Abstract: The subject invention includes a semiconductor laser with the laser having a DBR mirror on a substrate, a quantum well on the DBR mirror, and an interior CGH with a back propagated output for emitting a large sized Gaussian and encircling high energy. The DBR mirror has a plurality of GaAs/AlGaAs layers, while the quantum well is composed of AlGaAs/InGaAs. The CGH is composed of AlGaAs.

Abstract: A method for design and fabrication of holographic optical elements for a compact holographic sight is proposed. The method includes use of ray-trace software to design holographic elements having optical power using an intermediate hologram with parameters obtained through minimization of the merit function defining image quality.

Abstract: The present application is directed to an optical system made of a microdisplay; a holographic lens; a bent, monolithic, solid light guide; and a transparent holographic grating with a wedge attached to the back. The bent optical waveguide is made from one piece of thermoplastic polymer or is made by 3D printing using thermoplastic polymer.

Abstract: A graphene composite coating on a metal surface with excellent corrosion resistance by electrophoretic or electrolytic deposition has been obtained. The composite coating was shown to significantly increase the resistance of the metal surface to electrochemical degradation. The graphene coating significantly reduces cathodic current, which is an indicator of the rate of corrosion at the interface between the cathodic material and the anodic material.

Abstract: The subject invention includes a biomimetic integrated optical sensor system, based on the integration of a wide field-of-view (WFOV) miniature staring multi-aperture compound eye with a high-speed, low-cost, polarization and spectral selective liquid crystal (LC) filter array, a MWIR focal plane array (FPA), and a neural network processor.

Abstract: The optical diffuser mastering of the subject invention includes legacy microstructure surface relief patterns, along with smaller ones, overlaid on the larger ones. The characteristic features produced by the present invention will be found useful to eliminate visible structures in/on optical diffusers, such as those used in movie projection screens (utilizing either coherent (i.e., laser-generated) and non-coherent (e.g., lamp-generated) light), head-up displays (HUDs), laser projection viewing, etc., as the present invention produces much sharper images than those afforded by traditional holographic optical diffusers.

Abstract: A method and system of collecting radiation with an array of lenses or a diffractive optical element are disclosed, the method includes: modifying angles of convergence and/or divergence, and a direction of propagation, with a diffractive element, and coupling the radiation into optical fibers, without separating the radiation into separate bands. The system includes an array of lenses or a diffractive optical element; a broadband holographic optical element, and at least one optical fiber, wherein the array of lenses or the diffractive optical element is configured to collect light and direct the light to the broadband holographic optical element, and wherein the broadband holographic optical element is configured to partially collimate and/or redirect light into the at least one optical fiber, and wherein the at least one optical fiber is configured to transmit the radiation away from the array of lenses or the diffractive optical element.

Abstract: A method for design and fabrication of holographic optical elements for a compact holographic sight is proposed. The method includes use of ray-trace software to design holographic elements having optical power using an intermediate hologram with parameters obtained through minimization of the merit function defining image quality.

Abstract: A large coherent two-dimensional (2D) spatial filter array (SFA), 30 by 30 or larger, is produced by coupling a 2D planar lightwave circuit (PLC) array with a pair of lenslet arrays at the input and output side. The 2D PLC array is produced by stacking a plurality of chips, each chip with a plural number of straight PLC waveguides. A pupil array is coated onto the focal plane of the lenslet array. The PLC waveguides are produced by deposition of a plural number of silica layers on the silicon wafer, followed by photolithography and reactive ion etching (RIE) processes. A plural number of mode filters are included in the silica-on-silicon waveguide such that the PLC waveguide is transparent to the fundamental mode but higher order modes are attenuated by 40 dB or more.

Abstract: A collimator can be made of a compound holographic optical element made of three holographic optical elements. The first reflection holographic optical element will have recorded within it continuous lens configured to receive light from a diffuse light beam and diffract the received light as a first collimated light beam. The second reflection holographic optical element will have recorded within it a regular hologram that is configured to permit the light from the diffuse light source to transmit through it to reach the first reflection holographic element, the second reflection holographic element having within it a second holographically reflective structure configured to receive the first collimated light beam and diffract the first collimated light beam as a second collimated light beam. The third transmission holographic optical element is configured to receive the second collimated light beam and diffract it as a third holographic light beam.

Abstract: Encapsulated LEDs can be made by taking a mold tool defining a cavity that defines a lens shape and providing a patterned release film defining the inverse of a microstructure in a surface of the film. The patterned release film is conformed to the cavity of the mold tool. An LED chip is placed in a spaced relationship from the patterned release film in the cavity. A resin is then introduced into the space between the LED chip and the patterned release film in the cavity. The resin is cured in the space between the LED chip and the patterned release film in the cavity while contact is maintained between the patterned release film and the curing resin. The encapsulated LED is then freed from the mold tool and the patterned release film.

