Abstract: A fast time-sequential color separator that can fast-switch to output various wavelength ranges of lights having high color purity and a high contrast ratio, which includes: a prism module to separate an incident light into various wavelength ranges of light beams which are emitted from various prisms of the prism module; a plurality of ferroelectric liquid crystal panels, respectively placed on emerging surfaces of the various wavelength ranges of light beams, to reflect the various wavelength ranges of light beams to the prism module; and a power supply, respectively connected to the plurality of ferroelectric liquid crystal panels, to fast-switch the liquid crystal panels, respectively, to sequentially emit the various wavelength ranges of light beams from the prism module. Furthermore, a full color LCD projector can be constructed by the color separator, a transmissive or reflective fast response display element such as a liquid crystal light valve, and other elements such as micro-mirrors, etc.

Abstract: A field sequential dichroic light valve using ferro-electric liquid crystal components and multi-layer thin film broadband polarizing beam-splitting devices as an optical switch. The field sequential dichroic light valve has a fast time response and a memory function, as well as a switch frequency larger than 180 Hz and an optical transmittance larger than 90%. Accordingly, the field sequential dichroic light valve can effectively switch R, G, B-colored light beams in time sequence, and can be applied to a full-color projection display system.

Abstract: A fast time-sequential color separator that can fast-switch to output various wavelength ranges of lights having high color purity and a high contrast ratio, which includes: a prism module to separate an incident light into various wavelength ranges of light beams which are emitted from various prisms of the prism module; a plurality of ferroelectric liquid crystal panels, respectively placed on emerging surfaces of the various wavelength ranges of light beams, to reflect the various wavelength ranges of light beams to the prism module; and a power supply, respectively connected to the plurality of ferroelectric liquid crystal panels, to fast-switch the liquid crystal panels, respectively, to sequentially emit the various wavelength ranges of light beams from the prism module. Furthermore, a full color LCD projector can be constructed by the color separator, a transmissive or reflective fast response display element such as a liquid crystal light valve, and other elements such as micro-mirrors, etc.

Abstract: A field sequential color projection display system, which has high brightness, high accuracy and compact size, and is light and energy saving. The field sequential color projection system comprises: a field sequential beam splitting/combining light valve module including three light valves, which can be controlled by applied energy field, for outputting polarized light of three primary colors in time sequence; a frame sequential display module for respectively displaying frames of three primary colors corresponding to the polarized light of three primary colors output in time sequence, wherein the polarized light passes through the frame sequential display module; a projection lens module for projecting the polarized light passing through the frame sequential display module onto a screen to produce a full color image.

Abstract: A color separation beam splitter for projectors is provided, which comprises a plurality of prisms connected with each other and three optical interference filters having different wavelength ranges respectively formed on side surfaces of the plurality of prisms. The three optical interference filters include a yellow color reflective dichroic mirror, a red color reflective dichroic mirror, and a blue color reflective dichroic mirror to filter out the yellow light and provide three primary color lights with high color purity. Moreover, by reflecting a light beam twice, the number of layers of dichroic mirror can be reduced. The color purity of the light is increased after reflected twice by the dichroic mirrors. Moreover, configuration of a liquid crystal projector by use of this prism assembly as color separation unit is also disclosed.

Abstract: A projection system used in a liquid crystal display (LCD) system is provided. The projection system has a light source, a polarization set which further includes a double dove prism, a vertical prism and a half-wave plate, a polarization beam splitter (PBS), a dichroic prism, and a projection lens. The light source emits a white light, which enters the polarization set and is split into a P-state polarized blue light and a mixed light. The mixed light includes an S-state polarized red light and an S-state polarized green light. The PBS allows the P-state polarized blue light to transmit and enter onto a blue light LCD panel, and deflects the mixed light by 90°. The dichroic prism splits the S-state polarized red light and the S-state polarized green light of the mixed light, which respectively enter a red light LCD panel and a green light LCD panel. The projection lens collects light from the red, green, blue LCD panels and project the lights onto a screen.

Abstract: A high-efficiency polarized illuminating system for a liquid crystal projector is disclosed. The illuminating system is easy to fabricate and set up, with a low cost since, unlike in the prior art, no particular component is needed in the illuminating system and the components used in the system does not require a highly precise alignment.

