Abstract:
Polarisierendes Glas (1), das formanisotrope Metallteilchen (3) enthält, die in einem Glasverbund (2) aus zwei Gläsern, die jeweils eine Metallteilchen enthaltende Schicht auf wenigstens einer der Hauptflächen aufweisen, so dass die Orientierungsrichtungen der Metallteilchen miteinander zusammenfallen und die Hauptflächen, die die Metallteilchen enthaltenden Schichten aufweisen, einander gegenüberliegen wobei die formanisotropen Metallteilchen (3) im Glasverbund (2) in einer Richtung orientiert und dispergiert sind und wobei die Konzentration der Metallteilchen eine Verteilung hat, bei der die Konzentration der formanisotropen Metallteilchen (3) in der Nähe einer der Oberflächen des Glasverbunds (2) und in der Nähe der anderen Oberfläche null ist, dann von einer der Oberflächen des Glasverbunds (2) in Bewegungsrichtung des Lichts, auf das eine polarisierende Funktion ausgeübt wird, zu der anderen Oberfläche allmählich zunimmt und in dem Glasverbund (2) innerhalb eines Bereichs der durch Verbinden zweier Gläser bestimmt ist und zu der anderen Oberfläche hin allmählich wieder abnimmt.
Abstract:
A polarizing glass includes shape-anisotropic metal particles oriented and dispersed in a glass substrate, the concentration of the metal particles having a distribution in which in the travel direction of light in which a polarizing function is exhibited, the concentration is substantially zero near one of the surfaces of the glass substrate and near the other surface, gradually increases from one of the surfaces of the glass substrate to the other surface, becomes a value within a predetermined range in the glass substrate, and then gradually decreases toward the other surface.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily distinguish polarizing glass with different polarization axes without any mark on the polarizing glass such as a scratch.SOLUTION: The spectral reflectance curves of polarizing glass surfaces in the visible light region are configured to be different in accordance with the directions of polarization axes of the polarizing glass. Accordingly, when the polarizing glass is illuminated and visually observed, color tones look different in accordance with the polarization axes, and thereby difference in the polarization axes can be distinguished by the difference in color tones.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of stably and easily producing a high-performance polarizing glass having rather large width, while suppressing fracture in the glass preform during drawing, without using any dangerous chemicals.SOLUTION: A metal oxide thin film is formed by the liquid phase film formation method on the surface of glass preform in which metal halide particles or metal particles are dispersed. Then the glass preform on which the metal oxide thin film is formed is drawn.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide polarizing glass which reduces misalignment of a polarization axis in a plane and improve manufacturing yield of an optical isolator. SOLUTION: The polarizing glass including shape anisotropic metal particles oriented and dispersed in a surface layer part of at least one main surface of a glass substrate is manufactured by a manufacturing method wherein the preform wall thickness of the glass substrate is 3 mm or more, the moving speed of the preform is set to 15 mm/min or less, and the take-over speed of an extended glass sheet is set to 300 mm/min or less to carry out heating extension. When the polarization axis of center points a, j of the main surface is a reference angle, the maximum misalignment of the polarization axis of optional points b-i, k-r in the plane is within 0.15°. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polarization glass, manufactured comparatively simply and having no problem such as surface reflection, an optical isolator and a manufacturing method for polarization glass. SOLUTION: This polarization glass contains shape anisotropic metal particles aligned and dispersed in a glass substrate, and the metal particle concentration has distribution such that in the traveling direction of light showing the polarizing action, it is substantially zero in the vicinity of one side surface of the glass substrate and in the vicinity of the other side surface, it gradually increases as it goes from one side of the glass substrate toward the other side thereof, it falls within a predetermined range in the glass substrate, and then it gradually decreases as it goes toward the other side. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polarizing element composed of a metal particulate-dispersed type polarizing glass in which isolation of ≥30 dB can be attained even in a pigtail type optical isolator. SOLUTION: A method for obtaining the condition of reduction is disclosed by which a polarizing element produced by reducing a glass substrate in which the acicular particles of silver halide or of first copper are dispersed so as to be oriented to one direction in a reducing atmosphere, thus forming a reduction layer comprising acicular metal silver or copper exhibits an extinction ratio suitable to be used in a pigtail type optical isolator. For each of samples of the polarizing elements obtained by reducing the test samples of a glass substrate under at least two reduction conditions, the distance to a light receiver is set within 100 mm, an extinction ratio is measured with light having a wavelength of 1.3 to 1.6 μm, the polarizing element sample in which the extinction ratio is the maximum or the highest is selected, and a reduction condition under which the selected polarizing element is prepared is determined as reduction condition under which an extinction ratio suitable for a pigtail type light isolator is exhibited. Also a method for producing a polarizing element under the reduction condition obtained by the above method, the polarizing element and an optical isolator are disclosed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT