Abstract: A composite includes a liquid crystal polyester that is soluble in a solvent; and liquid crystal polymer particles that are insoluble in a solvent, have a melting point of 270° C. or more, and have a cumulative distribution 50% diameter D50 of 20 ?m or less and a cumulative distribution 90% diameter D90 of 2.5 times or less the D50 in a particle size distribution.

Abstract: An optical fiber characteristics measurement system includes: an optical fiber characteristics measurement device including: an emission port configured to emit probe light; and an incidence and emission port connected to one end of a measurement target optical fiber and configured to emit pump light, stimulated Brillouin scattered light generated within the measurement target optical fiber being incident on the incidence and emission port; a first optical fiber having one end connected to the emission port and configured to guide the probe light to another end of the measurement target optical fiber; and an optical isolator provided between another end of the first optical fiber and the another end of the measurement target optical fiber, and configured to cause the probe light guided by the first optical fiber to be incident on the another end of the measurement target optical fiber.

Abstract: An optical fiber characteristic measurement apparatus (1) includes: a light source (11) configured to output a laser beam of which frequency is modulated; an incident part (12, 13, 14, and 15) configured to make the laser beam output from the light source be incident from one end and another end of an optical fiber (FUT) as continuous light (L1) and pulsed light (L2), respectively; a light detector (16) configured to detect light projected from the optical fiber and output a detection signal (D1); and a detector (17 and 18a) configured to detect, in a first period (T1) in which scattering light based on the continuous light and the pulsed light is projected from the optical fiber and a second period (T2) shorter than the first period, in which the scattering light is not projected from the optical fiber, the scattering light based on integrated values acquired by integrating the detection signal for a predetermined time.

Abstract: An optical fiber characteristic measurement apparatus (1) includes: a light source (11) configured to output a laser beam of which frequency is modulated; an incident part (12, 13, 14, and 15) configured to make the laser beam output from the light source be incident from one end and another end of an optical fiber (FUT) as continuous light (L1) and pulsed light (L2), respectively; a light detector (16) configured to detect light projected from the optical fiber and output a detection signal (D1); and a detector (17 and 18a) configured to detect, in a first period (T1) in which scattering light based on the continuous light and the pulsed light is projected from the optical fiber and a second period (T2) shorter than the first period, in which the scattering light is not projected from the optical fiber, the scattering light based on integrated values acquired by integrating the detection signal for a predetermined time.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing ultrafine fibers is configured to produce ultrafine fibers by melting and drawing raw filaments. The apparatus for producing ultrafine fibers comprises: a plurality of raw filament passages arranged in a straight row; and a laser irradiation device for irradiating a plurality of raw filaments with a laser beam so as to melt, oscillate and vibrate the plurality of raw filaments after the plurality of raw filaments have passed through the respective raw filament passages together with airstreams. Specifically, the laser irradiation device is configured to output a focused laser beam having a diameter decreasing as distance from the laser irradiation device increases, and having a beam axis parallel to a direction of the row of the plurality of raw filament passages.

Abstract: The apparatus for producing ultrafine fibers includes a nozzle portion, a laser irradiation unit, and a drawing chamber. The nozzle portion has an inlet for feeding a raw fiber, a first jet outlet which communicates with the inlet and jets a first drawing gas stream for delivering and drawing the raw fiber, and a second jet outlet which is arranged in the periphery of the first jet outlet and jets a second drawing gas stream. The laser irradiation unit on which the nozzle portion is installed irradiates a laser light to the raw fiber delivered from first jet outlet to melt the raw fiber. The drawing chamber draws the melted raw fiber by using the first drawing gas stream and the second drawing gas stream which are jetted from the nozzle portion.

Abstract: A method for producing a substrate having a concavity and convexity pattern includes: a step for applying a sol containing a silica precursor on a substrate to form a coating film; a step for drying the coating film; a pressing step for pressing a mold having a concavity and convexity pattern against the dried coating film with a pressing roll; a step for peeling off the mold from the coating film; and a step for baking the coating film to which the concavity and convexity pattern has been transferred. The coating film is dried in the drying step so that the ratio of weight of the coating film to dried weight of the coating film is in a range of 1.4 to 8.8, the dried weight being obtained by baking the coating film at a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius. The coating film may be heated in the pressing step.

Abstract: Provided is an optical fiber characteristics measurement device that is provided with: a light source for emitting laser light modulated by a specified modulation frequency; an incident means for receiving the laser light from the light source as continuous light and pulse light from one end and the other end of an optical fiber, respectively; and a light detector for detecting light emitted from the optical fiber, the optical fiber characteristics measurement device measuring the characteristics of the optical fiber using the detection results of the light detector, wherein the optical fiber characteristics measurement device is characterized in being provided with a synchronous detector that extracts, from among the detection signals output from the light detector, detection signals obtained by detecting the light in the vicinity of a measurement point set in the optical fiber, and synchronously detects the extracted detection signals using a synchronization signal having a specified period.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical substrate includes: a step for preparing a long film-shaped mold; a step for preparing a sol; a step for forming a coating film of the sol on a substrate; a step for drying the coating film; a step for pressing a pattern surface of the film-shaped mold against the dried coating film with a pressing roll while feeding the film-shaped mold to the pressing roll; a step for releasing the film-shaped mold from the coating film; and a step for baking the coating film to which the concave and convex pattern has been transferred.

Abstract: A method for producing a substrate having a concavity and convexity pattern includes: a step for applying a sol containing a silica precursor on a substrate to form a coating film; a step for drying the coating film; a pressing step for pressing a mold having a concavity and convexity pattern against the dried coating film with a pressing roll; a step for peeling off the mold from the coating film; and a step for baking the coating film to which the concavity and convexity pattern has been transferred. The coating film is dried in the drying step so that the ratio of weight of the coating film to dried weight of the coating film is in a range of 1.4 to 8.8, the dried weight being obtained by baking the coating film at a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius. The coating film may be heated in the pressing step.

Abstract: An optical fiber characteristic measuring device of the present invention includes: a light source which emits laser light modulated at a predetermined modulation frequency; an incident section which causes the laser light from the light source as continuous light and pulsed light to be incident from one end and other end of an optical fiber respectively; a timing adjuster which causes light emitted from the optical fiber to pass therethrough at a predetermined timing; and a light detector which detects the light which passes through the timing adjuster, and measures a characteristic of the optical fiber by using a detection result of the light detector, and the device includes: a synchronous detector which synchronously detects the detection result of the light detector by using a synchronization signal having a predetermined frequency; and a frequency setter which changes the frequency of the synchronization signal in a case where the modulation frequency at the light source is an integer multiple of the fr

Abstract: Provided is an optical fiber characteristics measurement device that is provided with: a light source for emitting laser light modulated by a specified modulation frequency; an incident means for receiving the laser light from the light source as continuous light and pulse light from one end and the other end of an optical fiber, respectively; and a light detector for detecting light emitted from the optical fiber, the optical fiber characteristics measurement device measuring the characteristics of the optical fiber using the detection results of the light detector, wherein the optical fiber characteristics measurement device is characterized in being provided with a synchronous detector that extracts, from among the detection signals output from the light detector, detection signals obtained by detecting the light in the vicinity of a measurement point set in the optical fiber, and synchronously detects the extracted detection signals using a synchronization signal having a specified period.

Abstract: An optical fiber characteristic measuring device of the present invention includes: a light source which emits laser light modulated at a predetermined modulation frequency; an incident section which causes the laser light from the light source as continuous light and pulsed light to be incident from one end and other end of an optical fiber respectively; a timing adjuster which causes light emitted from the optical fiber to pass therethrough at a predetermined timing; and a light detector which detects the light which passes through the timing adjuster, and measures a characteristic of the optical fiber by using a detection result of the light detector, and the device includes: a synchronous detector which synchronously detects the detection result of the light detector by using a synchronization signal having a predetermined frequency; and a frequency setter which changes the frequency of the synchronization signal in a case where the modulation frequency at the light source is an integer multiple of the fr

