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7570426 Apparatus and system for wide angle narrow-band optical detection in daylight  
Techniques for filtering light include, along a central optical axis, an entrance window; a first polarizer, a narrowband polarization-changing material, a second polarizer, and an exit window. The...
7548370 Layered structure for a tile wave plate assembly  
The present invention relates to an apparatus for polarizing an incident light beam. In embodiments, a tile wave plate assembly is provided. The tile wave plate includes a layered structure having...
7545570 System for selectively blocking electromagnetic energy  
A system for selectively blocking electromagnetic energy. The system includes a first mechanism for employing a perforated component to pass a beam characterized by a first property and reject a...
7535640 Imaging system for emulation of a high aperture scanning system  
An optical imaging system for inspection microscopes with which lithography masks can be checked for defects particularly through emulation of high-aperture scanner systems is provided. The imaging...
7511886 Optical beam transformation system and illumination system comprising an optical beam transformation system  
An optical beam transformation system has a sequence of optical elements arranged along an optical axis of the optical beam transformation system and designed for transforming an entrance light...
7511783 Optical laminated bodies, lighting equipment and area luminescence equipment  
Lighting devices are disclosed that include optical laminated bodies. An exemplary optical laminated body includes a polarizing layer, a first transparent film disposed closely to a front surface...
7495831 Optical device, display device, and three-dimension image display device for changing a polarization state of a light beam in time  
An optical element, an optical device, and a display device are disclosed that are able to change a polarization state in time order and to produce polarized light with little wavelength dependence...
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...
7433558 Methods for optical isolation in high power fiber-optic systems  
Methods for optical isolation in high peak power fiber-optic systems prevent damage to a facet within a fiber-optic isolator caused by back-reflected light from, for example, an optical amplifier....
7420732 Disappearing and appearing image of an object  
A process for making a real image of an object appear or disappear to an observer is disclosed. A real image projection system displays a real image of an object. A first polarizer and a second...
7417796 Wavelength discrimination filter for infrared wavelengths  
An optical comb filter has polarizers placed before and after two or more birefringent elements, each having a fixed retarder and an aligned tunable liquid crystal. The birefringent elements are...
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...
7408710 Polarizer device adapted to polarized light  
The invention provides a polarizer device. The polarizer device according to the invention is adapted to a polarized light having an electric field direction. In particular, the polarizer device...
7391568 Luminous intensity distribution control device and display having the same  
A liquid crystal display apparatus including: a liquid crystal display element having a liquid crystal layer; a backlight apparatus arranged at one side of the couple of substrates of the liquid...
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...
7362505 Mirror with built-in display  
A mirror display device which may be simultaneously used for display purposes, based on a display, wherein the display device during use provides light of a first (circular) polarization, with a...
7324280 Apparatus for providing a pattern of polarization  
A polarization pattern assembly produces a polarization pattern. In an embodiment, a polarization pattern assembly includes a frame that supports a polarization pane in a central region of the...
7308171 Method and apparatus for optical isolation in high power fiber-optic systems  
Methods and apparatus for optical isolation in high peak power fiber-optic systems prevent damage to a facet within a fiber-optic isolator caused by back-reflected light from, for example, an...
7298940 Illumination system and display system employing same  
A compact, light weight, efficient and cost-effective illumination system for optical displays is disclosed. The illumination system is capable of producing a self-luminous light beam of selected...
7286289 Surveillance window  
A surveillance window including at least one set of linear polarizer and quarter-waveplate and a reflecting surface. The surveillance window appears dull and opaque to a subject, while allowing a...
7256937 Structured polarizer and method for making the same  
A structured polarizer (linear polarizing filter) with side-by-side in a plane (lateral) regions having different polarization directions, complete extinction and complete transparency, is...
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...
7236301 Polarized light valve  
A projection system for making an object appear and disappear to an observer on cue. The system remotely activates a reflective axis and a transmissive axis within a polarized window for making an...
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...
7227686 Tunable PMD emulators and compensators  
Tunable PMD emulators and compensators for producing different PMD profiles with an adjustable average DGD value.
7196847 Device and method for an optical tunable polarization interface filter  
The tuner has constituent component for constructing a tunable or switchable spectral filter, including single and multiple stage filters and fitters without intermediate polarizer, over a...
7195356 Split-path color switching system and method  
The present application describes a retarder stack color switch using a single polarization analyzer for reflective-mode projection displays. The single polarization analyzer permits additive mode...
7184213 Rod integrators for light recycling  
An integrating rod ( 200 ) for use with a multiple segment dynamic filter, such as a spiral dichroic color wheel having three or more narrow filters adjacent to the exit face ( 206 ) to enable the...
