Abstract: The invention relates to a diffuser 3 intended to be facing a light source 1 comprising a transmission layer 10 and a diffusion layer 22, 23 intended to diffuse a light transmitted by the light source, the diffuser being characterised in that the diffusion layer comprises a plurality of metal structures 200, 200a, 200b, called metal nanostructures, having dimensions less than a wavelength of the light transmitted, said metal nanostructures having varied sizes and being distributed within the diffusion layer such that adjacent metal nanostructures have between them, varied distances and preferably less than the wavelength of the light transmitted. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a diffuser, and a display system comprising such a diffuser.

Abstract: The invention relates to a diffuser 3 intended to be facing a light source 1 comprising a transmission layer 10 and a diffusion layer 22, 23 intended to diffuse a light transmitted by the light source, the diffuser being characterised in that the diffusion layer comprises a plurality of metal structures 200, 200a, 200b, called metal nanostructures, having dimensions less than a wavelength of the light transmitted, said metal nanostructures having varied sizes and being distributed within the diffusion layer such that adjacent metal nanostructures have between them, varied distances and preferably less than the wavelength of the light transmitted. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a diffuser, and a display system comprising such a diffuser.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode includes a first electrode, a stack of semiconductor organic layers comprising at least one electroluminescent organic layer, the stack being deposited above the first electrode, and a second electrode deposited on a surface of the stack, the surface being opposite the first electrode, wherein the first electrode comprises at least one region, making electrical contact with the stack of semiconductor organic layers, having a geometry suitable for allowing the excitation of a localized plasmon mode at the emission wavelength of the electroluminescent organic layer. Display device comprising a plurality of such diodes sharing a stack of semiconductor organic layers. Process for manufacturing such a diode and such a display device is also provided.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode comprises a first electrode, a stack of semiconducting organic layers, comprising at least one light-emitting organic layer, deposited on top of the first electrode and a second electrode deposited on a surface of the stack opposite the first electrode, wherein the first electrode comprises at least one region in electrical contact with the stack of semiconducting organic layers surrounded by one or more regions electrically insulated from the stack, each electrically insulated region structured to form at least one Bragg mirror adapted to reflect plasmons with a wavelength ? of emission from the light-emitting layer and guided by an interface between the first electrode and the stack of semiconducting organic layers, each region in electrical contact with the stack forming, with the Bragg mirror or mirrors surrounding it, a cavity not supporting any resonant plasmon mode at the wavelength ?. A method for fabricating such an organic light-emitting diode is provided.

Abstract: The invention concerns a head-up display, comprising at least one combination of a laser source, a movable mirror, a fixed mirror, a diffuser and an optical sub-system, the movable mirror being positioned to divert the beam originating from the laser source towards the fixed mirror in such a way that the beam from the fixed mirror scans the surface of the diffuser before reaching the optical sub-system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a head-up display including an element (10) suitable for overlaying a first image of a scene (14) on a second image from a projection system, the projection system including a screen (24) and an optical system (26), the screen (24) being divided into sub-screens (24A, 24B, 24C), each of which display the second image, the optical system (26) including a set of optical subsystems (26A, 26B, 26C) positioned opposite each sub-screen (24A, 24B, 24C), the screen being positioned within the object focal plane of each optical sub-system (26A, 26B, 26C).

Abstract: A rear-projection display device comprises a mobile light source supplying a light beam of at least one wavelength, a holographic mirror reflecting only said at least one wavelength, an absorbent screen and a transmissive diffuser, the absorbent screen being placed on the rear face of the holographic mirror, the elements being arranged such that the beam from the light source is reflected on the holographic mirror in order to sweep the surface of the transmissive diffuser.

Abstract: The invention concerns a head-up display, comprising at least one combination of a laser source, a movable mirror, a fixed mirror, a diffuser and an optical sub-system, the movable mirror being positioned to divert the beam originating from the laser source towards the fixed mirror in such a way that the beam from the fixed mirror scans the surface of the diffuser before reaching the optical sub-system.

Abstract: A rear-projection display device comprises a mobile light source supplying a light beam of at least one wavelength, a holographic mirror reflecting only said at least one wavelength, an absorbent screen and a transmissive diffuser, the absorbent screen being placed on the rear face of the holographic mirror, the elements being arranged such that the beam from the light source is reflected on the holographic mirror in order to sweep the surface of the transmissive diffuser.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transmissive diffuser screen comprising a transparent support (50), a first face of the support being covered with a first diffusive micro-structure (52) and a second face of the support being covered with an optical focusing structure (54) of which the primary focal point is disposed at a lighting source (36) of the screen and of which the surface is covered with a second diffusive micro-structure (56).

