Abstract: A light emitting device includes a first luminous body having a first light source and a long wavelength cut-off filter; and a second luminous body generating light of different color from that of the first luminous body, and having a second light source and a short wavelength cut-off filter. The first and the second light source emit light in a first wavelength range and a second wavelength range extending to a longer wavelength side than the first wavelength range while overlapping with the first wavelength range, respectively. The long and the short wavelength cut-off filter cut off light having a wavelength longer than a first set wavelength and shorter longer than a second set wavelength, respectively. Thus, light emitted from the first luminous body and light emitted from the second luminous body are mixed together, such that light in between the first set wavelength and the second set wavelength is reduced.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a stereoscopic image display device using a pattern retarder method, which can widen a vertical viewing angle when watching a stereoscopic image, and a method for fabricating the same. The stereoscopic image display device comprises: a display panel having data lines, gate lines crossing the data lines, and a plurality of pixels formed in cell areas defined by the crossings of the data lines and the gate lines; and a pattern retarder having a first retarder for passing only left circularly polarized light therethrough and a second retarder for passing only right circularly polarized light therethrough, wherein a plurality of light absorption patterns are formed in a first substrate of the display panel, and the long axis direction of the light absorption patterns is the same as the long axis direction of the first retarder and the second retarder.

Abstract: The invention relates to an OLED device (1) comprising a light emitting layer stack (3) on top of a substrate (2) encapsulated by an encapsulating cover (4), where at least the edges of the substrate (2) and the encapsulating cover (4) are covered with a protection cover (5) made of a moldable material and to an OLED system (10) comprising at least one OLED device (1) and at least one electronic board (81, 82) connected to the at least one OLED device (1) by suitable connectors (85), preferably further comprising a cooling body (9) thermally connected to the OLED device (1). The invention further relates to a method to manufacture an OLED device (1) or an OLED system (10) comprising the step of applying a protection cover (5) to the OLED device (1) or the OLED system (10) by a plastic molding technique to at least partly cover the OLED device (1) or the OLED system (10).

Abstract: A vertical stacked light emitting structure includes a substrate unit, a stacked type light emitting module, and a flip-chip type light emitting module. The substrate unit includes a substrate body. The stacked type light emitting module includes a first light emitting unit and a light guiding unit. The first light emitting unit includes at least one first LED bare chip disposed on and electrically connected to the substrate body, and the light guiding unit includes at least one light guiding body disposed on the first LED bare chip. The flip-chip type light emitting module includes a second light emitting unit. The second light emitting unit includes at least one second LED bare chip disposed on the light guiding body and electrically connected to the substrate body. Hence, the first LED bare chip, the light guiding body, and the second LED bare chip are stacked on top of one another sequentially.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment, a lighting apparatus includes a light source that includes a light emitting element, and a member which is irradiated with light emitted from the light source and which is formed of resin having absorptivity of 15% or less in a wavelength in which intensity is 10% of a peak intensity, at a wavelength side that is shorter than an intensity peak of a spectrum of blue light emitted from the light source.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus for selectively realizing circular polarization according to external light conditions, including a substrate; an organic light-emitting device on the substrate; a sealing member on the organic light-emitting device; a phase retardation layer on a surface of the substrate, the organic light-emitting device, or the sealing member; and a linear polarization layer on another surface of the substrate, the organic light-emitting device, or the sealing member, wherein the linear polarization layer is located to be closer to a source of external light than the phase retardation layer, and wherein the linear polarization layer comprises a photochromic material.

Abstract: An optical filter including: a base film; and a function incorporation layer on the base film and for shielding electromagnetic interference and absorbing external light, the function incorporation layer having a cross mesh pattern, wherein the cross mesh pattern includes a plurality of pattern lines, and wherein at least a part of the cross mesh pattern protrudes from a surface of the function incorporation layer facing toward the reflection prevention layer.

Abstract: A polarization structure for a display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the polarization structure includes a retardation layer, a polarizing layer and a polarizing pattern. The retardation layer may be configured to produce a phase difference between two polarization components of an incident light. The polarizing layer may have an adsorption axis along a first direction on the retardation layer. The polarizing layer may include a first region and a second region surrounding at least one side of the first region. The polarizing pattern may have an adsorption axis along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in the second region.

Abstract: A color-temperature-tunable device comprises a first light emitting diode (LED) chip group comprising at least one first blue LED chip that emits a first light having a first peak wavelength, a second LED chip group comprising at least one second blue LED chip that emits a second light having a second peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength, and a wavelength converting layer above at least a portion of the first LED chip group and a portion of the second LED chip group. The first LED chip group and the second LED chip group are driven by a first driving current and a second driving current, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a light emitting device structured so as to increase the amount of light which is taken out in a certain direction after emitted from a light emitting element, and a method of manufacturing this light emitting device. An upper end portion of an insulating material 19 that covers an end portion of a first electrode 18 is formed to have a curved surface having a radius of curvature, a second electrode 23a is formed to have a slant face as going from its center portion toward its end portion along the curved surface. Light emitted from a light emitting layer comprising an organic material 20 that is formed on the second electrode 23a is reflected at the slant face of the second electrode 23a to increase the total amount of light taken out in the direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 1A.

Abstract: A plasma cell for use in a laser-sustained plasma light source includes a plasma bulb configured to contain a gas suitable for generating a plasma, the plasma bulb being substantially transparent to light emanating from a pump laser configured to sustain the plasma within the plasma bulb, wherein the plasma bulb is substantially transparent to at least a portion of a collectable spectral region of illumination emitted by the plasma, and a filter layer disposed on an interior surface of the plasma bulb, the filter layer configured to block a selected spectral region of the illumination emitted by the plasma.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device is disclosed. The organic electroluminescent device includes a window, a polarizer placed below the window, resin placed between the window and the polarizer, and having a refractive index similar to that of the window and the polarizer, and a self-emissive layer placed below the polarizer. The polarizer includes a polarization layer for polarizing light incident from the outside, a first wave plate for retarding the phase of the polarized incident light, and a second wave plate for retarding the phase of the incident light having passed through the first wave plate.

Abstract: Optical films for enhancing light extraction from self-emissive pixelated OLEDs, without introducing significant pixel blur, are disclosed. The extraction films include a flexible carrier film, and a first and second layer carried by the carrier film. The first layer has a nanovoided morphology, includes a polymer binder, and may have a refractive index less than 1.35 or 1.3. An embedded structured surface of light extraction elements is formed between the first and second layers. The extraction film includes a major coupling surface for attachment to an outer surface of the light source. The film is configured such that a land portion between the structured surface and the major coupling surface is thinner than a specified amount, e.g., less than 50, 25, or 10 microns, or less than a thickness of the carrier film.

Abstract: The invention describes a lamp (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D) comprising a glass envelope (10) enclosing a light generating means (11), and an axially and/or circumferentially graded absorption coating (2A, 2B, 2C, 2D) applied to a surface of the glass envelope (10), wherein the graded absorption coating (2A, 2B, 2C, 2D) exhibits a smooth transition in a transition region (23A, 23C, 23D) from a first coated region (21 A, 21B, 21C, 21D) on the glass envelope (10) to a second coated region (22A, 22B, 22C, 22D) on the glass envelope (10). The invention further describes a lighting assembly (4) comprising a lamp according to any of claims 1 to 11 and a reflector (40) for collecting and shaping any light passing through the graded absorption coating (2A, 2B, 2C, 2D) of the lamp (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D).

Abstract: The disclosure provides a light-transmissive glass halogen filament tube with a filament light source having a coil concentricity ratio of not greater than 20% disposed therein, the filament tube having a multi-layer optical interference coating deposited on the outer surface thereof that transmits visible radiation from about 400-750 nm and reflects infra red radiation from about 800-2500 nm back to the filament for re-absorption, the coated filament tube exhibiting an LPW gain of at least 26%.

Abstract: A video image appreciation system 10 of the present invention comprises: a self-luminous display 30; and a circularly-polarized light source 11, wherein the self-luminous display 30 comprises in order: (a) a first wavelength plate 13 having functions to convert circularly-polarized light into linearly-polarized light and vice versa; (b) a polarizing film 15; (c) a linearly-polarized separation film 20; (d) a second wavelength plate 18 having functions to convert circularly-polarized light into linearly-polarized light and vice versa; and (e) a self-luminous panel 16.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical layered body having a good antistatic performance and good optical properties as well as an excellent durability. The present invention provides an optical layered body, comprising: an antistatic layer on a light-transmitting substrate, wherein the antistatic layer is a resin thin film layer containing at least an organic conductive material and a nonconductive polymeric material which is a resin having a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or higher or a resin obtainable by a reaction between a resin having a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or higher and a cross-linking agent.

Abstract: A video viewing facility is provided. A circularly polarized light source is provided outside a self-luminous display. The self-luminous display includes a first wave plate having a function of converting circularly polarized light into linearly polarized light; a polarizing film; a second wave plate having a function of converting circularly polarized light into linearly polarized light; a circularly polarized light separating film; and a self-luminous panel, in this order from a visible side of the self-luminous display.

Abstract: A display device is provided, in which view-angle dependence of chromaticity of white or an intermediate color may be reduced. The display device includes a pair of opposed substrates, a light blocking layer provided on one of the pair of substrates while having a plurality of openings, and a plurality of self-luminous elements provided on the other of the pair of substrates, each of the self-luminous elements having an emission region facing each of the openings, and having an emission color different from an emission color of another element, at least one self-luminous element being different from other self-luminous elements in clearance in a display plane direction from an end of the emission region to an opening of the light blocking film.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for controlling color of solid state light sources, such as OLEDs. Included here is an illumination system comprising a solid state light source optically coupled with a selectively absorbing brightness enhancing layer. Also disclosed herein are methods for making a selectively absorbing brightness enhancing film. Disclosed advantages may include adjustment of the color of a solid state light source which has undergone color shift due degradation.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved lamp, and lighting fixture incorporating such a lamp, wherein the lamp's envelope includes a special optical coating system configured to more effectively reflect infrared light back toward the lamp filament, thereby enhancing the lamp's luminous efficacy. Multiple embodiments are disclosed, including coating systems deposited on one or both surfaces of the lamp envelope and including coating systems incorporating either a dielectric coating alone or specific combinations of a dielectric coating and a transparent conductive coating.

Abstract: A refillable plasma cell for use in a laser-sustained plasma light source includes a plasma bulb, the bulb being formed from a glass material substantially transparent to a selected wavelength of radiation, and a gas port assembly, the gas port assembly being operably connected to the bulb and disposed at a first portion of the gas bulb, wherein the bulb is configured to selectively receive a gas from a gas source via the gas port assembly.

Abstract: An external light-shielding layer, a display filter including the external light-shielding layer and a display apparatus including the display filter to enhance brightness, a viewing angle, and a contrast ratio. The external light-shielding layer including: a base substrate including a transparent resin; and wedge-shaped light-shielding patterns spaced apart from each other in a surface of the base substrate at predetermined intervals, and made of a resin including a coloring agent having a concentration of about 0.5% to about 1.5% by weight.

Abstract: A known lamp module for spectral analysis devices includes a lamp receptacle body having a cavity for receiving a deuterium lamp having a lamp bulb made of synthetic quartz glass. The cavity has a beam outlet opening closed with an optical transmission element. In order to provide a lamp module having a deuterium lamp with an ozone filter that exhibits a long service life, that can be manufactured economically, and that ensures a high intensity in a wavelength range between 190 nm and 250 nm, such a known lamp module is provided with a VUV edge filter in the beam outlet opening on the side of the optical transmission element facing the deuterium lamp.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a LED module which converts pump light from a LED chip (120) to light at another wavelength, which is emitted from the module. The conversion takes place in a portion of a luminescent material (124). The color purity of the LED module is enhanced by reducing any leakage of pump light using a reflector in combination with an absorber. In one embodiment, the absorber is integrated as one or several thin absorbing layers between the layers of a multi-layer reflection filter (126); this may yield an even higher reduction of pump light leakage from the module.

