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20080212168 | Extended depth of field imaging system using chromatic aberration - An imaging system (FIG. | 09-04-2008 |
20090201577 | LIGHT SOURCE - An apparatus for providing light to molecules of a specimen in a fluorescence microscope includes a light emitting diode and an optical element including a phosphor. The molecules have a peak excitation wavelength. The LED emits light at a first wavelength; the phosphor is capable of receiving the light at the first wavelength and emitting light at a preselected second wavelength different than the first wavelength. The second wavelength is substantially similar to the peak excitation wavelength of the molecules. | 08-13-2009 |
20090262417 | 193nm Immersion Microscope - New and useful concepts are provided for the objective portion of a liquid or solid immersion microscope are provided, that uses 193 nm light for illumination and imaging of a sample, and includes a liquid or solid immersion lens configuration. The illumination and imaging can be provided, e.g. with (a) a liquid immersion lens with a final objective lens element that comprises a lutetium aluminum garnet (LuAg) lens element, a barium lithium fluoride (BaLiF) lens element, or a fused silica lens element, and a liquid immersion layer that has an index of refraction that is equal to or greater than the index of refraction of water at a wavelength of approximately 193 nm, or (b) a solid immersion lens with a final objective lens element that has an index of refraction greater than or equal to the index of refraction of fused silica at a wavelength of approximately 193 nm. | 10-22-2009 |
20090284831 | PROJECTION OBJECTIVE OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus has a high index refractive optical element (L | 11-19-2009 |
20090323175 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - The present invention provides an optical device and an exposure apparatus capable of suppressing a reduction in light output. The optical device of the present invention includes a laser light source which emits laser light having a short wavelength (e.g., 160 to 500 nm), a lens, a transparent member and an optical fiber provided with a junction-inhibiting film. The optical device is configured such that light density of abutment faces between the transparent member and the optical fiber formed with the junction-inhibiting film is 4464 W/mm | 12-31-2009 |
20090323176 | SINGLE WAVELENGTH ULTRAVIOLET LASER DEVICE - A laser device includes a laser source and an optical module. The laser source is configured for emitting a UV laser beam with a single wavelength. The optical module includes a first optical element disposed on a light path of the UV laser beam. The first optical element has a first surface and a second surface at opposite sides thereof. The first surface faces toward the laser source. At least one of the first and second surfaces is aspherical such that the UV laser beam is capable of focusing on a focal plane with a satisfactory depth of focus. | 12-31-2009 |
20100085633 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed is an optical element for use in an optical apparatus having a light source which emits a light flux with a wavelength λ (350 nm≦λ≦450 nm), the optical element containing: a molded portion formed by molding a resin; and one or a plurality of anti-reflection layers formed on the molded portion, wherein at least one of the anti-reflection layers is made of Si | 04-08-2010 |
20100091360 | OPTICAL COMPONENT MADE FROM SYNTHETIC QUARTZ GLASS WITH ENHANCED RADIATION RESISTANCE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE COMPONENT - To provide an optical component of quartz glass for use in a projection objective for immersion lithography at an operating wavelength below 250 nm, which component is optimized for use with linearly polarized UV laser radiation and particularly with respect to compaction and birefringence induced by anisotropic density change, it is suggested according to the invention that the quartz glass should contain hydroxyl groups in the range of from 1 wtppm to 60 wtppm and chemically bound nitrogen, and that the mean hydrogen content of the quartz glass should be in the range of 5×10 | 04-15-2010 |
20100091361 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides a projection optical system for projecting a pattern of an object plane onto an image plane, including a first lens whose refractive index irreversibly increases by ultraviolet irradiation, and a second lens whose refractive index irreversibly decreases by the ultraviolet irradiation. | 04-15-2010 |
