first set of optical layers is made from a polyester which is often birefringent. The...
7443585 Polarizer, polarization light source and image display unit using them  
A polarization component, capable of efficiently reflecting an obliquely transmitted light beam toward a light source without degrading the transmission-polarization property of a perpendicular...
7414786 System and method converting the polarization state of an optical beam into an inhomogeneously polarized state  
A system for converting the polarization state of an optical beam which propagates along a path from an initial polarization state into an inhomogeneous polarization state includes a first...
7411656 Optically polarizing retardation arrangement, and a microlithography projection exposure machine  
A retardation arrangement for converting an input radiation beam, incident from an input side of the retardation arrangement, into an output radiation beam which has over its cross section a...
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...
7407686 Optical film, polarizing plate and display device utilising the film, and production method of optical film  
An optical film is disclosed having minimal curl, minimal coating unevenness and no cracks. The optical film is obtained by casting a dope comprising a cellulose ester and a non-chlorinated solvent...
7399376 Polarizing plate laminated with an improved glue composition and a method of manufacturing the same  
The present invention generally relates a method of forming a polarizing plate comprising providing two protective cover sheets, each protective cover sheet for polarizers comprising a low...
7394188 Phosphor based light source component  
A method of making a light source includes the steps of forming a first optical component having a phosphor material in fixed relation to a first multilayer interference reflector, providing a...
7390864 Norbornene-based polymer, film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device  
A norbornene-based polymer, which is formed by addition polymerization of a composition comprising at least one norbornene derivative represented by formula (1): wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 ,...
7382535 Wave plate and associated method  
An improved wave plate and associated method are provided. The wave plate includes a plurality of layers of uniaxial crystal including at least one layer of positive uniaxial crystal and at least...
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...
7365906 Projection screen and projection system containing same  
A projection screen capable of sharply displaying an image even under bright environmental light with high image visibility. A projection screen has a polarized-light selective reflection layer...
7355791 Optical system and photolithography tool comprising same  
An optical system, for example a lens for a photolithography tool, includes a group of optical elements (L 1 , L 2 ) that each comprise a birefringent cubic crystal such as CaF 2 . The crystal...
7321464 Electroluminescent light source and display incorporating same  
A brightness enhanced reflective polarizer includes a reflective polarizer and a structured surface material.
7319558 Wide-band wave plate and a controlling method thereof  
A wide-band wave plate having at least two wave plates, each of which has a microstructure to generate a phase difference, the microstructure having a cycle not shorter than 1/n min of a shortest...
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...
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...
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...
7268483 Optical element, as well as polarized-light-emitting surface light source and display device using the same  
An optical element having a plate-like shape includes a light-transmitting resin and minute regions. The minute regions are dispersedly distributed in the light-transmitting resin and have 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....
7256936 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...
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...
7245431 Reflective polarizer assembly  
An assembly that includes a first reflective polarizer substantially reflecting light having a first polarization state and substantially transmitting light having a second polarization state, a...
7231122 Photonic crystal waveguides and systems using such waveguides  
In general, in one aspect, the invention features an apparatus that includes a photonic crystal fiber configured to guide a mode of electromagnetic radiation at a wavelength, λ, along a waveguide...
7218447 Diamond-like carbon film and method for qualitatively transforming diamond-like carbon film  
A diamond-like carbon (DLC) film having refractive indices distributed in a pattern oriented within the plane of the film or on a bias with respect to the thickness of the film. Such films may be...
7203002 Polarizer, polarizing plate, liquid crystal display, and image display, and a method for producing the polarizer  
A polarizer used for an image display such as a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, and an electroluminescence display, and the polarizer suppresses coloring of transmitted light. The...
7187496 Manufacturing method of optical device, optical device, manufacturing method of faraday rotator, and optical communication system  
There are provided a manufacturing method of an optical device excellent in expediency, and a technique for stably manufacturing a high performance optical device. After a single crystal film which...
7170678 Optical color separation and synthesis system, and method of constructing optical color separation and synthesis system  
An optical color separation and synthesis system is constructed according to a method, in which four first to fourth polarization beam splitters are arranged in such a manner that polarization...
7147903 High efficiency optical devices  
Optical devices such as backlight assemblies, according to the present invention include a multilayer optical film in which at least one of the layers comprises an oriented birefringent polymer....
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...
7123410 Projection screen and projection system comprising the same  
A projection screen includes a polarized-light selective reflection layer having a cholesteric liquid crystalline structure, capable of selectively reflecting a specific polarized-light component;...
7123409 Projection screen and projection system comprising the same  
The present invention provides a projection screen capable of sharply displaying an image by minimizing the influence of the loss of light that occurs on a polarized-light selective reflection...
7119956 Liquid crystal display with mixed polarizers for high temperature operations  
A liquid crystal display for use in applications where direct exposure to sunlight creates a thermal gradient from the front of the display to the back of the display uses a high efficiency...
7118229 Illumination optical system and projector using the same  
The present invention provides a technique for readily changing the design of a projector. A projector comprises: an illumination optical system; a light modulation device; a projection optical...
7099082 Method for producing optical compensating film, optical compensating film, circularly polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display  
Provided is a method for producing an optical compensating film, which comprises stretching a cellulose acetate film, the cellulose acetate film having a water content of 2.0 to 20.0% by weight,...
7099083 Polymeric optical film  
An optical film includes a layer of simultaneous biaxially stretched polyolefin film that is substantially non-absorbing and non-scattering for at least one polarization state of visible light. The...
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