Abstract: A color filter preventing the occurrence of cross-talk between colors while improving light extraction efficiency, a method of manufacturing the color filter, and a light-emitting device are provided. The color filter includes: a plurality of color filter layers for a plurality of colors arranged on a substrate, a plurality of projections arranged in contact with the color filter layers, the projections of which parts on a side closer to the color filter layers are connected to one another; and a reflecting mirror film formed so as to be laid over a side surface of each of the plurality of projections.

Abstract: There is herein described a lamp having a light-transmissive envelope, a tungsten-halogen capsule and a coating disposed on the surface of the light-transmissive envelope or doped in the light-transmissive material. The light-transmissive envelope may comprise a light-transmissive material. The tungsten-halogen capsule can be positioned inside the light-transmissive envelope.

Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a substrate that can achieve high light extraction efficiency, and to provide an organic EL light-emitting apparatus with high light-emitting efficiency by using such a substrate. The present invention is a substrate (1) comprising a transparent substrate (10) and a light-concentrating structural body layer (30), wherein the light-concentrating structural body layer (30) includes a plurality of structural bodies (25) having a conic shape or a hemispherical shape, with the bottom faces of the plurality of structural bodies (25) having a conic shape or a hemispherical shape being located on the same plane. The structural body (25) is preferably a structural body having a cone shape, a square pyramid shape or a triangular pyramid shape.

Abstract: The efficiency and color temperature of a lighting device may be improved by using wavelength shifting material, such as a phosphor, to absorb less desired wavelengths and transmit more desired wavelengths. A reflective filter (e.g., dichroic or dielectric mirror material) may pass desired wavelengths while returning or reflecting less desired wavelengths away from an optical exit back toward wavelength shifting material which may either be disposed in the optical path or on the periphery of the light source.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including a substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) formed on the substrate, an OLED, a colored polarizing member on the OLED, and a colored material on the OLED and having a color that is different from that of the polarizing member. The OLED includes a pixel electrode, an organic emission layer on the pixel electrode, and a common electrode on the organic emission layer, wherein the pixel electrode is coupled to the TFT.

Abstract: A lamp cover containing phosphor for providing white light emission is disclosed. The lamp cover is comprised of a light-partial-reflective cap structure providing the outer surface of the lamp cover, wherein the light-partial-reflective cap structure is composed of a plurality of light transparent layers and a plurality of vacuum layers that are stacked in an alternating manner from outside to inside, a supporting transparent cap structure providing the inner surface of the lamp cover, and a phosphor mixed structure mechanically supported by the outer surface of the supporting transparent cap structure, wherein the outer surface of the phosphor mixed structure is adjacent to the most inner vacuum layer of the light-partial-reflective cap structure. Once the lamp cover is combined with a phosphor exciting light source, the light-partial-reflective cap structure partially prevents phosphor exciting light from escaping from the lamp cover by using Fresnel reflection.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a stereoscopic image display device using a pattern retarder method, which can widen a vertical viewing angle when watching a stereoscopic image, and a method for fabricating the same. The stereoscopic image display device comprises: a display panel having data lines, gate lines crossing the data lines, and a plurality of pixels formed in cell areas defined by the crossings of the data lines and the gate lines; and a pattern retarder having a first retarder for passing only left circularly polarized light therethrough and a second retarder for passing only right circularly polarized light therethrough, wherein a plurality of light absorption patterns are formed in a first substrate of the display panel, and the long axis direction of the light absorption patterns is the same as the long axis direction of the first retarder and the second retarder.

