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7450306 Optical filter for blocking UV light and IR light  
An exemplary optical filter includes a substrate, a plurality of contiguous identical lower filter cavities formed on the substrate, and a plurality of contiguous upper filter cavities formed on...
7447891 Light modulator with concentric control-electrode structure  
An electronic device for at least partially displaying a pixel of an image, the device comprising first and second reflectors defining an optical cavity therebetween, the optical cavity being...
7436596 Optical sensor based on surface electromagnetic wave resonance in photonic band gap materials and method for using same  
A sensing method and apparatus using photonic band gap multilayered material. Photonic band gap multi-layers are formed from alternating layers of higher refractive index and lower refractive index...
7428102 Optical element  
An optical element which includes an optical block having a cavity part formed on an optical path and an inclined face formed in an internal face of the cavity part at a prescribed inclining angle...
7420735 Transmission type diffraction grating  
A transmission diffraction optical element is presented in which ridges having a roughly rectangular cross-section shape are disposed parallel to each other at a regular pitch at the surface of a...
7418206 Control method of wavelength dispersion compensator, and wavelength dispersion compensator  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a control technique for reducing wavelength dependence of wavelength dispersion values and also for suppressing a change in wavelength...
7417219 Effect of the plasmonic dispersion relation on the transmission properties of subwavelength holes  
Using a realistic plasmonic model, an optically thick electrically conductive film with subwavelength hole or holes therein is shown to always support propagating modes near the surface plasmon...
7405880 Multilayer optical filter  
In one aspect, the invention features articles that include a substrate having a first surface and a second surface contiguous with the first surface. The first and second surfaces are...
7405873 UV-bandpass filter and application to UV-detecting apparatus or light-emitting apparatus  
A UV-bandpass filter for transmitting therethrough light having a wavelength included in a UV-region. The bandpass filter is an optical filter including a thin silver film; wherein the thin silver...
7400458 Imaging optics with wavelength dependent aperture stop  
An imaging system includes a wavelength dependent aperture stop, which transmits light with different ranges of wavelengths through apertures of different diameters. Thus, different colored light...
7397604 Narrow bandpass filter assemblies for solar telescopes  
The invention relates to the combination of lower transmittance etalons with higher transmittance filters, including use of a single circular polarizer with high efficiency and optical performance...
7394986 Flat top optical filtering component  
The invention relates to wavelength-selective optical filters for allowing light of a narrow optical spectral band, centered around a wavelength (λ c ) to pass through them, while reflecting the...
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...
7379224 Electrochromic rearview mirror assembly incorporating a display/signal light  
According to one embodiment of the present invention, an electrochromic rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes an electrochromic mirror having a variable reflectivity, a glare sensor for...
7369314 Optical filter and optical instrument  
In an optical filter, a thin film is formed by laminating low refractive index layers alternatingly from a substrate side with high refractive index layers. The thin film is provided with first,...
7369312 Thin layered micro optics polarization converter  
A thin optic electro magnetic radiation polarization converter, available in various combinations, used to convert non-polarized radiation into a single polarization state, which may be utilized in...
7362506 Ultra-bright light engine for projection displays  
A projector incorporating a prism and a plurality of light valves for modulating light that passes though the prism, wherein the color splitting-converging prism includes a dichroic coating having...
7350929 Method for controlling a lighting device  
A method for controlling a lighting device that consists of at least a lighting source, a color sequential device and a single light valve consisting of an array of light processing elements that...
7342716 Multiple cavity low-emissivity coatings  
Multiple cavity low-emissivity coatings. The coating includes three infrared-reflection film regions, which may each include silver.
7342712 Filters, including optical filters, having equal group delay ripple and minimized phase non-linearity within their pass bands  
The present invention provides an optical telecommunications network that includes at least one of a filter having equal group delay ripple and minimized phase non-linearity which is formed by the...
7339728 Low-emissivity coatings having high visible transmission and low solar heat gain coefficient  
Low-emissivity coatings that are highly reflective to infrared radiation. The coating includes three infrared-reflection film regions, which may each include silver.
7333266 CWDM filter  
A CWDM filter of the present invention comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes at least two Fabry-Perot cavity structures, and the second portion comprises a non...
7324283 Optical filter and optical instrument  
In an optical filter, a thin film is formed by laminating low refractive index layers alternatingly from a substrate side with high refractive index layers. The thin film is provided with first,...
7321467 Anti-reflection coating layer and design method thereof  
An anti-reflection coating layer is formed between an under layer and a photoresist layer. The anti-reflection coating is characterized in a refraction value (n) of the anti-reflection coating...
7317576 Dichroic filters on flexible polymer film substrates  
Now, according to the present invention, dichroic filters are provided that incorporate a flexible polymer film substrate, such as poly(ethylene naphthalate), onto which a dielectric and/or...
