Abstract: An adhesive film for a polarizing plate includes a functional group represented by Formula 1: wherein * represents a binding site; A is a C1 to C20 aliphatic hydrocarbon group; B is —O—, —S—, a C1 to C20 aliphatic hydrocarbon group, or a single bond; R2 is a C1 to C20 aliphatic hydrocarbon group; and n is an integer from 1 to 5.

Abstract: A display device includes a housing, a frame bonded to the housing, and a display module. The display module includes a back cover bonded to the frame, a light guide plate (LGP), a support element, a display panel, and an optical film set. The LGP is supported on the back cover and has a light exiting surface and an opposite back surface. At least two sides of the LGP's back surface are adhered on the back cover, and the LGP is made of glass. The support element and display panel are supported respectively on the LGP and support element. The optical film set is between the display panel and LGP. A hybrid LGP includes a first light guide sub-plates and a second light guide sub-plate. The second light guide sub-plate is stacked on and bonded to the first light guide sub-plate.

Abstract: A display device has a liquid crystal panel that switches between a transparent state and an opaque state, a first light source, a light guide plate arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal panel and made of a transparent material, the light guide plate having an incident surface facing the first light source and an outgoing surface facing the back surface of the liquid crystal panel, propagating light emitted from the first light source and incident through the incident surface, and outputting the light toward the liquid crystal panel from the outgoing surface, and a second light source configured to illuminate an object arranged on an opposite side to the liquid crystal panel with the light guide plate interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A light guide plate has a light conducting portion having a light input surface for introducing light into the light guide plate, a main light guiding body that is thinner than a maximum thickness of the light conducting portion, and disposed continuously from the light conducting portion, a slanted surface that is disposed on the light conducting portion on at least one of a surface near a light output surface and a surface opposite the surface near the light output surface, and that is inclined from a section of the light guide plate that is thicker than the main light guiding body toward an end of the main light guiding body, two cylindrical surfaces that cut into the slanted surface, and a groove formed by the two cylindrical surfaces.

Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for implementing a hybrid concentrator for a backlight. The backlight includes a light guide and multiple light sources positioned along an input end of the light guide. The backlight further includes multiple hybrid concentrators that each include a lens in a central region of the concentrator and one or more total-internal-reflection (TIR) zones. Each hybrid concentrator is positioned between a corresponding light source and the light guide, and is configured to concentrate light into the light guide. The light guide then projects the concentrated light to illuminate a modulating display panel to form images for viewing.

Abstract: The disclosure is related to a light guide plate having a light-emitting surface, wherein a plurality of V-shaped grooves is formed on the light-emitting surface; each of the V-shaped grooves extends along a curved path. The V-shaped grooves of the light guide plate extend along the curved path to avoid the light guide plate from collecting light in a single direction. The interference fringes of the light guide plate are reduced, thereby improving the uniformity of light emission of the light guide plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device and a light guide plate thereof. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device, including: a display panel configured to output an image to a front surface of the display device; a light source array arranged along at least one edge of the display device to output light; and a light guide plate arranged behind the display panel to guide light incident upon a side surface facing the edge from the light source array so that the light is projected through a front surface toward the display panel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a luminaire (1) having a housing which is closed by a translucent cover (11). The housing accommodates a light source and control gear (6), the light source being formed from a plurality of LEDs (8) arranged on at least one circuit board (9). According to the invention the light from the LEDs (8) is coupled into at least one light guide (7) which extends from the cover (11) towards the LEDs (8). The coupled-in light from the LEDs (8) is guided in the light guide (7) to the cover (11) and is preferably emitted diffusely.

Abstract: Provided is an illumination module capable of preventing a light exit surface from being darker along peripheral edge portions as though having borders. An illumination module (1) includes: a light guiding plate (20), which has an end surface (21) and a first principal surface (23); a light source (30) configured to emit light that enters the end surface (21); and a diffusion plate (50), which has alight incident surface (55) and a light exit surface (56). The diffusion plate (50) includes a protruding part (51), which protrudes toward the light guiding plate (20) side and the light source (30), which is positioned so as to face a peripheral edge portion (26) on the end surface (21) side of the light guiding plate (20), and which has a light incident surface (52) into which light exiting the peripheral edge portion (26) enters.