20100165454 | Method for Manufacturing Gradient-Index Optical Element Having Infrared Absorbing Ability - A method of readily producing a gradient optical element having infrared absorbing ability by easily forming a refractive index distribution in a desired portion of a glass substrate having infrared absorbing ability without requiring a specific treatment atmosphere nor using a molten salt. | 07-01-2010 |
20100208336 | Light conditioner - This invention pertains to the use of miniaturized filters and light conditioners to enable conventional basic optical equipment such as telescopes, microscope, otoscopes, to be converted to more advanced devices such as a conventional microscope to a metallurgical microscope, or an otoscope to be converted to a fingerprint or trace fluorescence identification device. Additionally this particular invention uniquely creates the means by which a UV light can be cheaply and portably deployed in a field setting without the use of larger or traditional bulky UV lights. | 08-19-2010 |
20110032606 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AND AN IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - Provided is an optical system (PS) which is used in a wavelength range including a near ultraviolet light range having a wavelength longer than approximately 350 nm and a visible light range. The optical system includes at least two first positive lenses which satisfies a predetermined conditional expression concerning anomalous dispersion characteristic and a rate of change of the refractive index with respect to temperature, and is disposed closer to a contraction side than an aperture stop (ST), and at least one second positive lens which satisfies a predetermined conditional expression concerning anomalous dispersion characteristic and a rate of change of the refractive index with respect to temperature. | 02-10-2011 |
20110063722 | STACKED DISK-SHAPED OPTICAL LENS ARRAY, STACKED LENS MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A stacked disk-shaped optical lens array, a stacked lens module and a method of manufacturing the same are revealed. The stacked disk-shaped optical lens array is produced by at least tow disk-shaped optical lens arrays whose optical axes are aligned. After the optical axes of the stacked disk-shaped optical lens array being aligned by alignment fixtures, the stacked disk-shaped optical lens array is cut to produce a single stacked optical lens element. The optical lens element and optical elements required are mounted into a lens holder to form the stacked lens module. The stacked lens module produced by the method has optical lens elements whose axes are aligned precisely. The processes for manufacturing lens modules are simplified and the cost is reduced. | 03-17-2011 |
20110063723 | STACKED DISK-SHAPED OPTICAL LENS ARRAY, STACKED DISK-SHAPED LENS MODULE ARRAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A stacked disk-shaped optical lens array, a stacked disk-shaped lens module array and a method of manufacturing the same are revealed. The stacked disk-shaped optical lens array is produced by stacked disk-shaped optical lens modules whose optical axis is aligned. The stacked disk-shaped lens module array is produced by a stacked disk-shaped optical lens array whose optical axis is aligned by an alignment fixture, stacked and assembled with required optical element arrays. In the stacked disk-shaped lens module array produced by this method, the lens optical axis is aligned precisely. Moreover, the manufacturing process is simplified and the cost is reduced. | 03-17-2011 |
20110310471 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRAVIOLET CURING OF ADHESIVES WITH LIGHT BEAM SHAPING IN DISK DRIVE MANUFACTURING - UV curing of adhesives with light beam shaping utilizes a spot curing process that focuses a limited amount of UV light onto a target area, such as glue dots. A focusing lens may be used to direct the UV light beam to the target area. The target areas have different geometrical shapes, and the UV light is advantageously concentrated in a more efficient manner. Beam-shaping optics or lenses are used to facilitate re-shaping and re-defining the UV-light beam. The UV beam may be defined and limited to a rectangular spot to improve the spot process quality and efficiency. | 12-22-2011 |
20120218627 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY HAVING FLUORESCENT LAYER - An optical lens assembly having a fluorescent layer is disclosed, which includes a partition frame with a partition ring protruding inwardly from an inner wall surface of the partition frame, two optical lenses, and a fluorescent layer, wherein a slot space is defined by the two optical lenses and the partition ring of the partition frame, and the fluorescent layer is accommodated within the slot space. The top optical lens can be a flat slab lens, or a convex lens. When the optical lens assembly having a fluorescent layer is used in the optical device, the moisture can be prevented from entering the fluorescent layer, and thus the optical performance of the fluorescent layer can be maintained over a long period. | 08-30-2012 |
