Abstract: Provided is a laser sensor including an optical window with high accuracy and having excellent dustproof and waterproof properties.

Abstract: Provided is a silver reflector capable of maintaining a high reflectivity achieved by using silver even under a hot and humid environment, wherein a film stress can be suppressed and a face deformation of an optical surface can be reduced, and a manufacture method therefor. A film stress after a reflection film is formed is within a range of +100 MPa to ?100 MPa, and a film stress after the reflection film is subjected to a hot and dry environment at 110° C. for 24 hours and a film stress after the reflection film subjected to the environment is subjected to a hot and humid environment at 85° C. and 85% RH for 24 hours are within a range of +100 MPa to ?100 MPa, and also an absolute value of a change amount between the former and latter film stress values is 40 MPa or lower.

Abstract: Provided is a laser sensor including an optical window with high accuracy and having excellent dustproof and waterproof properties.

Abstract: Provided is a silver reflector capable of maintaining a high reflectivity achieved by using silver even under a hot and humid environment, wherein a film stress can be suppressed and a face deformation of an optical surface can be reduced, and a manufacture method therefor. A film stress after a reflection film is formed is within a range of +100 MPa to ?100 MPa, and a film stress after the reflection film is subjected to a hot and dry environment at 110° C. for 24 hours and a film stress after the reflection film subjected to the environment is subjected to a hot and humid environment at 85° C. and 85% RH for 24 hours are within a range of +100 MPa to ?100 MPa, and also an absolute value of a change amount between the former and latter film stress values is 40 MPa or lower.

Abstract: A display member includes a base made of resin, and a hard coat layer disposed on the base. A plurality of conical protrusions protrude from the surface of the base and are covered with the hard coat layer. Each of a height d of the conical protrusion from the surface of the base and a radius r of a cross section of a bottom surface obtained by cutting the conical protrusion along the surface of the base at a position nearest to the base is a dimension of 700 nm or less, and the total area of the bottom surface of the conical protrusions is 70% to 92% with respect to a unit area of the base.

Abstract: A dichroic film formed on a prism base member contains 10% by volume or more of a high-thermal-conductivity substance having a thermal conductivity of 20 W/mK or more at a temperature of 300 K. Preferably, the dichroic film is composed of high- and low-refractive-index layers laid alternately on one another, and the low-refractive-index layers contain 20% by volume or more of the high-thermal-conductivity substance. For lower angle-of-incidence dependence and higher light use efficiency, preferably, the following conditions: NL ?1.58 and NH/NL?1.33, where NL represents the refractive index of the low-refractive-index layers, and NH represents the refractive index of the high-refractive-index layers.

Abstract: An optical element for reflecting light has a substrate and a thin film formed on the substrate. The thin film reflects light in a predetermined reflection wavelength band so that the thin film adjusts a difference in phase differences between a P-polarized light component and S-polarized light component of an incident light to the thin film and between P-polarized light component and S-polarized light component of the reflected light to 180°±10° at an absolute value.

Abstract: An optical element has a dichroic film held between transparent materials which transmits one of first light in a wavelength range of 390 to 425 nm and second light in a wavelength range of 630 to 820 nm and reflects the other light, and a first, a second, a third and a fourth surfaces. In the optical element, a first anti-reflection film for preventing reflection of the first light is formed on the first surface, a second anti-reflection film for preventing reflection of the second light is formed on the second surface, and a third anti-reflection film for preventing the reflection of the first and the second light is formed on the third surface from which the incident light of the first surface and the second surface is emitted. In the third anti-reflection film, reflectance of the second light is larger than that of the first light.

Abstract: A polarizing beam splitter having a film made of a high-refractivity material and a film made of a low-refractivity material alternately stacked on a substrate. When an incidence angle with respect to a film surface in a particular wavelength is set as ? (°), the following conditional expressions are satisfied in the range of 40???50(°):0.99?Rs(45)/Rs(?)?1.04, 0.96?Tp(45)/Tp(?)?1.05, where Rs(?): reflectivity of polarized light s at a ? incidence; Tp(?) transmissivity of polarized light p at a ? incidence angle; Rs(45): reflectivity of polarized light s at a 45° incidence angle; and, Tp(45) transmissivity of polarized light p at a 45° incidence angle. The transmissivity of the polarized light p does not decrease and the reflectivity of the polarized light s is nearly 100% with respect to even a broad angle region.

Abstract: A dichroic film formed on a prism base member contains 10% by volume or more of a high-thermal-conductivity substance having a thermal conductivity of 20 W/mK or more at a temperature of 300 K. Preferably, the dichroic film is composed of high- and low-refractive-index layers laid alternately on one another, and the low-refractive-index layers contain 20% by volume or more of the high-thermal-conductivity substance. For lower angle-of-incidence dependence and higher light use efficiency, preferably, the following conditions: NL?1.58 and NH/NL?1.33, where NL represents the refractive index of the low-refractive-index layers, and NH represents the refractive index of the high-refractive-index layers.

