Abstract:
A microstructured diffuser is described comprising a light transmissive film comprising a first microstructured surface comprising a plurality of peaks and valleys. A coating is disposed on the first microstructured surface. The coating partially fills the valleys forming a second microstructured surface.
Abstract:
An optical construction includes a reflective polarizer having a structured major surface, and an optically diffusive layer conformably disposed on the structured major surface so that opposing first and second major surfaces of the optically diffusive layer substantially conform to the structured major surface. The optically diffusive layer includes a plurality of nanoparticles defining a plurality of voids therebetween. For normally incident light and visible and infrared wavelength ranges: in the visible wavelength range and for a first polarization state, the optical construction has an average total transmittance of greater than about 40% and an average specular transmittance Vs; in the visible wavelength range and for an orthogonal second polarization state, the optical construction has an average total reflectance of greater than about 80%; and in the infrared wavelength range, the optical construction has an average specular transmittance Is, Is/ Vs ≥ 2.5.
Abstract:
A multilayer optical film includes an optical reflector and an array of discrete, spaced-apart optical bumps formed on the optical reflector. For substantially normally incident light and a visible wavelength range and an infrared wavelength range, the optical reflector may have an average optical reflectance of greater than about 30% in the visible wavelength range for at least a first polarization state, and a specular transmittance of greater than about 20% for at least one wavelength in the infrared wavelength range for each of the first polarization state and an orthogonal second polarization state. The optical bumps may have an average optical transmittance of greater than about 50% for each of the visible and infrared wavelength ranges for each of the first and second polarization states.
Abstract:
An article is described comprising a substrate, a pressure sensitive polyacrylate primer layer disposed on the substrate, and an adhesive layer disposed onto the primer layer; wherein the adhesive layer comprises a polyacrylate component. The adhesive layer is typically further bonded to a second substrate or a release liner. In some embodiments, at least one substrate further comprises a microstructured surface layer and the primer layer is bonded to the microstructured surface layer. In other embodiments, the adhesive layer is further bonded to a (e.g. post) structure. In some embodiments, the articles are optical films or optical film stacks. Methods of making an (e.g. adhesive coated) article are also described.
Abstract:
An optical film includes an optically diffusive layer including a plurality of nanoparticles dispersed between and across opposing first and second major surfaces thereof. The plurality of nanoparticles has a nanoparticle size distribution including distinct first and second peaks at respective nanoparticle sizes d1 and d2, wherein 1.5 ≤ d2/d1 ≤ 10. The optically diffusive layer includes a polymeric material bonding the nanoparticles to each other. For a substantially collimated substantially normally incident light, the optical film has, in a visible wavelength, an average specular transmittance VTs and an average total transmittance VTt, and in an infrared wavelength range, an average total transmittance ITt and an average specular transmittance ITs, wherein 0.3 ≤ (VTs/VTt) ≤ 0.7, (VTs/ITs) ≤ 0.25, and (ITs/ITt) ≥ 0.7.
Abstract:
A display system for sensing a finger of a user applied to the display system includes a display panel; a sensor for sensing the finger; a sensing light source configured to emit a first light having a first wavelength W1; and a reflective polarizer disposed between the display panel and the sensor. For a substantially normally incident light, an optical transmittance of the reflective polarizer versus wavelength for a first polarization state has a band edge such that for a first wavelength range extending from a smaller wavelength L1 to a greater wavelength L2 and including W1, where 30 nm ≤ L2 – L1 ≤ 50 nm and L1 is greater than and within about 20 nm of a wavelength L3 corresponding to an optical transmittance of about 50% along the band edge, the optical transmittance has an average of greater than about 75%.
Abstract:
Optical films and stacks include at least one optically diffusive layer. The optically diffusive layer can include a plurality of nanoparticles and a polymeric material bonding the nanoparticles to each other to form a plurality of nanoparticle aggregates defining a plurality of voids therebetween. For substantially normally incident light and a visible wavelength range from about 450 nm to about 650 nm and an infrared wavelength range from about 930 nm to about 970 nm: in the visible wavelength range, the optical film or optically diffusive layer has an average specular transmittance Vs; and in the infrared wavelength range, the optical film or optically diffusive layer has an average total transmittance It and an average specular transmittance Is, Is/It ≥ 0.6, Is/Vs ≥ 2.5.
Abstract:
Optical devices comprising at least one optical layer and at least one antistatic layer disposed on at least one surface of the optical layer wherein the antistatic layer comprises the reaction product of: (a) at least one polymerizable onium salt; and (b) at least one polymerizable, non-onium, silicone or perfluoropolyether moiety-containing monomer, oligomer, or polymer.
Abstract:
An optical construction includes a reflective polarizer and an optically diffusive film disposed on the reflective polarizer. The reflective polarizer includes an outer layer including a plurality of first particles partially protruding from a first major surface thereof to form a structured major surface. A first optically diffusive layer is conformably disposed on the structured major surface. The optically diffusive film includes a second optically diffusive layer including a plurality of nanoparticles dispersed therein, and a structured layer including a structured major surface. For a substantially normally incident light and a visible wavelength range from about 450 nm to about 650 nm and an infrared wavelength range from about 930 nm to about 970 nm, the second optically diffusive layer has an average specular transmittance Vs in the visible wavelength range and an average specular transmittance Is in the infrared wavelength range, where Is/Vs ≥ 2.5.
Abstract:
A backlight includes an extended light source adapted to emit light. A reflective polarizer is disposed on the extended light source, such that for substantially normally incident light and for at least a first wavelength in a range from about 420 nanometer (nm) to about 650 nm, the reflective polarizer reflects at least 60% of the incident light having a first polarization state and transmits at least 60% of the incident light having an orthogonal second polarization state. A first prismatic film is disposed between the extended light source and the reflective polarizer. A retarder layer is disposed between the reflective polarizer and the first prismatic film, such that for substantially normally incident light at a wavelength of about 550 nm, the retarder layer has a retardance nW, where n is an integer ≥ 1 and W is a wavelength between about 160 nm and about 300 nm.