Abstract: An optical system for displaying an image to a viewer includes a partial reflector, a reflective polarizer, and a first retarder layer. A light ray propagates along the optical axis and passes through the plurality of optical lenses, the partial reflector, the reflective polarizer, and the first retarder layer without being substantially refracted. For a cone of light incident on the optical system from an object comprising a spatial frequency of about 70, 60, 50, 40, or 30 line pairs per millimeter and filling the exit pupil with a chief ray of the cone of light passing through a center of the opening of the exit pupil of the optical system and making an angle of about 20 degrees with the optical axis, a modulation transfer function of the optical system is greater than about 0.2.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides eyeglasses including: an eyeglass rim; an eyeglass temple, the eyeglass temple comprising a control circuit or a battery; a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft being configured to connect the eyeglass rim and the eyeglass temple, so that the eyeglass rim and the eyeglass temple are relatively rotated around the rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft being disposed with a rotating shaft wiring channel along an axial direction; and a speaker, the speaker comprising an earphone core, the speaker being connected to the eyeglass temple, the control circuit or battery in the eyeglass temple driving the earphone core to vibrate through the connection wire, wherein the earphone core vibrates to generate a driving force to drive a housing panel of the speaker to vibrate, and a straight line of the driving force being not parallel to a normal line of the housing panel.

Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes a holder, a cover, a carrier, a first magnet, a coil, a spring, two second magnets and a hall sensor. The holder includes an opening hole. The cover is made of metal material and coupled to the holder. The carrier is movably disposed in the cover, and for coupling to a lens. The first magnet is connected to an inner side of the cover. The coil is wound around an outer side of the carrier, and adjacent to the first magnet. The spring is coupled to the carrier. The second magnets are disposed on one end of the carrier which is toward the holder. The hall sensor is for detecting a magnetic field of any one of the second magnets, wherein the magnetic field is varied according to a relative displacement between the hall sensor and the second magnet which is detected.

Abstract: An ophthalmologic apparatus includes a refractive power measurement optical system, a fixation projection system, an inspection optical system, and a controller. The refractive power measurement optical system includes a first focusing element capable of changing a focal position, and is configured to project first light onto a subject's eye and to detect returning light of the first light from the subject's eye via the first focusing element. The fixation projection system is configured to project fixation light target onto the subject's eye. The inspection optical system includes a second focusing element capable of changing a focal position in conjunction with the first focusing element, and is used for a predetermined inspection in which second light is projected onto at least the subject's eye via the second focusing element.

Abstract: A lens driving device having a housing, a bobbin disposed in the housing, a first coil disposed on an outer surface of the bobbin, a first magnet disposed on the housing, a second magnet disposed on the bobbin, and a first position sensor disposed opposite to the second magnet in order to sense the second magnet. The bobbin has a first seating groove. The second magnet is disposed in the first seating groove. A lower portion of the second magnet overlaps with the first coil in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis. The lower portion of the second magnet is disposed between the first coil and the housing.

Abstract: There is provided a compact and high-resolution imaging lens at a low cost.

Abstract: Comprising, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group having negative refractive power; upon varying a magnification, the first lens group being fixed with respect to the image plane, and each distance between the neighboring lens groups being varied; upon focusing, at least a portion of the fourth lens group being moved; and predetermined conditional expression(s) being satisfied, thereby variations in various aberrations upon varying magnification being superbly suppressed.

Abstract: There is provided a compact and high-resolution imaging lens at a low cost.

Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes an optoelectronic semiconductor chip configured to emit electromagnetic radiation; an optically effective element arranged such that electromagnetic radiation emitted by the optoelectronic semiconductor chip passes through the optically effective element; and a housing, wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor chip is arranged in a cavity of the housing, the optically effective element includes a carrier, a first optically effective structure arranged on a top side of the carrier, and a cover arranged above the first optically effective structure.

Abstract: Systems and methods for improved interferometric imaging are presented. One embodiment is a partial field frequency-domain interferometric imaging system in which a light beam is scanned in two directions across a sample and the light scattered from the object is collected using a spatially resolved detector. The light beam could illuminate a spot, a line or a two-dimensional area on the sample. Additional embodiments with applicability to partial field as well as other types of interferometric systems are also presented.

