Abstract:
Backlight units include a light guide plate having a plurality of light extraction features, at least one light source optically coupled to a second major surface of the light guide plate, a rear reflector positioned proximate the second major surface, and a patterned reflective layer positioned proximate a first major surface of the light guide plate. Display and lighting devices comprising such backlight units are further disclosed.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are speaker assemblies and acoustic devices comprising a panel having a long side and a short side, at least one transducer configured to excite the panel at a plurality of excitation locations on the panel to generate a wave having a wave front substantially perpendicular to the long side and propagating toward the short side of the panel and, optionally, at least one attenuating component mounted to the panel. Methods for generating an acoustic sound are also disclosed herein.
Abstract:
According to some embodiments a few moded optical fiber includes a glass core structured to provide light amplification at an amplification wavelength and a cladding surrounding the core. According to some embodiments the core of the few moded optical fiber includes a portion that has an average concentration of rare earth dopant which is lower by at least 30%, and preferably by at least 50%, than the average concentration of the rare earth dopant at another portion of the core that is situated further from the core center.
Abstract:
Novel backlighting units (BLU) for use with LCD panel are disclosed. Such BLUs have direct lighting configuration utilizing blue LED as light source and have quantum dots (QDs) integrated into the architecture of the BLU thus forming thin BLUs that efficiently convert the blue source light into white light while achieving enhanced uniformity in brightness of the white light.
Abstract:
A backlight includes a substrate, a plurality of light sources, a reflective layer, a light guide plate, a pattern of light extractors, a plurality of patterned reflectors, and a diffusive layer. The plurality of light sources are proximate the substrate. The reflective layer is on the substrate. The light guide plate is proximate the plurality of light sources. The pattern of light extractors is on the light guide plate. The plurality of patterned reflectors are on the light guide plate. Each patterned reflector is aligned with a corresponding light source. The diffusive layer is on the light guide plate.
Abstract:
Backlight units include a light guide plate having a plurality of light extraction features, at least one light source optically coupled to a second major surface of the light guide plate, a rear reflector positioned proximate the second major surface, and a patterned reflective layer positioned proximate a first major surface of the light guide plate. Display and lighting devices comprising such backlight units are further disclosed.
Abstract:
A light extraction apparatus includes a flexible substrate, an OLED supported by the flexible substrate, a flexible barrier film, a tapered reflector, and an index-matching layer. The tapered reflector includes at least one side surface, a top surface coupled to the flexible barrier film, and a bottom surface. The top surface is larger in surface area than the bottom surface. The index-matching layer is coupled between a top surface of the OLED and the bottom surface of the tapered reflector. Light emitted from the top surface of the OLED passes through the index-matching layer and into the tapered reflector. The at least one side surface of the tapered reflector includes a slope to redirect the light by reflection into an escape cone and out of the top surface of the tapered reflector.
Abstract:
A method of minimizing edge reflections of vibrational waves in a flat panel speaker assembly for a stereo device by characterizing the impulse response of the flat panel and associated components in response to a test signal to produce a cancellation signal, and applying the cancellation signal for each stereo channel to the opposing stereo channel.
Abstract:
An antireflection article including: a transparent substrate having a refractive index of from 1.48 to 1.53; a binder layer associated with the substrate, the binder having a refractive index of from 1.55 to 1.75; and a nanoparticulate monolayer or near monolayer associated with the binder layer, the nanoparticulate layer having an effective refractive index less than the refractive index of binder. Methods of making and using the article are also disclosed.
Abstract:
In embodiments, a mode selective optical fiber coupler may include a first propagation waveguide and a second propagation waveguide joined along a coupling length L. The first propagation waveguide and the second propagation waveguide may be tapered from an input face and an output face of the coupler to a midpoint of the coupler. An LP01 mode of an optical signal with a wavelength of 800-950 nm coupled into the first propagation waveguide propagates through the first propagation waveguide and is emitted from the first propagation waveguide. An LP01 loss of the coupler at the output face is less than 1.0 dB. An LP11 mode of the optical signal coupled into the first propagation waveguide is cross-coupled to the second propagation waveguide and is emitted from the second propagation waveguide. An LP11 loss of the coupler at the output face is less than 1.5 dB.