Abstract: The invention relates to a head-up display including an element (10) suitable for overlaying a first image of a scene (14) on a second image from a projection system, the projection system including a screen (24) and an optical system (26), the screen (24) being divided into sub-screens (24A, 24B, 24C), each of which display the second image, the optical system (26) including a set of optical subsystems (26A, 26B, 26C) positioned opposite each sub-screen (24A, 24B, 24C), the screen being positioned within the object focal plane of each optical sub-system (26A, 26B, 26C).

Abstract: A method for calculating a depth map from an original matrix image, comprising the steps of: calculating a first matrix image corresponding to the original matrix image with a low resolution and in which the depth of field is similar to that of the original matrix image, calculating a second matrix image corresponding to the original matrix image with a low resolution, comprising a number of pixels similar to that of the first matrix image and in which the depth of field is greater than that of the original matrix image, implementing a DFD type three-dimensional reconstruction algorithm from the first and the second matrix images, outputting the depth map.

Abstract: A method of formation of nanowires at a surface of a substrate attached to a solid immersion lens. The method includes formation of a catalyst element at the surface of the substrate and growth of nanowires from the catalyst element formed at the surface of the substrate. The catalyst element is a metal nanoparticle and the formation of the catalyst element at the surface of the substrate deposits the metal nanoparticle using a light beam focused by the solid immersion lens at the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A method for calculating a depth map from an original matrix image, comprising the steps of: calculating a first matrix image corresponding to the original matrix image with a low resolution and in which the depth of field is similar to that of the original matrix image, calculating a second matrix image corresponding to the original matrix image with a low resolution, comprising a number of pixels similar to that of the first matrix image and in which the depth of field is greater than that of the original matrix image, implementing a DFD type three-dimensional reconstruction algorithm from the first and the second matrix images, outputting the depth map.

Abstract: A device for trapping particles contained in a liquid (L) placed in a tank, characterized in that it comprises a substrate that is transparent at a working wavelength, a thin layer of material with non-linear optical properties that are reversible at the working wavelength and which is fixed to a first face of the transparent substrate to form all or part of at least one wall of the tank, a device for forming an optical trap which comprises a laser source which emits a laser beam and means for forming a waist of the laser beam, the laser beam being incident upon that face of the transparent substrate that lies on the opposite side to the first face and the waist of the laser beam being formed in the thin layer, an evanescent electromagnetic field forming at the surface of the thin layer.

Abstract: A method of formation of nanowires at a surface of a substrate attached to a solid immersion lens. The method includes formation of a catalyst element at the surface of the substrate and growth of nanowires from the catalyst element formed at the surface of the substrate. The catalyst element is a metal nanoparticle and the formation of the catalyst element at the surface of the substrate deposits the metal nanoparticle using a light beam focused by the solid immersion lens at the surface of the substrate.

Abstract: The invention concerns a 3D imaging device comprising a photodetector (2) matrix (M), a layer of material (1) fixed on a face of the photodetector matrix, the layer of material (1) being capable of absorbing or reflecting light, an opening (3) being formed in said layer of material at each photodetector (2), a layer of insulating material (6) fixed on said layer of material (1) capable of reflecting or absorbing light, the layer of insulating material (6) having a face surrounding, in the body thereof, a set of G waveguides (5), each waveguide (5) of the set of waveguides being positioned vertically in relation to said face, opposite an opening (3), the heights of the different waveguides, considered in relation to the face of the layer of insulating material, defining N distinct levels, N being a whole number greater than or equal to 2.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for enhancing fluorescence comprising a support (10) carrying fluorescence enhancement means (11), the fluorescence enhancement means offering a reception surface for chemical or biological elements intended to be read by detection of a fluorescence signal emitted by a fluorophore, associated with the chemical or biological elements, under the effect of an excitation light beam. The fluorescence enhancement means (11) is made up of a thin, transparent, dielectric layer or a stack of thin, transparent, dielectric layers (12 to 16) ensuring a mirror function for the fluorescence signal and excitation light beam, the material of the thin layer or of each thin layer of the stack being chosen from among the following materials: TiO2, Ta2O5, HfO2, ZrO2, MgO, SiO2, Si3N4, MgF2 and YF3. The fluorescence enhancement device may be used for a biological or chemical optic sensor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biochip support comprising a substrate supporting at least one porous layer of material on a first face, the said layer being designed to fix biological molecules onto the said layer and in the volume of this layer, the said support being characterized in that the said layer is a thin optical layer of material prepared by the sol-gel method and for which the refraction index is less than the refraction index of the substrate. The invention also relates to a process grafting of biological molecules onto and into the thin layer of material prepared by the sol-gel method on the first face of the biochip support.