Abstract: A backlight device comprising a light source, a light guide plate with a side surface receiving light entering from the light source and with one surface emitting light, a frame body surrounding the light source and an edge of the light guide plate, and an optical sheet placed at a region facing the one surface, wherein the frame body has a first covering part covering, at a side proximal to the light source, an edge of the one surface, the optical sheet is placed on the first covering part at the side proximal to the light source, and is placed at least partly on the one surface at a side where the light source is not provided, a support body for support of the light guide plate is arranged between the light guide plate and a bottom plate of the frame body, and the first covering part holds the light guide plate between the first covering part and the support body.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a light emitting device is provided comprising a plurality of first solid state light sources for emitting first light with a first spectral distribution, and a first light guide comprising a first light input surface, a first end surface extending in an angle with respect to each other and at least one first further surface extending parallel to the first light input surface. The first light guide receiving the first light at the first light input surface, and guiding a part of the first light to the first end surface. The light emitting device further comprises one first optical element, for shaping light that is coupled out of the first light guide through a part of the at least one first further surface such as to provide a first shaped light, and at least one second optical element on the first end surface.

Abstract: An energy generator including a material having a Curie temperature is provided. The energy generator includes a hot source at a first temperature, a cold sink at a second temperature, a means to couple the hot source to the material while the cold sink is insulated from the material, and a means to couple the cold sink to the material while the hot source is insulated from the material, wherein: the first temperature higher than the Curie temperature, and the second temperature lower than the Curie temperature. Also provided is an energy generator including elements as above, between the hot source and the cold sink. Further provided is a genset having an engine for producing electrical energy, a coolant system, an exhaust element, and an alternator, and an energy generator as above. A method for use an energy generator as above is also provided.

Abstract: According to one aspect, an optical waveguide comprises a waveguide body exhibiting total internal reflection, a substrate, and a plurality of light extraction features disposed on a surface of the substrate. The light extraction features are non-adhesively bonded to the waveguide body or may be disposed on opposing sides of the substrate. A method of forming an optical element is also disclosed.

Abstract: A light guide plate, wherein refractive indexes of the first light guide layer, the connection layer and the second light guide layer decreases in sequence; the first light guide layer comprises a first incident surface, a first angular surface and an illuminating surface; the second light guide layer comprises a first lateral surface, a bottom surface and a second angular surface; the connection layer comprises a main reflective layer and a sub reflective layer, and mesh dots of the main reflective layer and the sub reflective layer are positioned in staggered manner; the first angular surface is laminated with the first reflective surface, and the second angular surface is laminated with a back surface of the second reflective surface, and the illuminating surface is parallel with the bottom surface. The present invention further discloses a backlight module and a display device.

Abstract: A display device includes a display housing and plural display-light-emitting devices. At least one of the plural display-light-emitting devices includes a light guide member, a holding member, and a light source. The light guide member includes a light incident portion, a light exit portion, and a reflecting portion. The light guide member causes light incident upon the light incident portion to be reflected by the reflecting portion so as to guide the light to the light exit portion. The holding member has an opening so as to house the light guide member, includes an elastically deformable holding piece, and holds the light guide member by using the holding piece. The light source is provided at a portion facing the light incident portion. The holding member has a cut that allows the holding piece to be elastically deformed.

Abstract: In one aspect, a light emitting device comprises a film-based lightguide including folded and stacked strips extending from a lightguide region of the film. In one aspect, the film comprises light extracting features defining light emitting regions that extract light from at least one light source positioned to emit light into the stacked end of strips. In one aspect, a flux of light emitted in a first direction by the light extracting features is greater than 70% of a total flux emitted from the light emitting regions, the light emitting regions have an average luminous transmittance greater than 70%, and the outermost surface of the device has an ASTM D523-89 60 degree gloss less than 50 gloss units. In one aspect, the device is a light fixture and the color of the object, such as a wall or ceiling, behind the film is unchanged when looking through the film.

Abstract: Provided are: a light source device capable of preventing light from a light source disposed to face an end surface of a light guide plate from leaking to a side in which the light guide plate emits the light without providing a new member; and a display apparatus including the light source device. A light source unit 2 is disposed to face an end surface of a light guide plate 3, and a heat spreader supporting the light source unit 2 has a shape of covering the light source unit 2. A light from the light source unit 2 is irradiated to the end surface of the light guide plate 3, as well as the protrusive plates 71 and 72 side of the heat spreader. Since the light irradiated to the protrusive plate 71 side is shielded by the protrusive plate 71, the light does not leak to a panel chassis 5 side.