Abstract: There are provided a rear projection screen and a rear projection display apparatus capable of achieving a large lenticular pitch Lp and a high pitch ratio Gp/Lp and suppressing moire. The rear projection screen includes a plurality of pixels with an outer edge having a rhombus shape inclined with respect to a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of a screen of the rear projection screen, and a lenticular lens sheet diffusing light emitted from a rear projection projector within a certain angle range. The plurality of pixels are arranged in such a way that their outer edges are adjacent to each other, a lens pitch Lp (mm) of the lenticular lens sheet satisfies Lp?0.15, and a pitch ratio Gp/Lp of a pitch Gp (mm) of the pixels and the lens pitch Lp satisfies Gp/Lp?1.0.

Abstract: [PROBLEMS] A method of producing a precision, low-cost resin molded article capable of improving a light utilizing efficiency and reducing a stray light caused by a light that enters a rise surface and is reflected off a reflection surface in an abnormal direction or refracted.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a rear projection screen that has a high contrast and produces high-quality images. The object is achieved by a rear projection screen and rear projection display apparatus having the same. This rear projection screen contains a vertical lenticular lens sheet on the viewer side, and the vertical lenticular lens sheet includes a lenticular lens capable of vertically refracting the incident light on its incident surface, black stripes in the vicinity of the focus of the lenticular lens in portions where the incident light does not pass through, and a flat surface on its viewer side.

Abstract: A rear projection screen for use in a rear projection display apparatus contains a Fresnel lens sheet, a horizontal lenticular lens sheet capable of horizontally refracting the incident light, and a vertical lenticular lens sheet capable of vertically refracting the incident light, in this order from the incident side of the incident light, in which the lens center of the Fresnel lens sheet is arranged upward with respect to the mechanical center of the screen, and, in relation to this arrangement, black stripes of the vertical lenticular lens sheet are shifted with respect to the vertical lenticular lens.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal cell, a liquid crystalline substance layer, a pair of polarizers, and an optical compensation element. The twist angle of the liquid crystal cell is set to 180 to 270 degrees. The optical compensation element has a twisted structure twisted in the opposite direction to that of the liquid crystal cell. The difference in the absolute values of the twist angles between the liquid crystal cell and the optical compensation element is from 40 to 100 degrees. The difference in retardation at a wavelength ?=550 nm between the liquid crystal cell and the optical compensation element is from 100 to 250 nm. When the absolute values of the differences in retardation at wavelengths ? of 400 nm and 550 nm between the liquid crystal cell and the optical compensation element are represented by ?R(400) and ?R(550), respectively, and the ratio D therebetween is represented by D=?R(400)/?R(550), D is within the range of 0.5 to 1.0.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a rear projection screen that has a high contrast and produces high-quality images. The object is achieved by a rear projection screen and rear projection display apparatus having the same. This rear projection screen contains a vertical lenticular lens sheet on the viewer side, and the vertical lenticular lens sheet includes a lenticular lens capable of vertically refracting the incident light on its incident surface, black stripes in the vicinity of the focus of the lenticular lens in portions where the incident light does not pass through, and a flat surface on its viewer side.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal cell, polarizers disposed on both sides of the liquid crystal cell, and an optical compensation element disposed on at least one side of the liquid crystal cell between the liquid crystal cell and the polarizers, wherein the twist angle of the liquid crystal layer in the liquid crystal cell is set to from 180 to 270 degrees; the optical compensating element has a twisted structure twisted in the opposite direction to that of the liquid crystal layer; the difference in the absolute values of the twist angles between the liquid crystal cell and the optical compensation element is from 40 to 100 degrees; the difference in retardation at a wavelength &lgr;=550 nm between the liquid crystal cell and the optical compensation element is from 100 to 250 nm; and the ratio of the absolute values of the differences in retardation at wavelengths &lgr; of 400 nm and 550 nm between the liquid crystal cell and the optical compensation element is within the ra