20120229891 | PLASMONIC DARK FIELD AND FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY - Plasmonic condensers for generating surface plasmon at an evanescent wave surface can include a substrate layer, a metal layer comprising the evanescent wave surface; and a media layer disposed between the metal layer and the substrate layer. The media layer can be active or passive and can include a source of radiation that interacts with the metal layer to create surface plasmons that are not substantially optically detectable as far field radiation until an interfering object is brought into proximity with the evanescent wave surface. When an interfering object such as a sample or specimen is brought into proximity with the evanescent wave surface, it causes coupling of at least some of the surface plasmons into propagating radiation detectable by an objective lens. Systems, methods, and the like are disclosed, as are features of a plasmonic meta-materials illuminator. | 09-13-2012 |
20130016424 | CONFOCAL SCANNING MICROSCOPE - A confocal scanning microscope including: an objective system (second objective lens | 01-17-2013 |
20130100522 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed is an optical element for use in an optical apparatus having a light source which emits a light flux with a wavelength λ (350 nm≦λ≦450 nm), the optical element containing: a molded portion formed by molding a resin; and one or a plurality of anti-reflection layers formed on the molded portion, wherein at least one of the anti-reflection layers is made of Si | 04-25-2013 |
20130215498 | Lens Module for Image Capture - A lens module ( | 08-22-2013 |
20130229703 | LENS ARRAY, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LENS ARRAY - According to one embodiment, a lens array is provided with a plurality of lenses, which are formed in an effective area of a substrate, a dam structure, which is formed in an outer periphery of the plurality of lenses, and light-blocking films, which are formed using an ink and positioned between the plurality of lenses and between the plurality of lenses and the dam structure. | 09-05-2013 |
20130235451 | LENS ARRAY, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LENS ARRAY - According to one embodiment, a lens array of this embodiment is equipped with a plurality of lenses formed on a substrate, and light-blocking films including a plurality of layers, are formed by using an ultraviolet curable ink deposited between the lenses. | 09-12-2013 |
20130258455 | OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH INFRARED ABSORBING LAYER AND LENS MODULE INCLUDING SAME - An optical element includes a transparent substrate and an infrared absorbing layer on an object-side surface of the transparent substrate. The infrared absorbing layer is a thermo sensitive ink printed or deposited on the transparent substrate. The thermo sensitive ink is cured to blue color. | 10-03-2013 |
20130271826 | Lens Plate For Wafer-Level Camera And Method Of Manufacturing Same - A lens plate includes a transparent substrate wafer, and a plurality of lenses and spacers that are formed of a single portion of material on the transparent substrate wafer. An assembly includes a first lens plate that includes a first transparent substrate wafer, a plurality of first lenses and a plurality of spacers, the first lenses and spacers being formed of a single portion of material on said first transparent substrate wafer. The assembly also includes a second lens plate that includes a second transparent substrate wafer and a plurality of second lenses formed thereon, each of the plurality of second lenses corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of first lenses. The lens plates are aligned such that each of the plurality of first lenses aligns with the respective one of the plurality of second lenses, and the lens plates are bonded to one another. | 10-17-2013 |
20130293950 | OPTICAL ELEMENT FILTERING ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND LENS MODULE INCLUDING SAME - An optical element includes a substrate and a film. The substrate made of sapphire. The film is covered on the substrate and is configured for increasing reflectivity of ultraviolet lights and filtering the ultraviolet lights. The film includes a plurality of high refractive index layers and a plurality of low refractive index layers alternately stacked on the substrate. | 11-07-2013 |