Abstract: In various embodiments, an illumination structure includes a discrete light source disposed proximate a bottom surface of a waveguide and below a depression in a top surface thereof. A top mirror may be disposed above the discrete light source to convert modes of light emitted from the discrete light source into trapped modes, thereby increasing the coupling efficiency of the illumination structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a filter composed of two layers of materials with different expansion coefficients. The difference between a length added to a whole section length of an outer low-expansion coefficient metal sleeve by a temperature change and a length added to a length of a whole section of high-expansion coefficient cylindrical coil spring arranged therein by the temperature change causes a stress-releasing or stress-increasing effect on the whole section of pre-tensioned high-expansion coefficient cylindrical coil spring arranged therein, so that a structure capable of compensating the wavelength shift of the fiber Bragg's grating filter caused by temperature by increasing or decreasing the refractive index is achieved.

Abstract: An optical fiber having both low macrobend loss and low microbend loss. The fiber has a central core region, a first (inner) cladding region surrounding the central core region and having an outer radius r2>16 microns and relative refractive index ?2, and a second (outer) cladding region surrounding the first cladding region having relative refractive index, ?3, wherein ?1>?3>?2. The difference between ?3 and ?2 is greater than 0.12 percent. The fiber exhibits a 22 m cable cutoff less than or equal to 1260 nm, and r1/r2 is greater or equal to 0.24 and bend loss at 1550 nm for a 15 mm diameter mandrel of less than 0.5 dB/turn.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for producing metal-coated optical fiber involves providing a length of optical fiber having a glass fiber with or without a carbon layer surrounded by a liquid-soluble polymeric coating. The optical fiber is passed through a series of solution baths such that the fiber will contact the solution in each bath for a predetermined dwell time, the series of solution baths effecting removal of the polymer coating and subsequent electroless plating of metal on the glass fiber. The optical fiber is collected after metal plating so that a selected quantity of the metal-coated optical fiber is gathered, Preferably, the glass fiber passes through the series of solution baths without contacting anything except for the respective solution in each.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optical communications. In one aspect, an optical circulator array includes a plurality of stacked three port circulators each having a respective first port of a first port array, a respective second port of a second port array, and a respective third port of a third port array. Each of the plurality of staked three port circulators share optical components including a first micro lens array optically coupled to the first port array and the third port array, a first walk off crystal, a first half wave plate, a first faraday rotator, a first birefringence wedge pair, a second birefringence wedge pair, a second Faraday rotator, a second half wave plate, a second birefringence walk off crystal, and a second micro lens array optically coupled to the second port array.

Abstract: Methods of depositing materials to provide for efficient coupling of light from a first device to a second device are disclosed. In general, these methods include mounting one or more wafers on a rotating table that is continuously rotated under one or more source targets. A process gas can be provided and one or more of the source targets powered while the wafers are biased to deposit optical dielectric films on the one or more wafers. In some embodiments, a shadow mask can be laterally translated across the one or more wafers during deposition. In some embodiments, deposited films can have lateral and/or horizontal variation in index of refraction and/or lateral variation in thickness.

Abstract: An optical device comprising a single-photon device, which is coupled to a planar waveguide is described. The planar waveguide comprises a nanostructured section, which includes a longitudinal extending guiding region with a first side and a second side, a first nanostructure arranged on the first side of the guiding region, and a second nanostructure arranged on the second side of the guiding region. The nanostructured section comprises a slow-mode section, in which the single-photon device is positioned or embedded, and in which the first nanostructure and second nanostructure suppress spontaneous emission into other modes. The planar waveguide further comprises a fiber coupler for coupling light out of the planar waveguide and into an optical fiber, the fiber coupler preferably being adapted to match a field profile of an optical fiber.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for a photonic chip. The photonic chip includes one or more electronic components in addition to one or more optical components. An optical coupler can be utilized for coupling external optical fibers or sources with the optical components. The optical coupler can include a beam splitter for splitting an incident light having both trans-electric (TE) and trans-magnetic (TM) polarizations into two beams having only TE and TM polarizations. The light beam with TM polarization is incident on a grating coupler on the chip having a horn section, which includes gratings. The light beam is reflected onto the grating coupler such that the direction of TM polarization is within the first plane of incidence, and the first beam of light is incident on the first plurality of gratings at an angle with respect to a normal to the plane of the first grating coupler.

Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes a first cable segment; a second cable segment; and a splice enclosure. The first cable segment can have a different configuration than the second cable segment. The splice enclosure is coupled to the strength member and strength component of the first cable segment and the second cable segment. One example splice enclosure includes a first enclosure body having a first threaded connection region and a second enclosure body having a second threaded connection region. Another example splice enclosure includes a tubular enclosure with two end caps. Cable retention members are positioned within the splice enclosure at fixed axial positions.

Abstract: An optimized SOI 2×2 multimode interference (MMI) coupler is designed by use of the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) simulation shows that, within a footprint of 9.4×1.6 ?m2, <0.1 dB power unbalance and <1 degree phase error are achieved across the entire C-band. The excess loss of the device is <0.2 dB.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to mounting optoelectronic devices and wavelength-division multiplexing optical connectors. For example, an implementation includes a transparent interposer having an integrated plurality of lenses. A plurality of optoelectronic devices are mounted to a bottom surface of the transparent interposer, each of the optoelectronic devices being paired to a respective lens of the plurality of lenses. The bottom surface of the transparent interposer is mounted to a substrate within a region of an optical socket. The optical socket receives a filter-based wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) optical connector. Each lens of the plurality of lenses is paired to a respective filter of the WDM optical connector when the WDM optical connector is mated to the optical socket.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to barrier structures for underfill blockout regions uses in phonotics chip packaging and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a substrate with a plurality of solder connections and at least one optical fiber interface disposed within at least one cavity of the substrate. The structure further includes a barrier structure formed about the cavity which is structured to prevent underfill material from degrading an optical coupling of the optical fiber.

Abstract: Fiber optic connector assemblies and method for assembling the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a fiber optic connector assembly includes an optical fiber having an inner glass region, a polymer layer surrounding the inner glass region, and a windowed portion, wherein the inner glass region is exposed at the windowed portion. The fiber optic connector assembly further includes a connector body having a demarcation region at a first end, wherein the optical fiber is disposed within the connector body such that at least a portion of the windowed portion is positioned in the demarcation region, and the optical fiber is adhered to the connector body at the windowed portion. In another embodiment, the demarcation region includes an opening in the outer jacket that exposes the at least a portion of the windowed portion of the plurality of optical fibers and the optical fibers are adhered to a portion of the cable.

Abstract: Reduced-profile connection components are described. The reduced-profile connection components are configured to connect various data transmission elements, including cables, network devices, and computing devices. A non-limiting example of a connection component includes a fiber optic connection component, including connectors, adapters, and assemblies formed therefrom. In some embodiments, the connection components may include mechanical transfer (MT) and multi-fiber push-on/pull-off (MPO) connection components, such as MT ferrules and MPO adapters. The reduced-profile connection components configured according to some embodiments have a smaller profile and/or require less parts to achieve a connection compared to conventional connection components. In some embodiments, the reduced-profile connection components may be used with conventional connection components. For example a reduced-profile connector may use a conventional MT ferrule to establish a connection within a conventional MPO adapter.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic connector including a connector body (122) having a front end and a rear end. A shutter (74) is mounted at the front end of the connector body (122). The shutter (74) is movable relative to the connector body (122) between an open position and a closed position. The fiber optic connector (69) includes an optical fiber (100) having an end face that is accessible at the front end of the connector body (122) when the shutter (74) is in the open position. The fiber optic connector (69) also includes a cleaning material (501) provided at an inner side of the shutter (74) that covers the end face of the optical fiber (100) when the shutter (74) is in the closed position.

Abstract: Described are examples of optical blind-mate connector adaptors, optical blind-mate connectors to blind-mate to the adaptors, and optical blind-mate systems. In various implementations, an optical blind-mate connector adapter may include a sleeve housing and a shutter mounted at an opening of the sleeve housing. The shutter may include a shutter flap to cover the opening in a closed position and a shutter tab to receive a force to move the shutter flap from the closed position to an open position extending away from the sleeve housing.

