OPTICAL COUPLING SYSTEM AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240272362A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18633938

    申请日:2024-04-12

    CPC classification number: G02B6/2713

    Abstract: An object is to provide an optical coupling system having a simplified structure and a small size and an optical communication device using the optical coupling system. The object is achieved by an optical coupling system that couples a multi-core fiber and coupled devices to each other using a combination of a polarized light beam control element facing a light incident and emission surface of a multi-core fiber and a polarization-selective diffraction element that is positioned on a side of the polarized light beam control element opposite to the emission surface of the multi-core fiber and that faces the coupled devices.

    SPECTROSCOPE
    82.
    发明公开
    SPECTROSCOPE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240159589A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-16

    申请号:US18402286

    申请日:2024-01-02

    CPC classification number: G01J3/18

    Abstract: Provided is a spectroscope excellent in measurement efficiency. A spectroscope that separates incident light to be measured including a spectroscopic unit that reflects and separates incident light and a detection unit that detects light reflected from the spectroscopic unit, in which the spectroscopic unit includes a first cholesteric liquid crystal layer obtained by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase and a second cholesteric liquid crystal layer obtained by fixing a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase, the first cholesteric liquid crystal layer and the second cholesteric liquid crystal layer have a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which an orientation of an optical axis derived from a liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, a rotation direction of the optical axis in the liquid crystal alignment pattern of the first cholesteric liquid crystal layer is opposite to a rotation direction of the optical axis in the liquid crystal alignment pattern of the second cholesteric liquid crystal layer, and a twisted direction of the liquid crystal compound in a thickness direction of the first cholesteric liquid crystal layer is opposite to a twisted direction of the liquid crystal compound in a thickness direction of the second cholesteric liquid crystal layer.

    SENSOR
    84.
    发明公开
    SENSOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240077664A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18493881

    申请日:2023-10-25

    Abstract: Provided is a sensor having a high SN ratio. The sensor includes a light source, a band pass filter, and a light-receiving element, in which the band pass filter includes two cholesteric liquid crystal layers and a discontinuous layer disposed between the two cholesteric liquid crystal layers, in the two cholesteric liquid crystal layers, helical twisted directions and helical pitches are the same, and in a case where the discontinuous layer is a layer other than a cholesteric liquid crystal layer and a wavelength having a lowest reflectivity in a selective reflection wavelength range of the band pass filter is represented by λm [nm], a thickness [nm] is in a range of “30×(λm/550) to 150×(λm/550)”.

    OPTICAL ELEMENT AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS
    86.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230288719A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-14

    申请号:US18065044

    申请日:2022-12-13

    CPC classification number: G02B27/4272 G02B6/0016 G02B27/0172 G02B2027/0178

    Abstract: An optical element includes a light guide plate, an incidence portion, and an emission portion, in which the incidence/emission portion includes an Λ1 diffraction element having a diffraction period Λ1, an Λ2 diffraction element having a diffraction period Λ2, and an Λ3 diffraction element having a diffraction period Λ3, “Λ1:Λ2:Λ3 = 1: 1/√2± 0.015: ½ ± 0.015” is satisfied, an angle between periodic directions of the Λ1 diffraction element and the Λ2 diffraction element and an angle between periodic directions of the Λ2 diffraction element and the Λ3 diffraction element is 45° or 135° (± 0.5°), and an angle between the periodic directions of the Λ2 diffraction elements in the incidence portion and the emission portion is any one of 0°, 90°, 180°, or 270° (± 0.5°).

    TRANSMISSIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DIFFRACTION ELEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20230244012A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-03

    申请号:US18192498

    申请日:2023-03-29

    CPC classification number: G02B5/1833 G02B5/3016

    Abstract: Provided is a transmissive liquid crystal diffraction element having a large diffraction angle and a high diffraction efficiency. The transmissive liquid crystal diffraction element includes a plurality of optically-anisotropic layers that are formed of a liquid crystal composition including a liquid crystal compound in a thickness direction, in which the optically-anisotropic layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, the one in-plane directions of the plurality of optically-anisotropic layers are parallel to each other, in two optically-anisotropic layers adjacent to each other among the plurality of optically-anisotropic layers, a rotation direction of the optical axis in the liquid crystal alignment pattern of one optically-anisotropic layer and a rotation direction of the optical axis in the liquid crystal alignment pattern of the other optically-anisotropic layer are opposite to each other, in cross-sectional images of the plurality of optically-anisotropic layers obtained by observing cross-sections taken in a thickness direction parallel to the one in-plane direction with a scanning electron microscope, the plurality of optically-anisotropic layers have bright portions and dark portions extending from one surface to another surface, and tilt angles of the dark portions of the plurality of optically-anisotropic layers change in order in the thickness direction.

    OPTICAL ELEMENT
    88.
    发明公开
    OPTICAL ELEMENT 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230236353A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-27

    申请号:US18192119

    申请日:2023-03-29

    Abstract: Provided is an optical element that can display a clear image having no blurriness in AR glasses or the like. The optical element includes: a substrate; and a laminate that is provided on the substrate and where a plurality of liquid crystal layers obtained by aligning a liquid crystal compound are laminated, in which the liquid crystal layers have a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, and in at least one of the liquid crystal layers, an arithmetic mean value of differences between maximum film thicknesses and minimum film thicknesses obtained by observing 10 cross-sections with a scanning electron microscope is 0.1 μm or less.

    OPTICAL ELEMENT AND LIGHT GUIDE ELEMENT
    89.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230168538A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US18159824

    申请日:2023-01-26

    CPC classification number: G02F1/133543 G02F1/133524 G02F1/133536

    Abstract: An optical element comprising: a cholesteric liquid crystal layer obtained by cholesteric alignment of a liquid crystal compound, in which the cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a liquid crystal alignment pattern in which a direction of an optical axis derived from the liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in at least one in-plane direction, a helical pitch of a helical axis direction in the cholesteric alignment gradually changes in a thickness direction of the cholesteric liquid crystal layer, and the cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a peak of reflection at each of a first wavelength λ and a second wavelength λ/2.

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