20130301119 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT USABLE FOR AN ULTRA WIDE BAND OPTICAL SENSOR - An optical arrangement of lenses configured for use with an ultra wide band optical sensor is provided herein. The optical arrangement is associated with a back focal plane and further includes a first, a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth lens ordered from first to sixth along a common optical axis such that the first lens is farthest from the back focal plane and the sixth lens is closest to the back focal plane, wherein the first and the second lenses are made of zinc sulfide, the third and the sixth lenses are made of barium fluoride, the fourth lens is made of magnesium oxide, and the fifth lens is made of calcium fluoride, and wherein the lenses are selected to transfer any light within a wavelength range that contains 0.42 μm to 3.6 μm. | 11-14-2013 |
20130314772 | INFRARED-CUT FILTER WITH SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATE AND LENS MODULE INCLUDING THE INFRARED-CUT FILTER - An IR-cut filter includes a substrate and an infrared filtering film. The substrate is made of sapphire, and includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The infrared filtering film covers the first surface of the substrate and increases the reflectivity in relation to infrared light, thus filtering out the infrared light. The infrared filtering film includes a number of first high refraction index layers and a number of first low refraction index layers alternately stacked on the first surface of the substrate. | 11-28-2013 |
20140029087 | SWITCHABLE LENS DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND 2-DIMENSIONAL AND 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A switchable lens device, a method of manufacturing the same, and a 2-dimensional (2D) and 3-dimensional (3D) image display device using the same are disclosed. The switchable lens device includes a first base film, a first lens layer which is formed on the first base film, has a first refractive index in a first direction, has a second refractive index less than the first refractive index in a second direction vertical to the first direction, and has concave surfaces, a second lens layer which has convex surfaces filled in the concave surfaces of the first lens layer and has the first refractive index, and a second base film attached to the second lens layer. | 01-30-2014 |
20140118817 | HIGH RESOLUTION OPTICAL SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a high resolution optical system. | 05-01-2014 |
20140307307 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH UNDIFFRACTED LIGHT EXPANSION FOR EYE SAFE OPERATION - Aspects of the subject disclosure are directed towards safely projecting a diffracted light pattern, such as in an infrared laser-based projection/illumination system. Non-diffracted (zero-order) light is refracted once to diffuse (defocus) the non-diffracted light to an eye safe level. Diffracted (non-zero-order) light is aberrated twice, e.g., once as part of diffraction by a diffracting optical element encoded with a Fresnel lens (which does not aberrate the non-diffracted light), and another time to cancel out the other aberration; the two aberrations may occur in either order. Various alternatives include upstream and downstream positioning of the diffracting optical element relative to a refractive optical element, and/or refraction via positive and negative lenses. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307308 | Reflective Optical Element for the EUV Wavelength Range, Method for Producing and for Correcting Such an Element, Projection Lens for Microlithography Comprising Such an Element, and Projection Exposure Apparatus for Microlithography Comprising Such a Projection Lens - A reflective optical element | 10-16-2014 |
20150077839 | Lens Unit - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a lens unit which can create an effective light shield despite the simple process by which the lens unit is produced. A non-transmissive filler (BD) is filled and solidified in the gap between the outer periphery of a light shielding member (SH | 03-19-2015 |
20150077840 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module generally provided in a mobile terminal. The camera module includes a lens unit which is configured to accommodate at least one lens. An actuator unit is configured to fix the lens unit, and a base which is fixed by an adhesive to the bottom of the actuator. A printed circuit board (PCB) to which the base is fixed for thereby supplying electric power to the actuator unit. Either a corner of an outer side of the bottom of the actuator unit or a corner of an outer side of the top of the base is tapered. | 03-19-2015 |
20150146283 | CATADIOPTRIC IMAGING SYSTEMS FOR DIGITAL SCANNER - Projection optical system for forming an image on a substrate and including an illumination relay lens and a projection lens each of which is a catadioptric system. The projection lens may include two portions in optical communication with one another, the first of which is dioptric and the second of which is catadioptric. In a specific case, the projection optical system satisfies | 05-28-2015 |
