Abstract: Actuators for rotating or tilting an optical element, for example an optical path folding element, comprising a voice coil motor (VCM) and a curved ball-guided mechanism operative to create a rotation or tilt movement of the optical element around a rotation axis upon actuation by the VCM. In some embodiments, an actuator includes two, first and second VCMs, and two curved ball-guided mechanisms operative to create rotation or tilt around respective first and second rotation axes.

Abstract: A laser apparatus includes at least one electro-optic (EO) medium through which a polarized laser beam passes for N times, forming a plurality of first-pass to Nth-pass beams, by reflecting the polarized laser beam from at least one reflection mirror, and a power supplier configured to alternately provide a 1/N of a half-wave (?/2) or quarter-wave (?/4) voltage and remove the voltage to the EO medium, ? being a wavelength of the polarized laser beam. The at least one EO medium is tilted at angle ? and/or angle ? with respect to one of the plurality of first-pass to Nth-pass beams. The at least one EO medium comprises a M number of EO mediums, and the power supplier is configured to alternately provide a 1/M*N of a half-wave (?/2) or quarter-wave (?/4) voltage and remove the voltage to each of the M number of EO mediums.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for beam combining for multiple multimode semiconductor laser diodes includes achieving beam combining in radiant space to provide a directional laser beam with a uniform high radiant intensity level distribution over a large area at a long distance from the source. The method uses more than one broad area high-power multimode semiconductor laser diode and individual optics for collimation, and includes combining the beams of these emitters to provide a relatively homogeneous radiant intensity beam at a long distance for applications such as directed energy delivery, free-space laser communication, and directional infrared countermeasures.

Abstract: An absorption type near-infrared filter comprising a first multilayer film, a second multilayer film, and an absorption film, wherein in the ultraviolet band, the difference of between the wavelength with the transmittance at 80% of the absorbing film and the wavelength with the reflectivity at 80% of the first multilayer film falls in the range between 25 nm and 37 nm, the difference of between the wavelength with the transmittance at 50% of the absorbing film and the wavelength with the reflectivity at 50% of the first multilayer film falls in the range between 6 nm and 14 nm, and the difference of between the wavelength with the transmittance at 20% of the absorbing film and the wavelength with the reflectivity at 20% of the first multilayer film falls in the range between ?6 nm and 2.5 nm.

Abstract: A first lens body and a second lens body are fixed to, using an adhesive layer, a surface of a lens fixing plate determined by intersection of a straight line in an optical axis direction and a straight line in a longitudinal direction, such that the lens fixing plate in which a lens fixing plate opening is formed in a lateral direction overlaps, when viewed in the lateral direction, at least a portion of a junction at which the first lens body and the second lens body are bonded to each other. A first adjustment member is brought into contact with the first lens body via at least one hole into which the first adjustment member is inserted A second adjustment member is brought into contact with the second lens body via at least one hole and into which the second adjustment member is inserted.

Abstract: The present application discloses an augmented reality apparatus and an optical system thereof. The optical system includes an image source; a bandpass polarizing beam splitter, relative to the image source, defining a beam splitting side adjacent to the image source and a transmission side facing away from the image source, the bandpass polarizing beam splitter being configured to allow polarization splitting of light incident thereon in a given wavelength range and allow transmission of light out of the given wavelength range; a wave plate adjacent to the beam splitting side; and a curved bandpass semi-reflector located downstream of the wave plate in a path of the reflected light and configured to allow reflection of light incident on the curved bandpass semi-reflector in the given wavelength range and allow transmission of light out of the given wavelength range.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, and a camera module disposed in an inner space of the housing, wherein the camera module includes an image sensor and a plurality of lenses aligned with the image sensor, and wherein at least one of the plurality of lenses includes a first area formed to transfer at least a part of an external light to the image sensor and a second area including a light absorbing layer formed to absorb the at least a part of the external light and to penetrate from an outer surface of the lens into an inner space with a predetermined depth.

Abstract: An image lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path, a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group and a fourth lens group. A total number of lens elements in the image lens assembly is seven. The first lens group includes a first lens element with positive refractive power and a second lens element with negative refractive power. Each of the second lens group and the third lens group includes at least one lens element. The fourth lens group includes a seventh lens element. When the image lens assembly is focusing or zooming, a relative position between the first lens group and an image surface is fixed, a relative position between the fourth lens group and the image surface is fixed, and the second lens group and the third lens group move along the optical axis.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens sequentially disposed from an object side toward an image side on an optical axis, and a reflecting member disposed closer to the object side, as compared to the first lens, and having a reflecting surface configured to change a path of light to be incident to the first to fourth lenses. The first to fourth lenses are disposed to be spaced apart from each other by a preset distance along the optical axis, and 1.3<TTL/BFL<3.5, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane of an image sensor, and BFL is a distance from an image-side surface of the fourth lens to the imaging plane of the image sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fiber laser light coherent combination system, comprising: a modulator module configured to perform a phase modulation on sub-beams according to pseudo-random sequences orthogonally independent from each other, and perform a frequency shift on a reference beam according to a set frequency; a fiber laser light amplifier module configured to perform a power amplification on the modulated sub-beams; a laser light collimation emission module configured to collimate and output the sub-beams and the reference beam; a combination sampling module configured to perform a combination of the sub-beams and the reference beam which are collimated and outputted, and convert them into an electrical signal; a digital phase modulation and demodulation module configured to perform a demodulation on the electrical signal according to the shifted frequency and each of the pseudo-random sequences, and obtain a phase difference between each of the sub-beams and the reference beam.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a system having an element capable of changing a radius at which a normalized transmittance becomes 0.25 by 20% or more of a maximum effective radius and a stop capable of changing an aperture radius, and a control unit for controlling a transmittance distribution of the element and the aperture radius.