Abstract: A high efficiency liquid crystal display projection system is provided, which can effectively use the energy of s-polarized light and p-polarized light emitted from the light source. The high efficiency liquid crystal display projection system can simplify the structure of light splitting/combining prism by using the feature that the effective optical aperture of a reflective liquid crystal light valve is larger than 85%. Using a broadband polarizing beam-splitting prism to combine/split light, the volume of the liquid crystal display projection system is significantly reduced.

Abstract: A thermal transfer color-variable ribbon is disclosed, the color appearance of which depends on the variation of viewing angle, which includes a substrate, a releasing agent formed on the substrate, a functional coating, which can be a multilayer thin-film stack of reflection mode or transmission mode, formed on the releasing agent, and an adhering layer formed on the functional coating. The functional coating is designed based on the general theory that describes the thin-film interference phenomena. The functional coating can be formed by alternately stacking dielectrics having high and low refractive indices or dielectric and metal layers. The construction parameters of the all-dielectric stack and the metal/dielectric stack can be chosen in similar way to how parameters are chosen when manufacturing selective band-pass filters, which are designed based on the thin-film interference theory.

Abstract: A thin-film multilayer system for use in a head-up display is provided, which comprises: A substrate; a plurality of dielectric layers having a high refractive index sequentially formed on the substrate; and a plurality of dielectric layers having a low refractive index formed alternately with the plurality of dielectric layers having a high refractive index. The thickness and ingredient of each of the plurality of dielectric layers having a high refractive index and the plurality of dielectric layers having a low refractive index are determined according to interference theory for all-dielectric thin-film multilayers to make the thin-film multilayer system able to polarize light and to display images in true color. Further, the ingredients of the thin-film multilayer system are dielectric materials that can endure wear and tear, chemicals, and environmental injuries.

Abstract: A composite optical film with a low refractive index mainly comprises calcium fluoride (CaF.sub.2), and silicon dioxide (SiO.sub.2) mixed with a specific composition ratio. The composite optical film is formed on a quartz substrate. The composite film is formed by using a coater, which accommodates two individual e-gun sources inside a cylindrical chamber. Oxygen is bled into the chamber. A heating process and plasma formation are performed to assist the process of forming the composite film. Additionally, a laser reflection lenses comprises an optical film with high refractive index and an optical film with low refractive index, which are alternately laminated onto a quartz glass substrate. The optical film with low refractive index uses a composite optical film mainly comprising calcium fluoride (CaF.sub.2) and silicon dioxide (SiO.sub.2) mixed with a fixed composition ratio.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a full-color organic electro-luminescent device starts with forming an indium tin oxide (ITO) layer on a glass substrate, and then forming a blue-light emitting layer on the ITO layer. By irradiating predetermined portions of the blue-light emitting layer with certain light sources, pixels that emit different light colors are formed on the irradiated portions of the blue-light emitting layer. An electrode layer is then formed on the corresponding pixels, wherein the electrode layer is further covered by a protection layer. During the operation of the full-color OEL device of the invention, a driving voltage is applied on the ITO layer, the anode, and the electrode layer, the cathode.

Abstract: A multilayer thin-film broad-band polarizing beam-splitter which can split an unpolarized beam into two orthogonal linearly polarized beams with high extinction ratios is provided. The fabrication method comprises: (1) selecting a right-angle prism, having an isosceles triangular cutoff plane; (2) depositing broad-band polarized multilayer thin-film on an internal slope of the right-angle prism; (3) cementing and UV-curing a coated right-angle prism with an uncoated right-angle prism to form a cube-shaped polarizing beam-splitter; (4) properly determining the orientation of the polarization plane of the cube-shaped polarizing beam-splitter; (5) identifying the multi-stage assembly designs that are responsible for beam being incident and emerging; (6) adding anti-reflecting coatings to the relevant faces of the cube-shaped polarizing beam-splitters; and (7) cementing and UV-curing these cube-shaped polarizing beam-splitters.

Abstract: A polarization converter for unpolarized light. The polarization converter comprises a prism, a wedge, a set of lens arrays, a first reflecting plane, and a second reflecting plane. The wedge comprises a tilt plane. The tilt plane is coated with multi-layer polarization dichronic thin film. The set of lens arrays comprises a light distributor and a light integrator. The tilt plane of the wedge is glued on the first reflecting plane. A second reflecting plane is the unglued plane of the wedge. When a light beam is incident towards the incident plane, the first reflecting plane splits and polarizes the light beam into a first type polarized and a second type polarized lights. Through the multi-layer polarization dichronic thin film, about 99% of the first type polarized light is reflected, and about 99% of the second type polarized light is transmitted and incident on the second reflecting plane.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having TiO.sub.2 --SiO.sub.2 composite layers used as undercoat and overcoat is provided. The TiO.sub.2 --SiO.sub.2 composite layers serving as the undercoat and overcoat of transparent conductive electrodes are formed by a low temperature ion-assisted electron gun evaporation or sputtering process, wherein the TiO.sub.2 --SiO.sub.2 composite materials can also be used as hard layers to protect the surfaces of transparent plastic substrates. These TiO.sub.2 --SiO.sub.2 composite layers have superior insulation, a high degree of hardness and smoothness. Consequently, the advantages of the TiO.sub.2 --SiO.sub.2 composite layer are as follows: (1) the out diffusion of impurities (sodium ions) can be prevented from soda lime glass into liquid crystal to destroy the property of the liquid crystal; (2) short circuit caused by impurities having the same size as the gap between the electrodes can also be prevented; (3) the TiO.sub.2 --SiO.sub.

Abstract: A thin-film color-selective beam splitter and the method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: (i) forming a main prism by a pre-selected material, and deciding a first base angle and a second base angle according to the substance and coating characteristics of the pre-selected material; (ii) coating a first multilayer film and a second multilayer film on two slopes of the main prism, in which tilt angles for coating the first multilayer film and the second multilayer film and tilt angles of light entering and emerging the main prism are different, so that spectra of the first multilayer film and the second multilayer film are different, and the first multilayer film can be a red reflective film and the second multilayer film can be a blue reflective film; and (iii) using the pre-selected material to form interface prisms, and adhering the interface prisms to the main prism, so that light can perpendicularly enter and emerge from surfaces of the prism.

Abstract: A hard and durable single-layer or multilayer artireflection coating for use with a high refractive-index IR transparent substrate is provided. The coating is prepared by concurrent deposition of TiO.sub.2 and MgF.sub.2 with the reactive ion-assistance on the IR transparent substrate within a single vacuum chamber. The refractive-index of this film is adjustable by varying the relative deposition rate of the two materials (i.e. controlling the ratio of the materials) to optimize the transmittance of the incident IR irradiation. The opitical thickness of each film of the single-layer and multilayer antireflection coatings is one-quarter wavelength of the IR irradiation.

Abstract: A color filter comprising a transparent substrate and two or more multilayer films of amorphous silicon materials deposited on said substrate, each film being different, each layer of said two or more multi-layer films having a thickness less than the wavelength of the visible light and at least three layers of said two or more multi-layer films of amorphous silicon materials in an alternate arrangement wherein the amorphous silicon materials are selected from a-SiOx and a-SiNx is described. A method of preparing the color filter comprising depositing on the substrate by PECVD method two or more multilayer films is also described. The color filters prepared by PECVD method have a more compact texture and a better environmental resistant. The PECVD method for the preparation of the filters is more efficient than conventional methods.

Abstract: An optically variable pigment being formed from optically variable flakes. The optically variable multilayer is vacuum deposited onto a flexible polyester substrate having being provided with a release layer. An optically variable stack is formed from an opaque metallic reflective layer and two sub-unit film stacks D'MD symmetrically stacked on the opposite surfaces of the metallic reflective layer. D is adjacent to the reflective layer and is a color-presenting layer and D' is an outer layer of the stack which is used to protect the multilayer film to obtain better color-presenting. M is a semitransparent metallic layer, e.g. chromium.

Abstract: A traffic signal device having a single, continuously-illuminating lamp and several plain reflectors constructed by optical thin film technique to receive the light beam projected from the lamp and respectively reflecting light components of pre-determined wavelengths to display differently-colored traffic signals. Also, is a lamp detection system which monitors and detects the operation of the lamp and generates a signal to actuate the lamp interchanging mechanism to automatically replace the lamp with a spare lamp once the lamp malfunctions.