20150370043 | MINI WIDE-ANGLE LENS MODULE - A mini wide-angle lens module includes a first lens, a second lens, an aperture, a third lens, a fourth lens and a fifth lens. The first lens and the fifth lens have negative refractive power. The second lens, the third lens and the fourth lens have positive refractive power. The mini wide-angle lens module satisfies at least one of the following material relationships: (1) 020 and I5−I4<0.4, wherein V1, V2, V3, V4 and V5 are ABBE numbers, and I1, I2, I3, I4 and I5 are refractive indices. | 12-24-2015 |
20160017218 | OPTICAL MATERIAL AND USES THEREOF - An optical material of the present invention includes: a phosphor which has an excitation wavelength in a range from 220 nm to 500 nm, a fluorescence wavelength in a range from 380 nm to 650 nm, a maximum excitation wavelength in a range from 350 nm to 400 nm, and a maximum fluorescence wavelength in a range from 400 nm to 500 nm; and an ultraviolet light absorber, and the light transmittance thereof measured at a thickness of 2 mm satisfies the following features (1) to (3):
| 01-21-2016 |
20160070089 | Wafer-Level Methods For Making Apertured Lenses And Associated Apertured Lens Systems - A wafer-level lens forming method for forming an aperture wafer wherein the aperture wafer is stacked with one or more lens wafers to form apertured lens systems. The aperture wafer is formed by lithographically depositing an opaque layer on a transparent film, which is supported by a substrate. The aperture wafer is stacked with one or more lens wafers, and appropriate spacing between the wafers is set with spacer wafers. The substrate is removed, and the lens and aperture wafers are adhered together in a stack to form an optical system. The method avoids accumulation of residual material on the lens during the opaque-layer deposition process. The resulting optical system benefits from added flexibility of the lens system design due to the ability to locate the aperture with respect to one or more lenses independently of the lens wafers. | 03-10-2016 |
20160124195 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical apparatus includes plural optical lens groups with a specified field of view, an optical sensor and a casing. After a light beam passes through any of the plural optical lens groups, a travelling direction of the light beam is changed. Moreover, after the light beam passes through at least one of the plural optical lens groups, the light beam is sensed by the optical sensor and converted into an image signal by the optical sensor. The plural optical lens groups and the optical sensor are accommodated and fixed within the casing. With different fields of view, the images, which are with different field angles, will be taken simultaneously and effectively an optical zooming effect is performed. In short, the optical apparatus has a single optical lens module, and is able to implement different optical functions simultaneously. Consequently, the overall volume of the optical apparatus is minimized, and the fabricating cost of the optical apparatus is reduced. Moreover, the assembling process is simplified, and the number of components to be assembled is reduced. | 05-05-2016 |
20160145137 | METHOD FOR LOADING A BLANK COMPOSED OF FUSED SILICA WITH HYDROGEN, LENS ELEMENT AND PROJECTION LENS - A method for loading a blank composed of fused silica with hydrogen, including loading the blank at a first temperature (T | 05-26-2016 |
20160176130 | METHOD OF FORMING A MICROLENS OVER AN OPTICAL ACTIVE DEVICE BY INJECTION PROCESS | 06-23-2016 |
20160377844 | OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM - An optical lens system includes, in order from a magnified side to a minified side, a first lens group and a second lens group. The first lens group of negative refractive power has at least one aspheric surface, and the second lens group of positive refractive power has at least one aspheric surface. Each of the lenses in the optical lens system is a singlet lens, and the condition: TE | 12-29-2016 |
20160377846 | PROJECTION LENS SYSTEM - A projection lens system includes, in order from a magnified side to a reduced side, a first lens group of positive refractive power and a second lens group of positive refractive power. The second lens group includes at least one cemented lens and at least one aspheric surface. During focusing, the first lens group remains stationary, and the second lens group is movable in a direction of an optical axis. | 12-29-2016 |
20160377988 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT THEREWITH - An optical arrangement includes an optical element ( | 12-29-2016 |