Abstract: Disclosed is a combined lenses-based apparatus for line laser uniformity generation. The apparatus includes a laser diode, and an aspheric focusing lens and combined lenses that are arranged behind the laser diode sequentially. The combined lenses include a cylindrical lens and a plano-convex cylindrical lens. The cylindrical lens and the plano-convex cylindrical lens are arranged on an optical path sequentially. One end surface of the aspheric focusing lens is an aspheric surface. Light emitted by the laser diode is focused by passing though the aspheric focusing lens, and the combined lenses are able to disperse a focused beam into uniform line laser.

Abstract: A phase correction concept is introduced to improve the performance of a spatially multiplexed optic. In a specific example, the optic is a diffractive lens. A phase offset is added to extend the depth of field of the diffractive lens and increase its focusing intensity. This can result in increased signal-to-noise ratio. These diffractive lenses may be used for imaging, focusing, and/or delivering light to an area of interest. They may be used to realize miniaturized medical imaging based on different imaging modalities such as optical coherence tomography, Raman spectroscopy, and fluorescence microscopy. They may also be used for different purposes and applications, for example laser ablation.

Abstract: The variable magnification optical system consists of a positive first lens group, an intermediate group, and a subsequent group in order from an object side to an image side, and does not form an intermediate real image in the entire zooming range. During zooming in a first zooming mode, a distance between the first lens group and the intermediate group changes, all distances between adjacent lens groups in the intermediate group change, a distance between the intermediate group and the subsequent group changes, and all distances between adjacent lens groups in the subsequent group are stationary. During zooming in the second zooming mode, all lens groups in the first lens group and the intermediate group are stationary, and all the distances of the adjacent lens groups in the subsequent group change. The zooming in the first zooming mode and the zooming in the second zooming mode can be independent.

Abstract: An optical system is provided. The optical system includes a first movable portion, a fixed portion, a first driving assembly, and a first sensing assembly. The first movable portion is used for connecting to an optical assembly having a main axis. The first movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The first driving assembly is used for driving the first movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The first sensing assembly is used for sensing the movement of the first movable portion relative to the fixed portion.

Abstract: A lens system includes four lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. Each of the four lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. At least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the first lens element has at least one inflection point. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power, the object-side surface of the fourth lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof, and at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fourth lens element has at least one inflection point.

Abstract: An image capturing optical lens system includes four lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power.

Abstract: An optical multiplexer/demultiplexer comprises: a holder including a recessed portion formed on one surface in the holder in a rectangular parallelepiped shape whose shape of boundary line with the one surface is rectangular, and structural members, forming in pairs when viewed from the one surface, contacting with portions of opposing longer segments of the boundary line, or crossing along longitudinal sections approximately equal to portions of the opposing longer segments; and optical components on which curved planes are formed by coating a surface treatment film, wherein the structural members and the optical components are formed in pairs and placed to overlap on each other so that the curved planes of the optical components have contacts with the holder, and the optical components are connected on the holder, among edge portions of the holder in contact with the optical components, at least, at three edge portions thereof forming a plane.

Abstract: A lens assembly includes a plurality of lenses spaced apart from each other along an optical axis; and a first spacer disposed along the optical axis between any two lenses of the plurality of lenses, wherein the first spacer includes a body portion including an opening enabling light to travel between the two lenses; and an extension portion protruding from one surface of the body portion and extending toward one lens of the two lenses, the one lens being either one of the two lenses, the one surface of the body portion is spaced apart from the one lens, and the extension portion contacts and supports the one lens.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods and systems useful in imaging applications, especially biological imaging applications, and applications in the metrology, atmospheric, scientific and medical fields. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method of imaging an object, including illuminating the object with incident radiation through one or more adaptive optical elements; receiving transmitted radiation from the object at a photodetector to provide a base image; and performing the following steps one or more times: adjusting the one or more adaptive optical elements, the adjustment including modifying an optical transfer function of the one or more adaptive optical elements, and receiving transmitted radiation from the object at the photodetector to provide an adjusted image; wherein the adjustment and receiving steps are performed until the adjusted image has substantially reduced aberrations compared to the base image.