Abstract: An optical element includes a transparent base and a cured product disposed on the transparent base. The cured product contains a (meth)acrylate compound having an alicyclic skeleton. The amount of (meth)acrylate compound contained in the cured product is 70% or more by mass and 99.5% or less by mass.

Abstract: An optical element including a first optical layer, a second optical layer, and a transparent base material, the first optical layer being disposed between the second optical layer and the transparent base material and a diffraction grating being disposed at the interface between the first optical layer and the second optical layer, wherein the refractive index of the d-line of the second optical layer is higher than the refractive index of the d-line of the first optical layer, the Abbe number of the second optical layer is higher than the Abbe number of the first optical layer, the first optical layer is composed of a first resin and inorganic particles dispersed in the first optical layer, and the second optical layer is composed of a second resin having a modulus of elasticity of 0.1 GPa or more and 3.0 GPa or less at 22° C. or higher and 24° C. or lower.

Abstract: A cured product contains a dispersant, inorganic particles, and a resin that is a product of polymerization or copolymerization of a curable resin. The dispersant contains a compound represented by a formula R—X, wherein R represents a group having an acryloyloxy group or a methacryloyloxy group at an end of the molecule thereof, and X represents a carboxy group. The dispersant content is 10 parts by volume to 20 parts by volume relative to 100 parts by volume of the cured product. The curable resin contains at least one monomer having an N number of polymerizable reactive group, wherein N represents an integer of 2 or more. The proportion of the at least one monomer is 25 parts by volume to 76 parts by volume relative to 100 parts by volume of the cured product.

Abstract: In a diffractive optical element including a base material, a first resin layer having a diffraction grating shape including plural concentric ring bands, and a second resin layer containing an inorganic particle, the inorganic particle is adjusted to have a number mean particle diameter of 10 nm or less, a first peak in a region in which particle diameters are 2 nm or more and 7.9 nm or less, and a second peak in a region in which particle diameters are larger than those of the first peak in a grain size distribution on a volumetric basis, with the ratio of the maximum intensity of the second peak to the maximum intensity of the first peak being 0.3 or more and 0.8 or less in a grain size distribution.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical element includes preparing a first transparent base having a d-line refractive index of 1.80 or more and a second transparent base having a d-line refractive index of 1.80 or more, coating an adhesive on the first transparent base and/or the second transparent base, the adhesive containing a photo-curable resin and a photopolymerization initiator having an absorption edge wavelength of 410 nm or more, and bonding the first transparent base and the second transparent base by irradiating the adhesive with light with a wavelength of 400 nm or more through the second transparent base to cure the adhesive.

Abstract: A laminated diffractive optical element includes a first resin layer having a first lattice shape and a second resin layer having a second lattice shape. The first resin layer and the second resin layer are laminated in this order on a first substrate so that the lattice shapes oppose each other. The first resin layer contains a resin and transparent conductive particles. The transparent conductive particles have an average particle size of 1 nm to 100 nm. A ratio of a polymer of an energy curable resin raw material having a long diameter of 1 ?m to 10 ?m in the first resin layer is 70 pieces/mm3 or less.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical element includes the steps of: providing a first material including a precursor of a first energy curable resin which contains fine particles of a transparent conductive material on a transparent substrate, curing the first material by light irradiation, and performing a heat treatment on the cured first material. In the method described above, the cured first material processed by the heat treatment is again processed by light irradiation.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical element includes the steps of: providing a first material including a precursor of a first energy curable resin which contains fine particles of a transparent conductive material on a transparent substrate, curing the first material by light irradiation, and performing a heat treatment on the cured first material. In the method described above, the cured first material processed by the heat treatment is again processed by light irradiation.

Abstract: A diffractive optical element includes a first base material, and two different resin components disposed on the first base material: a first resin component as one of the two resin components having a diffraction grating shape, a refractive index nA, and a swelling rate ?, and a second resin component as the other of the two resin components having a diffraction grating shape, a refractive index nB, and a swelling rate ?, in which nA, nB, ?, and ? satisfy relations nA>nB and 2??/??16.

Abstract: In a diffractive optical element including a base material, a first resin layer having a diffraction grating shape including plural concentric ring bands, and a second resin layer containing an inorganic particle, the inorganic particle is adjusted to have a number mean particle diameter of 10 nm or less, a first peak in a region in which particle diameters are 2 nm or more and 7.9 nm or less, and a second peak in a region in which particle diameters are larger than those of the first peak in a grain size distribution on a volumetric basis, with the ratio of the maximum intensity of the second peak to the maximum intensity of the first peak being 0.3 or more and 0.8 or less in a grain size distribution.

