Abstract: An optical element includes: a glass substrate; an optical function portion made of a resin; and a bonding portion that bonds the glass substrate and the optical function portion to each other. The bonding portion has a glass transition point of 85° C. or lower. The glass transition point of the bonding portion may be 50° C. or lower.

Abstract: An optical element includes: a glass substrate; an optical function portion made of a resin; and a bonding portion that bonds the glass substrate and the optical function portion to each other. The bonding portion has a glass transition point of 85° C. or lower. The glass transition point of the bonding portion may be 50° C. or lower.

Abstract: A method of producing an optical component includes a transfer step of sandwiching a molding material layer of a molding material between a thin glass plate and a mold and transferring an indented pattern on the mold to the molding material layer to form a patterned indented layer on the thin glass plate, and a separation step of separating the mold from the patterned indented layer. During the transfer step, a reinforcing plate is removably attached to the thin glass plate.

Abstract: To provide a lenticular structure having a lenticular lens having a high size accuracy and formed on the entire main surface of a light guide plate, which includes the vicinity of an end surface. A lenticular structure including a lenticular lens in which a plurality of cylindrical lenses linearly extending are arranged in parallel in one direction on at least one main surface of a glass light guide plate main body having a rectangular shape in plan view, wherein the cylindrical lenses are cured products of a UV curable resin, the light guide plate body has a plate thickness deviation (TTV) value of at most 0.2 mm, the amount of curvature in each side direction of the rectangle is at most 0.6 mm, and the difference in length between two opposing sides is within 2.5 mm.

Abstract: A light guide element includes a light-guiding substrate and a diffraction part formed on a surface of the light-guiding substrate. The diffraction part includes an optical layer capable of exerting a diffractive action. The distance from the light-guiding substrate to a surface of the optical layer is equal to or less than 10% of a thickness of the light-guiding substrate. The light guide element satisfies |?D|?0.15 mm, where ?D is an amount of a change in D with the temperature change ?T, D [mm] is a distance, at the temperature T (° C.), between the center of the diffraction part and a position predetermined as a position where the ray of light comes out of the light-guiding substrate in a direction horizontal with respect to the light-guiding substrate, and ?T is a temperature change.

Abstract: A light guide element includes a light-guiding substrate and a diffraction part formed on a surface of the light-guiding substrate. The diffraction part includes an optical layer capable of exerting a diffractive action. The distance from the light-guiding substrate to a surface of the optical layer is equal to or less than 10% of a thickness of the light-guiding substrate. The light guide element satisfies |?D|?0.15 mm, where ?D is an amount of a change in D with the temperature change ?T, D [mm] is a distance, at the temperature T (° C.), between the center of the diffraction part and a position predetermined as a position where the ray of light comes out of the light-guiding substrate in a direction horizontal with respect to the light-guiding substrate, and ?T is a temperature change.

Abstract: An imprinting method includes applying a forming material onto a glass sheet, forming a concavo-convex layer on the glass sheet by holding a layer of the forming material between the glass sheet and a mold and transferring a concavo-convex pattern of the mold to the layer of the forming material, and cutting a laminated sheet including the glass sheet and the concavo-convex layer. The forming material is applied to a position distant from a cutting position of the cutting.

Abstract: A method of producing an optical component includes a transfer step of sandwiching a molding material layer of a molding material between a thin glass plate and a mold and transferring an indented pattern on the mold to the molding material layer to form a patterned indented layer on the thin glass plate, and a separation step of separating the mold from the patterned indented layer. During the transfer step, a reinforcing plate is removably attached to the thin glass plate.

Abstract: To provide a process for producing an article having a fine pattern on its surface, by which peeling of a cured resin layer having a fine pattern is suppressed, and a defect of the cured resin layer by repelling when a photocurable resin composition is applied is suppressed.

Abstract: To provide a mold for nanoimprinting capable of accurately transcribing a fine concavo-convex structure, available at a low cost and having high durability, its production process, and processes for producing a molded resin having a fine concavo5 convex structure on its surface having the fine concavo-convex structure of the mold accurately transcribed, and a wire-grid polarizer, with high productivity. A mold 10 for nanoimprinting having on its mold surface a fine concavo-convex structure comprising a plurality of grooves 14 formed in parallel with one another at a constant pitch, which comprises a mold base 12 made of a resin having on its surface a 10 fine concavo-convex structure to be the base of the fine concavo-convex structure, a metal oxide layer 16 covering the surface having the fine concavo-convex structure of the mold base 12, and a release layer 18 covering the surface of the metal oxide layer 16, is used.

Abstract: To provide a mold for nanoimprinting capable of accurately transcribing a fine concavo-convex structure, available at a low cost and having high durability, its production process, and processes for producing a molded resin having a fine concavo5 convex structure on its surface having the fine concavo-convex structure of the mold accurately transcribed, and a wire-grid polarizer, with high productivity. A mold 10 for nanoimprinting having on its mold surface a fine concavo-convex structure comprising a plurality of grooves 14 formed in parallel with one another at a constant pitch, which comprises a mold base 12 made of a resin having on its surface a 10 fine concavo-convex structure to be the base of the fine concavo-convex structure, a metal oxide layer 16 covering the surface having the fine concavo-convex structure of the mold base 12, and a release layer 18 covering the surface of the metal oxide layer 16, is used.

Abstract: A wire-grid polarizer having a high polarization separation ability in the visible light region and an improved transmittance in a short wavelength region, and a process for easily producing such a wire-grid polarizer, are provided. A wire-grid polarizer 10 comprising a light-transmitting substrate 14 having a surface on which a plurality of ridges 12 are formed in parallel with one another at a predetermined pitch; an underlayer 22 made of a metal oxide and present at least on a top portion of each ridge 12; and a metal wire made of a metal layer 24 and present on a surface of the underlayer 22 to cover at least a top portion of each ridge 12.

Abstract: To provide a mold for nanoimprinting capable of accurately transcribing a fine concavo-convex structure, available at a low cost and having high durability, its production process, and processes for producing a molded resin having a fine concavo-convex structure on its surface having the fine concavo-convex structure of the mold accurately transcribed, and a wire-grid polarizer, with high productivity. A mold 10 for nanoimprinting having on its mold surface a fine concavo-convex structure comprising a plurality of grooves 14 formed in parallel with one another at a constant pitch, which comprises a mold base 12 made of a resin having on its surface a fine concavo-convex structure to be the base of the fine concavo-convex structure, a metal oxide layer 16 covering the surface having the fine concavo-convex structure of the mold base 12, and a release layer 18 covering the surface of the metal oxide layer 16, is used.