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A metalens for focusing light is described. The metalens includes a library of elements for varying the propagating phase of the focusing light over at least a 2π radians range, where the library of elements is arranged in a sub-wavelength pattern that defines spacings between the elements. Each spacing exhibiting temperature-dependent spacing changes within a temperature range and each element in the library of elements includes: a refractive index exhibiting a temperature-dependency within the temperature range, a shape exhibiting a temperature-dependency within the temperature range, and a size exhibiting a temperature-dependency within the temperature range. The metalens also includes a phase profile defined by a combination of the refractive index, shape, and size of each element in the library, and the sub-wavelength pattern of the library of elements. The metalens also includes a focal length defined by the phase profile, the focal length exhibiting a temperature-dependency within the temperature range.

The present invention relates to an aperture unit having an optical axis. The aperture unit includes a fixed portion, a guiding element, a first blade and a driving assembly. The guiding element is movably connected to the fixed portion, and the first blade is movably connected to the guiding element and the fixed portion. The driving assembly is disposed on the guiding element for driving the guiding element to move relative to the fixed portion in a first moving dimension. When the guiding element moves relative to the fixed portion in the first moving dimension, the first blade is driven by the guiding element to move relative to the fixed portion in a second moving dimension, and the first moving dimension and the second moving dimension are different.

The invention discloses a titanium dioxide super-lens large-view-field achromatic imaging method and device, and the method comprises the steps: building a simulation model through a time domain finite difference method, and obtaining the phase amplitude corresponding relation of TiO2 nano-column units under different sizes; and according to a first target function preset by single-wavelength super-diffraction focusing, reversely designing and iteratively optimizing the surface phase of the TiO2 super-lens by using a genetic algorithm to obtain the single-wavelength super-diffraction super-lens. And then, optimizing the genetic algorithm, and reversely designing and optimizing the phase of the single-wavelength super-diffraction super-lens again in combination with a Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction formula and a second target function preset by broadband achromatism to obtain the broadband achromatism super-diffraction super-lens. And finally, point spread functions with different off-axis degrees are optimized by means of an exhaustion algorithm and an angular spectrum theory, and large-view-field achromatic super-diffraction imaging is realized. The invention effectively solves the problems of large aberration, obvious chromatic aberration, limited resolution, difficulty in parameter regulation and control and poor off-axis imaging performance of the traditional optical lens and the existing super lens in large-view-field imaging.

An apparatus includes a waveguide and one or more partially reflective surfaces embedded inside the waveguide, wherein each of the one or more partially reflective surfaces includes a multi-layer coating structure, wherein a first portion of the multi-layer coating structure induces an overall phase shift of light propagating through the first portion of the multi-layer coating structure and wherein a second portion of the multi-layer coating structure is selected to decrease the overall phase shift.

An optical speckle receiver for receiving a speckle signal from a sample, the optical speckle receiver comprising an optical detector and an aperture and / or lens array. The aperture and array respectively comprise a plurality of apertures or lenses and is located between the sample and the optical detector such that the received speckle pattern is obtained from multiple discrete sample locations.

A display system 700 comprising a replicator and a light control device 706, 706’. The replicator receives spatially modulated light, waveguides the light between a reflective surface and a transmissi

This invention relates to a pair of intelligent, multimodal smart eyeglasses designed for adaptive vision, biometric ocular monitoring, and predictive emergency response. The system integrates multilayer lenses filled with electrochromic gel and surrounded by elastic structures to enable dynamic focal length modulation in response to user visual behavior. An array of sensors—including visible light, ultraviolet, micro-cameras, infrared emitters, gyroscopes, and ultrasonic transceivers—collects multispectral data to evaluate environmental and physiological parameters. Real-time data processing is performed by an embedded quantum microcontroller, which manages light transmittance, detects eye fatigue, maps ocular surfaces, and identifies hemodynamic abnormalities such as fainting, seizure, or ocular stroke. Advanced imaging techniques, such as ultrasonic ptychography and wave diffraction analysis, enable non-invasive 3D mapping of ocular layers and internal eye motion. The system also supports wireless communication with external platforms including smartphones, vehicles, and brain-machine interfaces, enabling proactive safety interventions. These features work in tandem to support early diagnosis of critical conditions, protect vision, and personalize user experiences through machine learning and adaptive feedback mechanisms.