Abstract: There are provided an organic electro-luminescence device with filters and a method for repairing the same which are capable of reducing variations in conditions for leak-light transmission during leak-light detection and conditions for transmission of laser light used for repairing, depending on respective types of filters.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device is disclosed. The device includes: a substrate; a functional layer positioned on the substrate and making constructive interference of transmitted lights; a first electrode positioned on the functional layer; an organic emission layer positioned on the first electrode; and a second electrode positioned on the organic emission layer.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plasma display panel (PDP) and a filter. The PDP has a display surface, and the filter has a panel side facing the display surface of the PDP and an opposing viewer side facing away from the display surface. The filter includes a base unit. The filter also includes pattern units that absorb external light from the viewer side. The pattern units have boundaries that define widths of pattern tops and widths of pattern bottoms. A distance between a pattern top and a pattern bottom defines a pattern height. A distance between adjacent boundaries, of a pair of adjacent pattern units, at adjacent pattern bottoms can be less than a distance between the adjacent boundaries at adjacent pattern tops, less than the pattern height, and greater than a width of at least one of the pattern bottoms.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display capable of reducing the shortening of image stacking lifetime caused by the residue of the barrier ribs produced during the forming of the barrier ribs is provided. The display includes: a substrate; a first pixel electrode formed on the substrate; barrier ribs formed on the substrate, and having an opening exposing the first pixel electrode; a second pixel electrode formed on the first pixel electrode; an organic light emitting member formed on the second pixel electrode; an organic light emitting member formed on the second pixel electrode; a common electrode formed on the organic light emitting member; and a thin film encapsulation member covering the common electrode. The width of the second pixel electrode is greater than the exposure width of the first pixel electrode exposed through the opening of the barrier ribs.

Abstract: A double-sided light-emitting display device includes optical layers having transmissive axes perpendicular to each other and polarizing members having polarization axes parallel with the transmissive axes of the optical layers. Thus, loss of internal light and reflection of external light are greatly reduced.

Abstract: A photonic crystal incandescent light source comprising: a photonic crystal having a structure configured to reflect wavelengths from at least a portion of an infrared spectrum; and an incandescent central filament in the photonic crystal, causing the photonic crystal to transmit wavelengths from at least a portion of a visible spectrum; wherein the light source emits at least a portion of visible wavelengths and suppresses emission of at least a portion of infrared wavelengths.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel configured to display an image in an upward direction and a reflective panel on the display panel, the reflective panel configured to selectively transmit or reflect light with respect to an area corresponding to the image.

Abstract: An electrodeless plasma lamp and a method of generating light are provided. The plasma lamp may comprise a power source to provide radio frequency (RF) power and a lamp body to receive the RF power. The lamp body may include a dielectric material having a relative permittivity greater than 2. A bulb is provided that contains a fill that forms a light emitting plasma when the RF power is coupled to the fill. Collection optics is provided to direct the light along an optical path to an aperture, wherein the optical path includes at least one reflective surface and at least two refractive surfaces.

Abstract: A coating layer for blocking EMI is disclosed, which comprises a base substrate, and a deposition member formed at one surface of the base substrate, comprising a plurality of repetitive unit films which include metal layers and high refraction layers, wherein any one of the outmost metal layers of the deposition member has a minimum thickness among the metal layers. Also, an optical filter which includes the coating layer and a display apparatus are disclosed.

Abstract: A known lamp module for spectral analysis devices includes a lamp receptacle body having a cavity for receiving a deuterium lamp having a lamp bulb made of synthetic quartz glass. The cavity has a beam outlet opening closed with an optical transmission element. In order to provide a lamp module having a deuterium lamp with an ozone filter that exhibits a long service life, that can be manufactured economically, and that ensures a high intensity in a wavelength range between 190 nm and 250 nm, such a known lamp module is provided with a VUV edge filter in the beam outlet opening on the side of the optical transmission element facing the deuterium lamp.

Abstract: An optical sheet capable of enhancing contrast is provided. The optical sheet includes a layer configured to control light incident on the layer and then allow the light to exit towards the observer side. The optical sheet includes: an optical functional sheet layer having multiple prisms capable of transmitting light and multiple light-absorbing parts capable of absorbing light, the multiple prisms and multiple light-absorbing parts being arranged alternately along a sheet plane of the optical sheet; and an electromagnetic-wave shield layer. The electromagnetic-wave shield layer is positioned on a side opposite to the observer side relative to the optical functional sheet layer.