7315667 Propagating light to be sensed  
Light to be sensed is spreaded across an entry surface of a transmission structure with a laterally varying energy transmission function. For example, the light could be output from a...
7315420 CWDM filter with four channels  
A CWDM filter having four channels of the present invention comprises a substrate and odd number of stack structures. Each stack structure includes a first multi-layer stack, a spacer layer, a...
7312925 Optical filter and optical instrument  
In an optical filter, a thin film is formed by laminating low refractive index layers alternatingly from a substrate side with high refractive index layers. The thin film is provided with first,...
7311938 Ultra low residual reflection, low stress lens coating  
A method is provided for coating optical lenses and other optical articles with anti-reflection (AR) coatings. The lenses have low reflectivity, provide a substantially white light reflection and...
7306941 Biochemical measuring chip and measuring apparatus  
A simple and convenient sensor and measuring apparatus utilizing the optical interference effect of an optical thin film capable of measuring the binding between biochemical substances at a high...
7304801 Distributed Bragg reflector systems and methods  
A distributed Bragg reflector includes a first layer formed to be a first thickness, and a second layer formed to be a second thickness. A method of forming a distributed Bragg reflector includes...
7304800 Optical tunable filter and method of manufacturing the same  
An optical tunable filter is provided including a first substrate having light transmission properties and having a movable part and a supporting member that movably supports the movable part and...
7301703 Tunable filter and method of manufacturing the same, and sensing device  
A tunable filter including; a fixed substrate provided with a fixed reflecting film and capable of transmitting light having a shorter wavelength than infrared light; a movable substrate provided...
7301695 Anti-reflective film and optical element having anti-reflective film  
In an anti-reflective film including alternating layers of high refractive-index layers and low refractive-index layers, by designing such that a designed central wavelength .lamda. 0 is within a...
7298550 Dichroic mirror, fluorescence filter set, and fluoroscopy apparatus  
The invention provides a dichroic mirror having a transmission characteristic in which a step due to splitting of P-polarized and S-polarized light can be reduced and having a...
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...
7289268 Optical filter and optical instrument  
In an optical filter, a thin film is formed by laminating low refractive index layers alternatingly from a substrate side with high refractive index layers. The thin film is provided with first,...
7289264 Passive broad long wave and mid-wave infrared optical limiting prism  
Method for limiting the amount of radiation impinging on a radiation sensitive detector (RSD) responsive to signals having infrared wavelengths of approximately 3 to 14 microns. Method includes:...
7278743 Single panel illumination system and projection display apparatus using the same  
The present invention provides an illumination system and projection system using the same. The present invention can eliminate the reflective light on the internal optical surface of the optical...
7277228 Optical filter and optical instrument  
In an optical filter, a thin film is formed by laminating low refractive index layers alternatingly from a substrate side with high refractive index layers. The thin film is provided with first,...
7274512 Optical filter and optical instrument  
In an optical filter, a thin film is formed by laminating low refractive index layers alternatingly from a substrate side with high refractive index layers. The thin film is provided with first,...
7274511 Anti-reflection film, organic EL device, and display medium using the anti-reflection film and the organic EL device  
The anti-reflection film has reflectance minimums in at least prime colors. The reflective display medium has the reflectance minimums in at least the prime colors. The light emitting display...
7271959 Optical filter and optical instrument  
In an optical filter, a thin film is formed by laminating low refractive index layers alternatingly from a substrate side with high refractive index layers. The thin film is provided with first,...
7271951 Cards and laminates incorporating multilayer optical films  
New constructions of multilayer optical films, laminates thereof, and cards incorporating same are disclosed. In a card, the multilayer optical film can be sandwiched between relatively thick...
7265905 Optical filter and optical instrument  
In an optical filter, a thin film is formed by laminating low refractive index layers alternatingly from a substrate side with high refractive index layers. The thin film is provided with first,...
7262913 Chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope compensating apparatus  
In a chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope compensating apparatus according to the present invention, a WDM light which has been angularly dispersed to a first direction by a VIPA plate, is...
7257197 Reflector rack, fabrication method thereof, and narrow brand x-ray filter and system including same  
A stackable rack may comprise: at least two rails, a cross-section of each rail having a shape resembling a staircase, first step portion of which represents a first surface upon which a reflector...
7256948 Anti-reflection coating, and optical element and optical system with anti-reflection coating  
An anti-reflection coating is formed on an optical surface of an optical member for reducing the amount of light rays reflected from the optical surface. For light rays in a wavelength range from...
7233719 Dispersion slope compensator  
In a dispersion slope compensator of the invention, angular dispersion of a WDM light in which the angular dispersion is already performed in a first direction (Y-axis) with a VIPA plate is...
7230779 ND filter and aperture diaphragm apparatus  
An ND filter is made of a transparent substrate having a plane. An optical film is formed on the plane of the transparent substrate. The optical film has a lamination structure including a light...