7173763 Optical interleaver and filter cell design with enhanced clear aperture  
An optical interleaver for use in a range of telecommunications applications including optical multiplexers/demultiplexers and optical routers. The optical device includes an optical processing...
7170680 Privacy screen for a display  
A privacy screen for a vertically polarized display (e.g., a LCD) that comprises a rotating film, a polarizing film and a birefringent film is described. The privacy screen transmits substantial...
7169447 Achromatic quarter wave film  
An achromatic quarter wave film (AQWF) comprising at least one quarter wave film (QWF) and at least one half wave film (HWF), each of said QWF and HWF comprising polymerized or vitrified...
7154670 Methods and apparatus for polarization control  
Methods and apparatus of performing polarization control for optical transmissions. The methods and apparatus enable polarization control devices to achieve a desired output state of polarization...
7154668 Wavelength dependent optical attenuator and variable attenuation profile controller  
The attenuation profile of an optical system, which defines the power variation as a function of wavelength is adjusted to alter the slope of its contour. The device is useful in a wavelength...
7154573 Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus including the same  
To provide an electro-optical device displaying high-contrast images in all directions due to the orthogonality of the polarization axes of the polarizers by improving the structure of the...
7130123 Polarization conversion element and optical system containing such polarization conversion element  
A polarization conversion element with four phase plates laminated on a substrate plate, in the order of first, second, third and fourth phase plates from a light incident side. The first and...
7106509 Filter for enhancing vision and/or protecting the eyes and method of making a filter  
The selective filtering of light by polarization interference may be used to enhance vision and/or protect eyes from harmful light rays. For example, such filtering may be used in sunglasses, color...
7095559 Variable optical delay circuit  
In a variable optical delay circuit to be used for compensation for polarization mode dispersion of an optical signal and for other purposes, there are provided a first birefringent member, a...
7085052 Over-parameterized polarization controller  
A controller, particularly for setting a desired or randomized polarization state of an output light beam derived from an input, has more than the minimum number of controllable optical elements...
7068864 Waveguide-embedded optical circuit and optical functional element used therein  
The present invention is to provide an arrayed waveguide-embedded optical circuit with reduced loss at a groove and an optical functional element using for the arrayed waveguide-embedded optical...
7061680 Adjusting contrast in an optical system  
An improved object projection system provides an observer with a surrounding background that has adjustable contrast levels relative to an object. A transmissive polarizer and a reflective...
7057814 Illumination system for reflective displays  
An illumination system for a reflective display is particularly useful for microdisplays that use reflective displays. The light source and the reflective image display unit are mounted in a...
7038821 Scanning apparatus  
A scanning apparatus comprises two rotatable bodies ( 1, 10 or 40 ) arranged to rotate in opposite directions. The first body being a polarizer ( 10 ) and the second being a mirror ( 1 ) or a...
7027235 Optical system for providing a useful light beam influenced by polarization  
An optical system for providing a useful light beam, having one or more optical components ( 3, 4, 5 ) which attenuate a useful light fraction with a first linear polarization state less strongly...
7004599 Illuminated mirror employing cross and parallel polarization  
The present invention relates to an illuminated personal hygiene mirror for viewing facial skin or other areas of the body. In each of the embodiments of the present invention, a hand-held frame...
6992822 Projection display system using a diffuse reflecting polarizer  
In one embodiment, a projection screen includes a diffuse reflecting polarizer that diffusively reflects light polarized in a first direction and transmits light polarized in a second direction....
6987256 Polarized semi-active laser last pulse logic seeker using a staring focal plane array  
An improvement in a semi-active laser last pulse logic missile seeker is disclosed and claimed. In one embodiment, the improvement includes a first polarizer disposed in the detection field of view...
6986580 Latent effects projection system  
Latent effects projection systems that allow a latent effects projector to be used in connection with various materials, such as wall pieces, floor tiles, signage, hangings, and the like; use...
6934080 High efficiency viewing screen  
A low-scatter polarization-preserving multilayer viewing screen. A substrate D, preferably a volume diffuser, for increasing the divergence of information-coded-light while preserving its...
6927909 Integrated magneto-optical modulator with optical isolator, method of manufacturing the same and optical communication system using the same  
The integrated magneto-optical modulator with optical isolator of the present invention comprises an optical isolator unit, a magneto-optical modulator unit, an impedance adjuster. The optical...
6909544 Method for eliminating strong ambient light in aircraft cockpits  
Light is polarized in perpendicular directions between a source of light and a users viewing of information on a display device. A first sheet of polarized material is placed at the source of the...
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