Abstract: An image projection system includes a first transmitter configured to generate first light beams; a first collimation lens configured to receive the first light beams and generate first collimated light beams to be projected onto an eye to render a first projection image perceived at a first projection plane; a second transmitter configured to generate second light beams; a second collimation lens configured to receive the second light beams and generate second collimated light beams to be projected onto the eye to render a second projection image perceived at a second projection plane; a first beam combiner configured to transmit the first and the second collimated light beams on a combined transmission path; and a scanner configured to steer the first and the second collimated light beams according to a scanning pattern to render the first projection image and the second projection image onto the eye.

Abstract: An irradiation device for an additively manufacturing apparatus may include a working beam generation device configured to provide a working beam, a modulation beam generation device configured to provide a modulation beam, and a solid-state optical modulator that includes a crystalline material that exhibits a change in refractive index in response to photoexcitation of free electrons within the crystalline material. The irradiation device may include a power source coupled to the solid-state optical modulator and configured to introduce free electrons into the crystalline material. The modulation beam may cause photoexcitation of the free electrons within the crystalline material. The photoexcitation of the free electrons within the crystalline material may cause the crystalline material to exhibit a change in refractive index.

Abstract: There is provided a compact and high-resolution imaging lens at a low cost.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a display device for head mounting, in particular a Maxwellian display device, with an enlarged eye-box. The display device includes a light source emitting light beams for forming an image, an optical system for guiding the light beams to a beam forming element. The beam forming element is configured to converge each of multiple sets of the light beams into a different point of convergence, for example on an exit pupil of the display device. Each point of convergence is a convergent viewing point for a user. The eye-box is thus enlarged.

Abstract: A head-up display system includes an image generating apparatus configured to emit light having a first polarization and including image information; a polarization beam splitter provided on an optical path of the light having the first polarization and configured to transmit the light having the first polarization; a wave plate configured to transmit the light transmitted through the polarization beam splitter while changing a phase of the light; and a mirror configured to reflect the light sequentially transmitted through the polarization beam splitter and the wave plate back to the polarization beam splitter through the wave plate. The polarization beam splitter may reflect light having a second polarization that is different from the first polarization and obtained by transmitting the light reflected by the mirror back through the wave plate.

Abstract: There is provided a compact and high-resolution imaging lens at a low cost.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an augmented apparatus, and an optical system and a semi-reflector for the same. The optical system comprises: an image projection source; a beam splitter, the beam splitter having a beam splitting side adjacent to the image projection source and a transmission side facing away from the image projection source; and a semi-reflector, the semi-reflector being arrange adjacent to the beam splitting side and being downstream of the beam splitting side in an optical path along which light emitted from the image projection source is reflected by the beam splitting side, the beam splitter being arranged such that the light emitted from the image projection source is able to be at least partially reflected by the beam splitting side towards the semi-reflector, wherein the semi-reflector comprises a substrate and a semi-reflective film on a distal surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A display device includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, and an optical assembly. The light source is configured to provide illumination light and the spatial light modulator positioned to receive the illumination light. The optical assembly includes an optical element and a curved reflector that is distinct and separate from the optical element. The curved reflector is disposed relative to the light source so that at least a portion of the illumination light is reflected by the curved reflector toward the optical element, is reflected by the optical element toward the curved reflector, and is transmitted through the curved reflector. A method performed by the display device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A Mid-Wave Infrared (MWIR) objective lens having an F # of 2.64 and a 33.6° angular field of view. It is deployed, with a focal plane and scanning system, on an airborne platform for remote sensing applications. Focal length is 9 inches, and the image is formed on a focal plane constituting CCD or CMOS with micro lenses. The lens has, from object to image, three optical element groups with a cold shield/aperture stop. Group 1 has a positive optical power and three optical elements; Group 2 has a positive optical power and four optical elements; Group 3 has a positive optical power and three optical elements. The objective lens is made of two Germanium and Silicon. The lens is both apochromatic and orthoscopic, and corrected for monochromatic and chromatic aberrations over 3.3 to 5.1 micrometers.

Abstract: A presbyopia correcting system includes a test lens assembly, a controller and a dynamic lens assembly. The test lens assembly is disposed within or on an eye of a patient and includes measuring device, a transmitter and a first supporting member. The measuring device measures a pressure exerted by an ocular element of the eye and then transmits the data to the controller. A medical provider can then select an appropriate dynamic lens assembly to replace the test lens assembly. The dynamic lens assembly includes a presbyopia correcting optical element configured to change a focus with the pressure exerted by the ocular element of the eye. The dynamic lens assembly also has a second supporting member that is identical to the first supporting member. Replacing the test lens assembly with the dynamic lens assembly then corrects the presbyopia condition of or provide low vision magnification for the patient.