Abstract: The present disclosure relates to optical devices and systems, specifically those related to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) systems. An example device includes a shaft defining a rotational axis. The shaft includes a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The device also includes a rotatable mirror disposed about the shaft. The rotatable mirror includes a multi-sided structure having an exterior surface and an interior surface. The multi-sided structure includes a second material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion. The second coefficient of thermal expansion is different from the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The multi-sided structure also includes a plurality of reflective surfaces disposed on the exterior surface of the multi-sided structure. The multi-sided structure yet further includes one or more support members coupled to the interior surface and the shaft.

Abstract: A zoom lens system includes at least six lens groups, each of which has power. An interval between each pair of lens groups that are adjacent to each other among the at least six lens groups changes while the zoom lens system is zooming. Each of three lens groups, which are respectively located closest, second closest, and third closest to an image plane, out of the at least six lens groups consists of one or more bonded lenses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a waveguide display element comprising a waveguide body and an in-coupling grating (21) arranged to the waveguide body. The in-coupling grating (21) is configured to couple incoming light into the waveguide body into two separate directions (26A, 26B) using opposite diffraction orders (IC:+1, IC:?1) for splitting the field of view of the incoming light. Further the in-coupling grating (21) is configured, typically by setting its period suitably short, such that said coupling takes place only at wavelengths below a threshold wavelength residing in the visible wavelength range. The invention also relates to a waveguide stack (51 A, 51 B, 51 C).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a prime lens module and an in-vehicle camera system. From an object side to an imaging side thereof, the prime lens module sequentially includes: a first lens with a negative focal power, a second lens with a negative focal power, a third lens with a positive focal power, a fourth lens with a positive focal power, a fifth lens with a positive focal power, a sixth lens with a negative focal power, and a seventh lens with a positive focal power. The first lens is a meniscus spherical lens. The second lens is a biconcave spherical lens. The third lens is a biconvex spherical lens and bonded to the second lens. The fourth lens is a biconvex spherical lens or a biconvex aspheric lens. The fifth lens is a biconvex spherical lens. The sixth lens is a biconcave spherical lens and bonded to the fifth lens.

Abstract: An imaging lens with better performance including in focusing is disclosed. A first lens group always fixed and having positive refractive power, and a first focus lens group that moves in an optical axis direction at the time of focusing are included in order from the object side to the image side. A last lens group always fixed and having negative refractive power, and a second focus lens group that moves in an optical axis direction at the time of focusing are included in order from the image side to the object side. At least one of the first focus lens group or the second focus lens group has negative refractive power. The conditional expression 0.4<f/ff<1.0, where f: the focal length of the whole system, and ff: the combined focal length from the first lens group to the first focus lens group, is preferably satisfied.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a camera optical lens including, from an object side to an image side in sequence: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens; and the camera optical lens satisfies conditions of: 0.95?f/TTL; 3.20?f2/f?5.00; and 0.20?(R11+R12)/(R11?R12)?0.90. The camera optical lens can achieve good optical performance while meeting the design requirements for long focal length and ultra-thinness.

Abstract: A head-mounted device may have optical modules that present images to the user's left and right eyes. The optical modules may move with respect to each other to accommodate different user interpupillary distances. Each optical module may have a lens barrel, a display coupled to the lens barrel that generates an image, and a lens mounted to the lens barrel through which the image is viewable from an eye box. The lens may be a multi-element lens formed from molded lens elements such as molded polymer lens elements. A lens element may be provided with protrusions that form lens tabs. The lens tabs may have coplanar lens tab surfaces that mate with corresponding coplanar mounting surfaces in the lens barrel. Alignment marks may be formed on the protrusions and/or other portions of the lens.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens, which includes, from an object-side to an-image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens and an eight lens, which satisfies following conditions: 0.95?f/TTL; ?3.50?f2/f??1.80; and 2.50?(R5+R6)/(R5?R6)?20.00; where f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens; f2 denotes a focal length of the second lens; TTL denotes a total optical length from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image surface of the camera optical lens along an optic axis; R5 denotes a curvature radius of an object-side surface of the third lens; and R6 denotes a curvature radius of an image-side surface of the third lens. The camera optical lens can achieve good optical performance while meeting the design requirement for large aperture, long focal length and ultra-thinness.

Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying CNV membranes and vasculature in images obtained using noninvasive imaging techniques are described. An example method includes generating, by a first model based on at least one image of a retina of a subject, a membrane mask indicating a location of a CNV membrane in the retina. The method further includes generating, by a second model based on the membrane mask and the at least one image, a vasculature mask of the retina of the subject, the vasculature mask indicating CNV vascularization in the retina.

Abstract: A mirror unit 2 includes a mirror device 20 including a base 21 and a movable mirror 22, an optical function member 13, and a fixed mirror 16 that is disposed on a side opposite to the mirror device 20 with respect to the optical function member 13. The mirror device 20 is provided with a light passage portion 24 that constitutes a first portion of an optical path between the beam splitter unit 3 and the fixed mirror 16. The optical function member 13 is provided with a light transmitting portion 14 that constitutes a second portion of the optical path between the beam splitter unit 3 and the fixed mirror 16. A second surface 21b of the base 21 and a third surface 13a of the optical function member 13 are joined to each other.

