Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multilayer optical film with output confinement in both polar and azimuthal directions and related constructions
- Patent Title (中): 具有输出限制在极坐标和方位角的多层光学薄膜和相关结构
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Application No.: US13129455Application Date: 2009-11-16
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Publication No.: US08988776B2Publication Date: 2015-03-24
- Inventor: Michael F. Weber , Timothy J. Nevitt , Gilles J. Benoit
- Applicant: Michael F. Weber , Timothy J. Nevitt , Gilles J. Benoit
- Applicant Address: US MN Saint Paul
- Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Saint Paul
- Agent Daniel J. Iden
- International Application: PCT/US2009/064616 WO 20091116
- International Announcement: WO2010/059566 WO 20100527
- Main IPC: G02B5/30
- IPC: G02B5/30 ; B32B7/02 ; G02F1/1335

Abstract:
A film includes microlayers arranged into optical repeat units. Adjacent microlayers have in-plane refractive index mismatches Δnx, Δny tailored to provide mirror-like on-axis properties, such that the film has a reflectivity for normally incident light in an extended wavelength band of at least 75% for any polarization. Adjacent microlayers also have a refractive index mismatch Δnz that provides the film with reduced reflectivity R1 and increased transmission for p-polarized light in the extended wavelength band incident on the film in a first plane of incidence at an angle θoblique, where R1 is no more than half of the minimum of on-axis reflectivity. Further, Δnx and Δny are different enough so that for light incident on the film in a second plane of incidence orthogonal to the first plane, the film has a reflectivity R2 of at least 75% for such light that is p-polarized and incident at any angle.
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