Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a polarizer is disclosed. The method comprises: providing a liquid crystalline mixture comprising reactive molecules, non-reactive molecules, dichroic dye molecules, and a polymerization initiator; providing a uniaxially oriented film of said mixture; polymerizing said film; and removing at least part of said non-reactive molecules. Also disclosed are polarizers manufactured by such a method, as well as optical devices comprising such polarizers.
Abstract:
A switchable dynamic hologram (2) is formed in anisotropic liquid crystal (LC) gel materials (10) wherein anisotropy results from macroscopic alignment of the LC. By applying an electric field (8), the orientation of part of the liquid crystals can be altered and the hologram can be turned on and off. Using LC gels allows for holographic elements with no diffraction in the voltage off state (V = 0) so that the hologram appears only during application of an electric field (V ≠ 0). Also, the anisotropic LC gels maintain polarization dependence. The dynamic holograms are suitable in e.g. dynamic holographic optical components whereby an optical function can be included/excluded in a beam path without introducing or removing elements.
Abstract:
The invention relates to light emitting devices (2) with variable output color. More specifically, the inventions provides a color conversion cell (10) which can be positioned in front of a light source (4) in order to generate other color or color temperatures. Typically the light source is a light emitting diode (LED) which is power efficient but emits in a narrow and fixed spectra. The new colors are generated by photoluminescence in fluorescent dyes contained in the cell. The color converting of the cell is electrically controllable, preferably by controlling the orientation, density or distribution of the fluorescent dyes, or by controlling a pathlength of the light in the cell.
Abstract:
An optical memory device comprising a stack of layers with a first electrode layer; an electroluminescent layer, a second electrode layer opposite of said first electrode with respect to said electroluminescent layer, and a photo inducible conductor arranged between said electroluminescent layer and one of said first or second electrodes. Further a method of forming a recording structure in such an optical recording medium is proposed. Further, systems for recording and reproducing information stored on such an optical memory device are proposed. In the system for reproducing information an incident light beam induces increased conductivity in said photo inducible conductor layer and light emitted from said electroluminescent layer in response to said incident light beam is directed onto a detector. In the system for recording information an incident light beam suitable for degrading said photo inducible conductor layer material and/or said electroluminescent layer material is generated.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an optical recording medium comprising inorganic particles of nanometer size capable to undergo a change in size upon heating at a temperature above room temperature; and comprising a polymer in which the inorganic particles are dispersed to form a composite polymer. According to a preferred embodiment, the change in size is detectable by a change in the absorption spectrum of the composite polymer.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a lighting apparatus which comprises a laser light modification unit (2) for modifying laser light (3) to modified light and a laser (4) for emitting laser light (3) that is to be directed to the laser light modification unit (2). The lighting apparatus further comprises a first layer (5) and an opposing second layer (6), wherein the laser light modification unit (2) is arranged between the first layer (5) and the second layer (6), wherein at least one of the first (5) and the second layer (6) comprises a transparent material being transparent to the modified light and wherein the laser light modification unit (2) is adapted to allow the modified light to pass through the transparent material.
Abstract:
A detector for receiving light impinging at a reception point and for measuring, for a plurality of angles of incidence, at least one property of the light. The detector includes a plurality of lightsensors, each of which is associated with an acceptance interval (which defines the angle of incidence which alightbeam must have to reach the light sensor) and at least two acceptance intervals are different from one another. The detector further includes an optical conductor for conducting a light beam from the reception point to a particular light sensor, butonly if the angle of incidence of the lightbeam belongs to the acceptance interval associated with the particular light sensor.
Abstract:
Proposed is a wavelength converting device (100) comprising a non- linear optical crystal (10) having periodically poled regions (20,30) with alternating polarity. The device (100) is characterized in that the period (41,42) of the poled regions along an axis (X) of the device vary in a direction (Y) perpendicular to the axis. The invention is based on the insight that a poling period corresponds to a given temperature. Thus, providing different poling periods along a direction in the wavelength converting device advantageously allows correlating the position of the device along that direction with a temperature.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a lighting system, a light element for use in such system, and a display comprising such a lighting system. The lighting system comprises light elements (5) such as LEDs or OLEDs, located between two preferably transparent substrates (2, 3) provided with an electrically conducting layers. The light element has sliding electrical contacts, enabling movement of the light element between the substrates while being lit. Such a system provides a relatively simple lighting system allowing for easy modification.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a light angle selecting light detector device comprising a detector unit which is arranged to receive light selected by a selector unit. The device comprising at least one set of light passing areas. Each set of light passing areas consists of a first light passing area having a first size, which first light passing area is located on a first surface, and a second light passing area having a second size, which second light passing area is located on a second surface. The first light passing area and the second light passing area are arranged with a lateral displacement and form a light path from the first surface to the second surface for light having an incident angle between a maximum angle and a minimum angle.