Abstract: A display unit has an interlayer formed at least as one or more than one layers and arranged between a light-emitting layer and a diffractive element. The interlayer has a thickness not less than 500 nm and not more than 2,000 nm and an average refractive index greater than a refractive index of the light-emitting layer. The optical path length of the interlayer defined as a product of multiplication of its average refractive index by its thickness satisfies the requirement shown below: ( m + 0.1 ) 2 · 1 - ( n L n m ) 2 ? n m ? ? ( m + 0.6 ) · ? 0 2 · 1 - ( n L n m ) 2 where m is an integer not less than 0; ?0 is a wavelength in vacuum; nm is the average refractive index of the interlayer; d is the thickness of the interlayer; and nL is the refractive index of the light-emitting layer.

Abstract: A ceramic composite laminate includes a wavelength-converting layer and a non-emissive layer, wherein the ceramic composite laminate has a wavelength conversion efficiency (WCE) of at least 0.650. The ceramic composite laminate can also include a wavelength-converting ceramic layer comprising an emissive material and a scattering material, wherein the laminated composite has a total transmittance of between about 40% to about 85%. The wavelength-converting layer may be formed from plasma YAG:Ce powder.

Abstract: A device including a layer comprising a light emissive area and a light non-emissive area. A light-extracting feature is disposed over the light non-emissive area. The light-extracting features can include surface aberrations and reflective index matching elements. A method of forming the device is also provided.

Abstract: An electrical high-pressure discharge lamp is provided for a cosmetic skin treatment. The lamp includes an illuminating tube made of quartz glass. At least two electrodes made of metal are arranged in the illuminating tube at a spacing from each other that is larger than the internal diameter of the illuminating tube. A gas is enclosed in the illuminating tube, and the quartz glass is doped with copper and tin, which reduces the transmission by the illuminating tube for electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength shorter than 550 nm. A use of an electrical high-pressure discharge lamp of this type in a tanning device or lamp for cosmetic skin treatment is also provided.

Abstract: A multicolor light-emitting organic electroluminescent (EL) display device including a plurality of organic EL light-emitting regions including a red light-emitting layer, a green light-emitting layer, and a blue light-emitting layer on a main substrate includes: a magenta color filter, as a first light-adjusting layer, having predetermined transmission property for blue light and red light; and a second light-adjusting layer having predetermined absorption property for light with a wavelength intermediate between the red light and green light, wherein the magenta color filter is laid over the blue light-emitting layer, the red light-emitting layer, and a bank which is a non light-emitting region, and the second light-adjusting layer is laid over the blue light-emitting layer, the green light-emitting layer, the red light-emitting layer, and the bank which is the non light-emitting region.

Abstract: A multiple wavelength light emitting device is provided wherewith the resonance strength and directivity between colors can be easily adjusted for balance. This light emitting device comprises a light emission means 4 for emitting light containing wavelength components to be output, and a semi-reflecting layer group 2 wherein semi-reflecting layers 2R, 2G, and 2B that transmit some light having specific wavelengths emitted from the light emission means and reflect the remainder are stacked up in order in the direction of light advance in association with wavelengths of light to be output. Light emission regions AR, AG, and AB are determined in association with the wavelengths of light to be output.

Abstract: A multiple wavelength light emitting device is provided wherewith the resonance strength and directivity between colors can be easily adjusted for balance. This light emitting device comprises a light emission means 4 for emitting light containing wavelength components to be output, and a semi-reflecting layer group 2 wherein semi-reflecting layers 2R, 2G, and 2B that transmit some light having specific wavelengths emitted from the light emission means and reflect the remainder are stacked up in order in the direction of light advance in association with wavelengths of light to be output. Light emission regions AR, AG, and AB are determined in association with the wavelengths of light to be output.