EP3120172A4 - Wire grid polarizer with dual absorptive regions - Google Patents

Wire grid polarizer with dual absorptive regions Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP3120172A4
EP3120172A4 EP15811158.3A EP15811158A EP3120172A4 EP 3120172 A4 EP3120172 A4 EP 3120172A4 EP 15811158 A EP15811158 A EP 15811158A EP 3120172 A4 EP3120172 A4 EP 3120172A4
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
wire grid
grid polarizer
absorptive regions
dual
dual absorptive
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP15811158.3A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP3120172A1 (en
Inventor
R. Stewart NIELSON
Bradley R. Williams
Benjamin DOWNARD
D. Brent WILLIAMSON
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Moxtek Inc
Original Assignee
Moxtek Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Moxtek Inc filed Critical Moxtek Inc
Priority claimed from PCT/US2015/034464 external-priority patent/WO2015199948A1/en
Publication of EP3120172A1 publication Critical patent/EP3120172A1/en
Publication of EP3120172A4 publication Critical patent/EP3120172A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
    • G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
    • G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
    • G02F1/1335—Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
    • G02F1/133528—Polarisers
    • G02F1/133536—Reflective polarizers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B5/00—Optical elements other than lenses
    • G02B5/30—Polarising elements
    • G02B5/3025—Polarisers, i.e. arrangements capable of producing a definite output polarisation state from an unpolarised input state
    • G02B5/3058—Polarisers, i.e. arrangements capable of producing a definite output polarisation state from an unpolarised input state comprising electrically conductive elements, e.g. wire grids, conductive particles
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
    • G02B27/10—Beam splitting or combining systems
    • G02B27/14—Beam splitting or combining systems operating by reflection only
    • G02B27/149—Beam splitting or combining systems operating by reflection only using crossed beamsplitting surfaces, e.g. cross-dichroic cubes or X-cubes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B21/00—Projectors or projection-type viewers; Accessories therefor
    • G03B21/005—Projectors using an electronic spatial light modulator but not peculiar thereto
    • G03B21/006—Projectors using an electronic spatial light modulator but not peculiar thereto using LCD's
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/13—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on liquid crystals, e.g. single liquid crystal display cells
    • G02F1/133—Constructional arrangements; Operation of liquid crystal cells; Circuit arrangements
    • G02F1/1333—Constructional arrangements; Manufacturing methods
    • G02F1/1335—Structural association of cells with optical devices, e.g. polarisers or reflectors
    • G02F1/133528—Polarisers
    • G02F1/133548—Wire-grid polarisers

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Mathematical Physics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Polarising Elements (AREA)
  • Projection Apparatus (AREA)
EP15811158.3A 2014-06-25 2015-06-05 Wire grid polarizer with dual absorptive regions Withdrawn EP3120172A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US201462016955P 2014-06-25 2014-06-25
PCT/US2015/034464 WO2015199948A1 (en) 2014-06-25 2015-06-05 Wire grid polarizer with dual absorptive regions

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP3120172A1 EP3120172A1 (en) 2017-01-25
EP3120172A4 true EP3120172A4 (en) 2017-11-22

Family

ID=57588811

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP15811158.3A Withdrawn EP3120172A4 (en) 2014-06-25 2015-06-05 Wire grid polarizer with dual absorptive regions

Country Status (2)

Country Link
EP (1) EP3120172A4 (en)
CN (1) CN106662687A (en)

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN107167863B (en) * 2017-07-07 2019-09-10 深圳市华星光电技术有限公司 The production method of nanometer wiregrating polaroid
US10353239B2 (en) 2017-07-07 2019-07-16 Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. Method of manufacturing nanowire grid polarizer
US11249234B2 (en) * 2019-07-29 2022-02-15 Moxtek, Inc. Polarizer with composite materials
CN111090176B (en) * 2020-01-08 2021-11-30 上海交通大学 Metal grating polarization beam splitter with asymmetric reflection

Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20040125449A1 (en) * 2002-12-30 2004-07-01 Sales Tasso R. Grid polarizer with suppressed reflectivity
WO2009002792A2 (en) * 2007-06-22 2008-12-31 Moxtek, Inc. Reflection-repressed wire-grid polarizer
WO2009002791A1 (en) * 2007-06-22 2008-12-31 Moxtek, Inc. Selectively absorptive wire-grid polarizer
US20100225886A1 (en) * 2009-03-06 2010-09-09 Seiko Epson Corporation Polarization element and projection display device
WO2012053754A2 (en) * 2010-10-20 2012-04-26 Lg Innotek Co., Ltd. Wire grid polarizer and liquid crystal display including the same
JP2012103468A (en) * 2010-11-10 2012-05-31 Asahi Kasei Corp Optical element and projection type liquid crystal display device
US20130286358A1 (en) * 2011-03-02 2013-10-31 Dexerials Corporation Polarizing element

Family Cites Families (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20070242352A1 (en) * 2006-04-13 2007-10-18 Macmaster Steven William Wire-grid polarizers, methods of fabrication thereof and their use in transmissive displays
JP2009003232A (en) * 2007-06-22 2009-01-08 Sanyo Electric Co Ltd Liquid crystal projector

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20040125449A1 (en) * 2002-12-30 2004-07-01 Sales Tasso R. Grid polarizer with suppressed reflectivity
WO2009002792A2 (en) * 2007-06-22 2008-12-31 Moxtek, Inc. Reflection-repressed wire-grid polarizer
WO2009002791A1 (en) * 2007-06-22 2008-12-31 Moxtek, Inc. Selectively absorptive wire-grid polarizer
US20100225886A1 (en) * 2009-03-06 2010-09-09 Seiko Epson Corporation Polarization element and projection display device
WO2012053754A2 (en) * 2010-10-20 2012-04-26 Lg Innotek Co., Ltd. Wire grid polarizer and liquid crystal display including the same
JP2012103468A (en) * 2010-11-10 2012-05-31 Asahi Kasei Corp Optical element and projection type liquid crystal display device
US20130286358A1 (en) * 2011-03-02 2013-10-31 Dexerials Corporation Polarizing element

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See also references of WO2015199948A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
CN106662687A (en) 2017-05-10
EP3120172A1 (en) 2017-01-25

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
IL249392A0 (en) Reducing intron retention
EP3036329A4 (en) Immuno-oncolytic therapies
EP2979537A4 (en) Combine
EP3030925A4 (en) Multi-layer absorptive wire grid polarizer
EP3087897A4 (en) Washer
EP3051208A4 (en) Cooking device
EP3042340A4 (en) Ar-book
EP3120172A4 (en) Wire grid polarizer with dual absorptive regions
EP3063391A4 (en) Nosecap
EP3041039A4 (en) Sample-retainer
EP3179896A4 (en) Dishwasher
EP3129022A4 (en) Combination therapies with curaxins
AU2014904205A0 (en) Insulation retention
AU2013902585A0 (en) Juicer
AU2013903904A0 (en) Not Given
AU2013902578A0 (en) C f -
AU2013902613A0 (en) Bidder
AU2013902559A0 (en) Bidder
AU2013904936A0 (en) MonoCalm
AU2013904344A0 (en) Solitaire - - - - organizer
AU2013904094A0 (en) Enviro-Cut
AU2013904019A0 (en) Uni-Block
AU2013900784A0 (en) Treatment
AU2013903581A0 (en) BikeAlert
AU2013903172A0 (en) Grabrail

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20161020

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: BA ME

DAV Request for validation of the european patent (deleted)
DAX Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
A4 Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched

Effective date: 20171025

RIC1 Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant

Ipc: G02B 5/30 20060101AFI20171018BHEP

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN

18D Application deemed to be withdrawn

Effective date: 20180526