A display system includes a replicator and a light control device 1000. The replicator receives spatially modulated light and replicates the light to form multiple replicas by waveguiding between a re

An aperture unit having an optical axis is provided, which includes a fixed portion having a first surface and including a protrusion formed on the first surface, a guiding element movably connected to the fixed portion and including a through hole, a first blade movably connected to the guiding element and the fixed portion, and a driving assembly use for driving the guiding element to move for moving the first blade. The optical axis passes through the through hole. The first surface has a first accommodating space having a recessed structure to accommodate the guiding element, and the protrusion extends toward the first blade.

An optical system is provided and includes a fixed assembly, a movable element, a movable assembly, and a driving module. The fixed assembly defines a main axis, and the fixed assembly has a casing on which a casing opening is formed, corresponding to the main axis. The movable element is movable relative to the fixed assembly and is connected to a first optical element. The movable assembly is connected to the movable element. The driving module is configured to drive the movable assembly so as to drive the movable element to move relative to the fixed assembly. The first optical element has a first section and a second section. When viewed along the main axis, the size of the first section is larger than the size of the casing opening, and the size of the second section is smaller than the size of the casing opening.

The present disclosure generally relates to a lens that provides a stop signal for myopia over a substantial portion of a spectacle lens that is being used by a viewer. The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, method, and / or system for applying a stop signal for eye development using a spectacle lens in combination with an array of microlenses. The present disclosure also relates to an apparatus, method, and / or system for modifying incident light through a spectacle lens that utilizes color cues to slow the rate of myopia progression. The present disclosure relates to an apparatus, method, and / or system for applying a stop signal for eye development using a spectacle lens in combination with a refractive optical element and / or a diffractive optical element that provides conflicting or opposing optical signals at wavelengths between 510 nm and 610 nm.

A metasurface lens (2) for shaping a Gaussian beam into a collimated uniform beam, and a design method. The metasurface lens (2) comprises a dielectric substrate layer (203) and a metasurface microstructure. The metasurface microstructure comprises a first metasurface (201) and a second metasurface (202) which are respectively distributed on two sides of the dielectric substrate layer (203), and the first metasurface and the second metasurface each are formed by periodically arranging a plurality of columnar microstructure units. The distribution mode of the columnar microstructure units of the metasurface lens (2) is optimally designed on the basis of irradiance distribution of the Gaussian beam and a target collimated uniform beam, so that emergent beams are parallel to an optical axis and are uniformly distributed in a target range. The metasurface lens (2) implements laser shaping to obtain a target beam; and additionally, the structure is simple, the application range is wide, and the present invention is suitable for laser shaping of various lasers.

Provided is a light detection device that suppresses light interference. The light detection device includes: a semiconductor layer having a photoelectric conversion unit; a first insulating film layered on a light incidence surface side of the semiconductor layer; an optical element having a metal film layered on the first insulating film and an opening array formed in a region, of the metal film, that overlaps with the photoelectric conversion unit in plan view, the optical element being capable of selecting a specific light; a second insulating film layered on the optical element; and a third insulating film layered on the second insulating film. One of a surface of the metal film on the second insulating film side thereof or a surface of the second insulating film on the third insulating film side thereof has unevenness that is greater than unevenness in a surface of the metal film on the first insulating film side thereof or a surface of the first insulating film on the semiconductor layer side thereof.

A flying-over beam pattern scanning hologram microscope device includes: a scan beam generation unit which converts a first beam and a second beam to a first spherical wave and a second spherical wave, and then allows the first and second spherical waves to interfere with each other to form a scan beam; a scanning unit, which comprises a scan mirror for controlling the scan beam in the horizontal direction, and a translation stage for moving an object in the vertical direction at the rear end of the projection unit; the projection unit projecting the scan beam onto an object plane; and a light collection unit for detecting a beam that has passed through the objective lens again after fluorescing or being reflected from an object.

The invention provides a metasurface structure design method and a metasurface structure, and the method can comprise the steps: initializing a rotation angle of the metasurface structure; a first light field construction step: constructing a transmission light relation of the current metasurface structure based on the rotation angle; a second light field construction step: constructing a diffracted light relationship of the current metasurface structure based on the transmitted light relationship so as to determine the light intensity distribution of the image plane; an error construction step: calculating an iteration constraint value according to the image plane light intensity distribution and the target light intensity; wherein the target light intensity is a preposed parameter, the target light intensity is the light intensity corresponding to the target metasurface structure, and the target metasurface structure is a design target; if it is judged that the iteration constraint value is larger than the set value, the rotation angle is updated, the updated rotation angle is obtained, the first light field construction step, the second light field construction step and the error construction step are repeatedly executed till the iteration constraint value is not larger than the set value, and the target metasurface structure is determined based on the current rotation angle.