Abstract: A method of driving an optical device is provided. The optical device including an optical member, a first actuator which displaces the optical member around a first axis, and a second actuator which displaces the optical member around a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The method including exciting the first actuator by inputting a first drive signal to the first actuator, exciting the second actuator by inputting a second drive signal to the second actuator, and setting a value of the second drive signal to a value for substantially stopping exciting the second actuator in a period of the exciting the first actuator.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens including eight lenses which are, from an object-side to an-image side: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, a sixth lens having a refractive power, a seventh lens having a negative refractive power and an eight lens having a negative refractive power, which satisfies following conditions: 0.95?f/TTL; ?5.00?f2/f??2.00; and 0.40?(R9+R10)/(R9?R10)?1.00; where TTL denotes a total optical length from an object-side surface of the first lens to an image surface of the camera optical lens along an optic axis; f denotes a focal length of the camera optical lens. The camera optical lens can achieve good optical performance while meeting the design requirement for long focal length and ultra-thinness.

Abstract: Examples include a device including a fluid lens having a membrane, a substrate, and a fluid at least partially enclosed between the membrane and the substrate. One or more support structures may be configured to provide a guide path for an edge portion of the membrane, which may be an elastic membrane in tension. In some examples, a membrane includes a membrane polymer, such as a thermoplastic urethane polymer, and a polymer additive, such as an acrylate polymer. The polymer additive may reduce or substantially eliminate diffusion of the fluid into the membrane, which may increase the stability and performance of the fluid lens.

Abstract: Thin-film devices, for example electrochromic devices for windows, and methods of manufacturing are described. Particular focus is given to methods of patterning optical devices. Various edge deletion and isolation scribes are performed, for example, to ensure the optical device has appropriate isolation from any edge defects. Methods described herein apply to any thin-film device having one or more material layers sandwiched between two thin film electrical conductor layers. The described methods create novel optical device configurations.

Abstract: Described examples a three-dimensional printer includes a vat having a transparent bottom, the vat configured to contain a photo-polymerizing resin and a lift plate movably positioned within the vat. The three-dimensional printer also includes an optical device configured to project a pattern of light through the transparent bottom. The optical device includes a light source configured to provide light at a light source output and a light integrator configured to provide divergent light at a light integrator output responsive to the light at the light source output. The optical device also includes projection optics configured to project projection output light at an optics output through the transparent bottom responsive to a modulated light at the optics input and a spatial light modulator configured to provide the modulated light responsive to the divergent light.

Abstract: Present embodiments provide for optical imaging lenses. An optical imaging lens may include at least seven lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through arrangement of the convex or concave surfaces of the lens elements, the length of the optical imaging lens may be shortened while providing better optical characteristics and imaging quality.

Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism includes a movable assembly, a fixed assembly, and a driving assembly. The movable assembly is configured to be connected to an optical element. The movable assembly is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly in a range of motion. The optical element driving mechanism further includes a positioning assembly configured to position the movable assembly at a predetermined position relative to the fixed assembly when the driving assembly is not operating.

Abstract: An optical imaging system includes five lenses in which a first lens includes a positive refractive power and a concave object-side surface, and a second lens includes a positive refractive power and a concave image-side surface. The first to fifth lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side to an image side.

Abstract: The optical system includes a base having a groove and an adjacent slot therein. The system also includes at least one optical cell slidably alignable along the groove, and at least one clamp comprising a lower end and an upper end. The lower end is slidably alignable along the slot and is secured at a set location so that the upper end secures the at least one optical cell along the groove. The slot may extend parallel to the groove. The clamp may include at least one preloaded fastener arrangement securing the lower end of the clamp to the base. The preloaded fastener may include a bolt, a spring biasing the bolt, and a threaded backing plate within the slot and receiving the bolt.

Abstract: A diffraction optical waveguide, a grating structure, and a display device are disclosed. An arrangement period of a grating line of the grating structure is T and the grating line has a cross-sectional profile with a narrow top and a wide bottom. The cross-sectional profile includes five feature points, which respectively have coordinates (0, 0), (L2, H2), (L3, H3), (L4, H4), (L5, 0), and satisfy: 0.2T?L2<L3<L4?L5?T; L3?0.8T; L3?L2?0.1T; L4?0.8T; 0?H2??; 0.2??H3??; 0.6??H4?1.8?; max(H2, H3)?H4; ?0.6??H3?H2?0.6?, 0.6??H3+H2?1.8?; 0.5?/T?H3/L3?2?/T, where ? is a wavelength. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the cross-sectional profile can be adjusted by controlling parameters of the feature points, the optical effect is improved and degrees of freedom in design and regulation are increased.