Abstract: The present disclosure reveals a reflective, front-projection screen designed to faithfully and accurately display the images from state-of-the-art (SOTA) and next-generation 2D and 3D motion-picture projectors, such as those found in large-capacity public movie theaters, home theaters, offices, and for use with portable projection systems for consumer and commercial applications. In particular it discloses cinema-size light shaping 3D projection screens with front-surface microstructures and horizontal viewing angles in the range of 90 to 120 degrees.

Abstract: A passive backlight film stack can be composed of several light shaping diffusers, which do not use brightness-enhancing films, light pipes or directional turning films. The passive diffuser stack can be used with direct-view backlights or with the diffuser films, each from 100 to 300 micrometers thick, stacked on top of one another. The passive stack assembly can be formed by two elliptical diffuser films (having different light distribution profiles in horizontal and vertical planes) and one circular diffuser film (with homogeneous distribution in both planes). Each film within the stack has a micro-relief surface diffuser pattern ranging from 5 to 200 microns on a rigid substrate achieved by means of single beam recording in photosensitive media. The light shaping diffusers in the proposed stack have special physical and geometrical characteristics.

Abstract: The present disclosure reveals a reflective, front-projection screen designed to faithfully and accurately display the images from state-of-the-art (SOTA) and next-generation 2D and 3D motion-picture projectors, such as those found in large-capacity public movie theaters, home theaters, offices, and for use with portable projection systems for consumer and commercial applications. In particular it discloses cinema-size light shaping 3D projection screens with front-surface microstructures and horizontal viewing angles in the range of 90 to 120 degrees.

Abstract: A substrate-guided holographic diffuser has a light-guide section configured to in-couple light and transmit the light within itself via total internal reflection. It can also have a brightness enhancement section that recycles non-diffracted light within the light-guide section. A hologram section that receives light from the light-guide section has a holographic structure defining acceptance conditions and is positioned relative to the internally reflected light such that the internally reflected light meets the acceptance conditions of the holographic structure. The internally reflected light is out-coupled by the holographic structure as a projected image of light scattered from a diffuser.

Abstract: A collimator can be made of a compound holographic optical element made of three holographic optical elements. The first reflection holographic optical element will have recorded within it continuous lens configured to receive light from a diffuse light beam and diffract the received light as a first collimated light beam. The second reflection holographic optical element will have recorded within it a regular hologram that is configured to permit the light from the diffuse light source to transmit through it to reach the first reflection holographic element, the second reflection holographic element having within it a second holographically reflective structure configured to receive the first collimated light beam and diffract the first collimated light beam as a second collimated light beam. The third transmission holographic optical element is configured to receive the second collimated light beam and diffract it as a third holographic light beam.

Abstract: The present disclosure reveals a reflective, front-projection screen designed to faithfully and accurately display the images from state-of-the-art (SOTA) and next-generation 2D and 3D motion-picture projectors, such as those found in large-capacity public movie theaters, home theaters, offices, and for use with portable projection systems for consumer and commercial applications. In particular it discloses cinema-size light shaping 3D projection screens with front-surface microstructures and horizontal viewing angles in the range of 90 to 120 degrees.

Abstract: The present disclosure reveals a reflective, front-projection screen designed to faithfully and accurately display the images from state-of-the-art (SOTA) and next-generation 2D and 3D motion-picture projectors, such as those found in large-capacity public movie theaters, home theaters, offices, and for use with portable projection systems for consumer and commercial applications. In particular it discloses cinema-size light shaping 3D projection screens with front-surface microstructures and horizontal viewing angles in the range of 90 to 120 degrees.

Abstract: Encapsulated LEDs can be made by taking a mold tool defining a cavity that defines a lens shape and providing a patterned release film defining the inverse of a microstructure in a surface of the film. The patterned release film is conformed to the cavity of the mold tool. An LED chip is placed in a spaced relationship from the patterned release film in the cavity. A resin is then introduced into the space between the LED chip and the patterned release film in the cavity. The resin is cured in the space between the LED chip and the patterned release film in the cavity while contact is maintained between the patterned release film and the curing resin. The encapsulated LED is then freed from the mold tool and the patterned release film.

Abstract: A backlight assembly is provided. The backlight assembly includes a light pipe assembly having a thickness of about 90 microns, a light source and a coupler that receives light from the light source and diffuses the received light from the light source into the first end of the light pipe assembly.