Abstract: A dichroic film formed on a prism base member contains 10% by volume or more of a high-thermal-conductivity substance having a thermal conductivity of 20 W/mK or more at a temperature of 300 K. Preferably, the dichroic film is composed of high- and low-refractive-index layers laid alternately on one another, and the low-refractive-index layers contain 20% by volume or more of the high-thermal-conductivity substance. For lower angle-of-incidence dependence and higher light use efficiency, preferably, the following conditions: NL ?1.58 and NH/NL?1.33, where NL represents the refractive index of the low-refractive-index layers, and NH represents the refractive index of the high-refractive-index layers.

Abstract: An optical element for reflecting light has a substrate and a thin film formed on the substrate. The thin film reflects light in a predetermined reflection wavelength band so that the thin film adjusts a difference in phase differences between a P-polarized light component and S-polarized light component of an incident light to the thin film and between P-polarized light component and S-polarized light component of the reflected light to 180°±10° at an absolute value.

Abstract: An optical element has a dichroic film held between transparent materials which transmits one of first light in a wavelength range of 390 to 425 nm and second light in a wavelength range of 630 to 820 nm and reflects the other light, and a first, a second, a third and a fourth surfaces. In the optical element, a first anti-reflection film for preventing reflection of the first light is formed on the first surface, a second anti-reflection film for preventing reflection of the second light is formed on the second surface, and a third anti-reflection film for preventing the reflection of the first and the second light is formed on the third surface from which the incident light of the first surface and the second surface is emitted. In the third anti-reflection film, reflectance of the second light is larger than that of the first light.

Abstract: A reflecting optical element has a phase difference adjusting reflective film, which is formed on an interface between a medium optically denser than air and air and reflects light in the medium. The phase difference adjusting reflective film reflects incident light with a predetermined wavelength without substantially changing a phase difference between polarized light components of the incident light perpendicular to each other.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a prism that comprises a first and a second substrate, both translucent, bonded together with an optical thin film interposed at the interface in between and that is used with the interface inclined relative to the optical axis of incident laser light of a wavelength of 420 nm or shorter includes the step of bonding together the first and second substrates of which the difference ?N1 in refractive index at the wavelength of the laser light fulfills the condition: ?N1?|1/(0.3×104×NA×t)|, where t represents the thickness of the first and second substrates cemented together as measured along the optical axis of the laser light, and NA represents the numerical aperture of the incident laser light.

Abstract: According to a method of adjusting the phase shift of s-polarized light reflected from a polarization beam splitter film having a multiple-layer construction, in a desired range of incidence angles and in a desired range of wavelengths, when the reflection-induced phase shift of s-polarized light is not linear with respect to the incidence angle thereof, the layers are arranged in reverse order.

Abstract: In a polarization beam splitter film formed on a transparent substrate, in a desired range of incidence angles and in a desired range of wavelengths, the reflection-induced phase shift of s-polarized light varies linearly with respect to the variation of the incidence angle thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polarizing beam splitter comprised of a film made of a high-refractivity material and a film made of a low-refractivity material alternately stacked on a substrate. When an incidence angle with respect to a film surface in a particular wavelength is set to be ? (°), conditional expressions: 0.99?Rs(45)/Rs(?)?1.04, 0.96?Tp(45)/Tp(?)?1.05 {Rs(?): reflectivity of polarized light s at an incidence angle of ?, Tp(?): transmissivity of polarized light p at an incidence angle of ?, Rs(45): reflectivity of polarized light s at the incidence angle of 45°, Tp(45): transmissivity of polarized light p at the incidence angle of 45°} are satisfied in an entire range of 40???50 (°). According to the configuration, the transmissivity of the polarized light p can be prevented from decreasing while maintaining the reflectivity of the polarized light s at nearly 100% with respect to even a broad angle region, where a divergence angle of an incident light is ±5° or above.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a prism that comprises a first and a second substrate, both translucent, bonded together with an optical thin film interposed at the interface in between and that is used with the interface inclined relative to the optical axis of incident laser light of a wavelength of 420 nm or shorter includes the step of bonding together the first and second substrates of which the difference &Dgr;N1 in refractive index at the wavelength of the laser light fulfills the condition: &Dgr;N1≦|1/(0.3×104×NA×t)|, where t represents the thickness of the first and second substrates cemented together as measured along the optical axis of the laser light, and NA represents the numerical aperture of the incident laser light.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a prism that comprises a first and a second substrate, both translucent, bonded together with an optical thin film interposed at the interface in between and that is used with the interface inclined relative to the optical axis of incident laser light of a wavelength of 420 nm or shorter includes the step of bonding together the first and second substrates of which the difference ?N1 in refractive index at the wavelength of the laser light fulfills the condition: ?N1?|1/(0.3×104×NA×t)|, where t represents the thickness of the first and second substrates cemented together as measured along the optical axis of the laser light, and NA represents the numerical aperture of the incident laser light.