Abstract: The cleaning head (30, 40, 44, 130) of a swab-like cleaning device (28, 36, 42, 134) for cleaning optical fiber end faces, especially the lens of expanded beam (“EB”) optical fibers, has a concave configuration of its cleaning surface (30a, 40a, 44a). This provides for effective engagement of the cleaning surface with the convex, e.g., spherical or nearly spherical, light transmission surfaces of the lenses (16a, 16b) of EB optical fibers. The cleaning head comprises coherent bodies of sintered polymers and may have zones of different density. Deformability of at least that portion of the cleaning head (30, 40, 44, 130) which terminates in the cleaning surface (30a, 40a, 44a) facilitates use of the cleaning device for non-EB as well as EB optical fiber end faces by better conforming the cleaning surface to the end faces during cleaning of the end faces.

Abstract: In accordance with the following description, an optical communication connector includes a ferrule having retractable alignment pins that are actuable between an extended position and a retracted position. For example, the connector may include an inner housing assembly having optical fibers and an outer housing positioned over the inner housing assembly. The outer housing is shaped to be removable from the inner housing assembly, which has a movable pin clamp mechanically coupled to alignment pins for aligning the connector with another connector. The pin clamp may be slid from a first position (corresponding to a male gender) to a second position (corresponding to a female gender). Separately or in combination with changing gender, the polarity of a communication connector may be changed due to its inclusion of an asymmetric polarity-changing feature that is actuable by an installer to change a polarity of the communication connector.

Abstract: A connector housing includes a housing including a front end portion, a base end portion having end opening, and an inner cavity portion extending from the front end portion to the base end portion and formed such that a front portion of a flexible optical waveguide having band shape is inserted from the end opening into the cavity to the front end portion. The cavity has a length that extends in longitudinal direction of the waveguide, a width that extends in width direction of the waveguide, and a height that extends in thickness direction of the waveguide, and the housing has a pair of walls forming a pair of inner surfaces facing each other in the cavity such that the inner surfaces is gradually increasing a separation distance between the inner surfaces in the thickness direction of the waveguide toward base end side of the housing at the end opening.

Abstract: An adapter block assembly includes at least one adapter block; a circuit board; a first contact set; and a second contact set. The contact sets are disposed at apertures defined in the adapter block and rotated 180° from each other. Each adapter block includes first and second latching arrangements that retain separately manufactured alignment arrangements against movement along the passages. The first latching arrangements include latching arms disposed at the apertures. The second latching arms include ramps and stops disposed opposite the apertures. Optical connectors suitable for plugging into the adapter block include an outer housing having an area of increased thickness of hold a storage device and an inner housing with a channel to accommodate the area of increased thickness of the outer housing.

Abstract: An optical module includes: a board configured to be equipped with an optical element that carries out photoelectric conversion; a flexible optical waveguide configured to guide light output from the optical element or light to be input to the optical element; and a chassis including: a housing part configured to house the board, and a passage configured to lead the flexible optical waveguide to outside of the housing part and bend in such a manner that one or more steps are formed along a wave guiding direction of the flexible optical waveguide.

Abstract: An optical module includes: a butterfly-type optical device including a body that contains a heating element in an interior space, a lid body that puts a lid on the interior space, and a plurality of pins; a substrate including a connecting surface to which the plurality of pins are connected; and a heat-dissipating component arranged to the connecting surface side, wherein the optical device is connected to the connecting surface with a heat-dissipating surface, of a part that has been arranged with the heating element, oriented to the heat-dissipating component side, and with a gap provided to a side of the lid body opposite to a side of the interior space.

Abstract: A communication module includes a printed circuit board, a housing including a left and right sidewall, a top and bottom panel, and a catch pin extending from the bottom panel, the housing enclosing the circuit board and configured to be inserted into and removed from the host device, and a delatch assembly slidably engaged with the bottom panel of the housing, including first and second delatch arms extending underneath the bottom panel of the housing and configured to removably engage with the host device, and a delatch cross-member extending underneath the bottom panel of the housing, including a hooking member configured to selectively engage the catch pin as the delatch assembly slides along the housing.

Abstract: An assembly for protecting spliced optical fibers includes: a fiber optic cable comprising at least one optical fiber and a surrounding jacket; at least one elongate tubular member housing the optical fiber, wherein a gap exists between the elongate tubular member and the jacket such that the optical fiber has an exposed region; and a premold block formed of an ultra-low pressure material, the premold block encasing the exposed region of the optical fiber.