Abstract: A cured product contains a dispersant, inorganic particles, and a resin that is a product of polymerization or copolymerization of a curable resin. The dispersant contains a compound represented by a formula R—X, wherein R represents a group having an acryloyloxy group or a methacryloyloxy group at an end of the molecule thereof, and X represents a carboxy group. The dispersant content is 10 parts by volume to 20 parts by volume relative to 100 parts by volume of the cured product. The curable resin contains at least one monomer having an N number of polymerizable reactive group, wherein N represents an integer of 2 or more. The proportion of the at least one monomer is 25 parts by volume to 76 parts by volume relative to 100 parts by volume of the cured product.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical element includes the steps of: providing a first material including a precursor of a first energy curable resin which contains fine particles of a transparent conductive material on a transparent substrate, curing the first material by light irradiation, and performing a heat treatment on the cured first material. In the method described above, the cured first material processed by the heat treatment is again processed by light irradiation.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical element includes the steps of: providing a first material including a precursor of a first energy curable resin which contains fine particles of a transparent conductive material on a transparent substrate, curing the first material by light irradiation, and performing a heat treatment on the cured first material. In the method described above, the cured first material processed by the heat treatment is again processed by light irradiation.

Abstract: A laminated diffractive optical element includes a first resin layer having a first lattice shape and a second resin layer having a second lattice shape. The first resin layer and the second resin layer are laminated in this order on a first substrate so that the lattice shapes oppose each other. The first resin layer contains a resin and transparent conductive particles. The transparent conductive particles have an average particle size of 1 nm to 100 nm. A ratio of a polymer of an energy curable resin raw material having a long diameter of 1 ?m to 10 ?m in the first resin layer is 70 pieces/mm3 or less.

Abstract: A laminated diffractive optical element including a colorant-containing first layer having a diffraction grating surface with a grating height X and a second layer closely stacked on the diffraction grating surface of the first layer, wherein the relation of internal transmittances T?, a and T?, b of a material (a) for forming the first layer and a material (b) for forming the second layer satisfies the following (Formula 1) and the relation of the maximum and minimum internal transmittances T?, MAX and T?, MIN of the laminated diffractive optical element satisfies the following Formula (2): 2.0%?|T?,a?T?,b|??(Formula 1) T?,MAX?T?,MIN?8.0%??(Formula 2) This reduces shading on the image surface resulting from the difference in transmittance of the optical element to provide a laminated diffractive optical element having reduced variation in transmittance.

Abstract: A laminated diffractive optical element including a colorant-containing first layer having a diffraction grating surface with a grating height X and a second layer closely stacked on the diffraction grating surface of the first layer, wherein the relation of internal transmittances T?, a and T?, b of a material (a) for forming the first layer and a material (b) for forming the second layer satisfies the following (Formula 1) and the relation of the maximum and minimum internal transmittances T?, MAX and T?, MIN of the laminated diffractive optical element satisfies the following Formula (2): 2.0%?|T?,a?T?,b|??(Formula 1) T?,MAX?T?,MIN?8.0%??(Formula 2) This reduces shading on the image surface resulting from the difference in transmittance of the optical element to provide a laminated diffractive optical element having reduced variation in transmittance.

Abstract: A laminated diffractive optical element including a colorant-containing first layer having a diffraction grating surface with a grating height X and a second layer closely stacked on the diffraction grating surface of the first layer, wherein the relation of internal transmittances T?, a and T?, b of a material (a) for forming the first layer and a material (b) for forming the second layer satisfies the following (Formula 1) and the relation of the maximum and minimum internal transmittances T?, MAX and T?, MIN of the laminated diffractive optical element satisfies the following Formula (2): 2.0%?|T?, a?T?, b|??(Formula 1) T?, MAX?T?, MIN?8.0% ??(Formula 2) This reduces shading on the image surface resulting from the difference in transmittance of the optical element to provide a laminated diffractive optical element having reduced variation in transmittance.

Abstract: Provided are an organic-inorganic composite resin composition and an organic-inorganic composite resin material made of a cured product thereof, containing at least an organic compound having a polymerizable functional group, metal oxide fine particles, and a polymerization initiator. The cured product obtained by curing the organic-inorganic composite resin composition through application of an active energy has a refractive index nd of 1.61 or more and 1.65 or less, Abbe's number ?d of 13 or more and 20 or less, and an anomalous dispersion characteristic ?g,F of 0.42 or more and 0.54 or less. Further provided is an optical element comprising a transparent substrate and the organic-inorganic composite resin material formed on the transparent substrate.

Abstract: A laminated diffractive optical element including a colorant-containing first layer having a diffraction grating surface with a grating height X and a second layer closely stacked on the diffraction grating surface of the first layer, wherein the relation of internal transmittances T?, a and T?, b of a material (a) for forming the first layer and a material (b) for forming the second layer satisfies the following (Formula 1) and the relation of the maximum and minimum internal transmittances T?, MAX and T?, MIN of the laminated diffractive optical element satisfies the following Formula (2): 2.0%?|T?, a?T?, b|??(Formula 1) T?, MAX?T?, MIN?8.0% ??(Formula 2) This reduces shading on the image surface resulting from the difference in transmittance of the optical element to provide a laminated diffractive optical element having reduced variation in transmittance.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical element includes the steps of: providing a first material including a precursor of a first energy curable resin which contains fine particles of a transparent conductive material on a transparent substrate, curing the first material by light irradiation, and performing a heat treatment on the cured first material. In the method described above, the cured first material processed by the heat treatment is again processed by light irradiation.