Abstract: Methods and systems for mounting a lens in a lens cell. The system may include a spindle assembly including a motor and a spindle, which may be an air bearing spindle, a passage within the spindle and an opening at the end of the passage at the surface of the spindle head, a vacuum source connected to the passage of the spindle to create suction at the opening, a stage configured to securely receive a lens mount with a lens cell such that a central axis of the lens cell is coaxial with the axis of rotation of the spindle, a micropositioner configured to reposition the lens on the spindle head, and a motion gauge configured to detect eccentric rotation of a lens as lens motion when the lens is positioned on the head of the rotating spindle.

Abstract: A barrel comprises a cylinder wall, two parting lines, and an external thread. The external thread is intersected by the two parting lines respectively, and the external thread includes a plurality of threads. The plurality of threads are connected spirally and each of the threads includes a pair of normal thread portion and a pair of shrinking thread portion. Each of the normal thread portions includes a normal thread crest and a normal thread root. The plurality of shrinking thread portions are intersected by the parting lines respectively, and each of the shrinking thread portions includes a middle location intersected by one of the parting lines, a shrinking thread crest, and a shrinking thread root. The outer diameter of each of the shrinking thread crests reaches a minimum at the middle location, and the minimal width of the shrinking thread crest is smaller than the normal crest outer diameter. The width of each of the shrinking thread crests is larger than the normal crest width.

Abstract: A lens fixing mechanism includes a lens base having a hollow structure and a breach structure formed on the hollow structure and a lens clamp. A ring portion of the lens clamp has an opening and a protruding structure. Two sheets extend outwardly from the opening. The protruding structure protrudes from a periphery toward a center of the ring portion. When the ring portion sleeves the hollow structure to insert the protruding structure into the breach structure and a lens module is inserted into the hollow structure, the sheets are connected to each other to pack the ring portion to contract inwardly, so as to make the protruding structure pass through the breach structure for clamping the lens module and make a portion of the periphery of the ring portion except the protruding structure to clamp a portion of a periphery of the hollow structure except the breach structure.

Abstract: A zoom lens barrel houses plural lens frames holding plural movable lens units and supporting the plural movable lens units so that the movable lens units are movable forward and rearward along an optical axis. The zoom lens barrel includes a first lens frame and a second lens frame of the plural lens frames adjacent to each other, and plural first linear motors and plural second linear motors that move the first lens frame and the second lens frame forward and rearward independently for focusing associated with zooming. The plural first linear motors and the plural second linear motors are arranged in a plane that is perpendicular to the optical axis and also alternately on the same circumference that has a center on the optical axis.

Abstract: An imaging lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has negative refractive power. The imaging lens system has a total of four lens elements, and the imaging lens system further includes an aperture stop disposed between the second lens element and the third lens element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging lens, the imaging lens including, in an ordered way from an object side, a first lens having positive (+) refractive power, a second lens having negative (?) refractive power, a third lens having positive (+) refractive power, a fourth lens having positive (+) refractive power, and a fifth lens having negative (?) refractive power, wherein an aperture is interposed between the first and second lenses, and the imaging lens meets a conditional expression of 20<V2<30 and 50<V3,V4,V5<60, where Abbe's number of second lens is V2, Abbe's number of third lens is V3, Abbe's number of fourth lens is V4, and Abbe's number of fifth lens is V5.

Abstract: The invention discloses a three-piece optical lens for capturing image and a three-piece optical module for capturing image, which include, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface which can be convex; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; two surfaces of each of the three lenses can be both aspheric. The third lens can have positive refractive power, wherein an image-side surface thereof can be concave, and both surfaces thereof are aspheric; at least one surface of the third lens has an inflection point. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.

Abstract: Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises six lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.

Abstract: This disclosure provides an optical image capturing lens system comprising: a positive first lens element having a convex object-side surface, a negative second lens element, a positive third lens element having a convex image-side surface, a fourth lens element having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; and a positive fifth lens element having a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region thereof, both of the object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric, and at least one inflection point is positioned on at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces thereof. When particular relations are satisfied, the angle at which light projects onto the image plane can be efficiently controlled for increasing the relative illumination and preventing the occurrence of vignetting.