The invention discloses a photoresist micro-lens array preparation method and system, and relates to the field of micro-nano optical device manufacturing. The preparation method of the photoresist micro-lens array comprises the following steps: carrying out chemical mechanical polishing treatment on a silicon wafer, spin-coating photoresist on a substrate to form a cylindrical array, and eliminating solvent gradient through pre-drying; forming a fluorocarbon nano film on the surface of the photoresist through plasma deposition so as to reduce the surface energy of the photoresist; realizing hot reflux of the photoresist based on gradient annealing, wherein the gradient annealing comprises a preheating section, a main reflux section and a stable section; on the basis of the preheating section, glass transition stress is avoided, fluorine-containing gas and inert gas are synchronously introduced into the main backflow section to act on a plasma sheath layer, so that the flowing direction of photoresist is regulated and controlled, and the edge coffee ring effect is inhibited; the stable section synchronously performs plasma assistance to lock the shape; and the precision and the consistency of the micro-lens array are improved through segmented temperature regulation and control and a plasma auxiliary technology.

A positioning structure, a stabilizing structure, and an interfacing structure, as well as a head-mounted display system and a virtual reality display device using the same, are provided. A head-mounted display system (10) includes a positioning and stabilizing structure (14) constructed and arranged to hold a display unit (12) in an operative position on a user's face during use, and an interfacing structure for the display unit (12) constructed and arranged for facing relationship with the user's face. The interfacing structure includes a substantially continuous face-engaging surface adapted to contact the user's face around the periphery of the user's eyes. The interfacing structure includes silicone and is constructed and arranged to distribute forces applied to the user's face around the periphery.

Lens arrays of an image reading device in which lens bodies are arranged in a main scanning direction are connected with a gap therebetween. A plurality of first slit portions and a plurality of second slit portions are provided along the main scanning direction between the lens arrays and an image sensor. The first slit portion includes first light shielding plates that separate optical paths of light passed through the lens bodies. The second slit portion includes the first light shielding plates and a second light shielding plate that restricts an optical path of light passed through a lens body closest to the gap at a gap side. The position of the second light shielding plate in a direction along the optical path at the image sensor side is closer to the lens arrays than the first light shielding plates are.

A method of manufacturing a sterile stack of peelable lenses includes coating a first lens (or stack of lenses) with a first adhesive coating, heating the first adhesive coating to initiate curing, exposing the first adhesive coating to ultraviolet light to continue curing, laminating a second lens (or stack of lenses) onto a surface of the first adhesive coating to produce a stack of lenses, coating the second lens with a second adhesive coating, heating the second adhesive coating to initiate curing, exposing the second adhesive coating to ultraviolet light to continue curing, laminating a third lens (or stack of lenses) onto a surface of the second adhesive coating to add the third lens to the stack of lenses, and exposing the stack of lenses to an electron beam to continue curing of the first and second adhesive coatings.

A cover for an infrared detector and a method of fabricating the cover are disclosed. The cover comprises a wafer comprising a material such as silicon that transmits infrared radiation. The wafer has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. An antireflective region is formed in the wafer to enhance transmission of infrared radiation through the cover. The antireflective region comprises a first plurality of antireflective elements such as moth-eyes formed in the first surface. The first plurality of antireflective elements are sized and shaped and arranged relative to one another to form a region of graded refractive index at the first surface so as to reduce the amount of infrared radiation reflected by the cover at the antireflective region. The cover comprises a wall extending from the first surface and surrounding the antireflective region. The wall comprises a plurality of layers of material deposited on the wafer so that, when the cover is bonded to a sensor substrate via the wall, a cavity is formed that encapsulates a sensor region of the sensor substrate. The depth of the cavity may be adjusted by depositing the plurality of layers of material with a combined thickness equivalent to the desired depth of the cavity. A second plurality of antireflective elements may be formed in the second surface to enhance the antireflective properties of the antireflective region.

Disclosed is a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes: a display module comprising a display; a housing to which the display module is coupled; and a projection display disposed on a side portion of the housing and configured to display information on a display area adjacent to the housing, the projection display may include: a substrate disposed along a mounting surface provided on a side portion of the housing; a plurality of light-emitting devices comprising light-emitting circuitry disposed on the substrate in a grating arrangement; and a plurality of micro-lenses covering a light-emitting surface of the plurality of light-emitting devices.

A display device includes: a light emitting element layer provided on a base; and a lens layer provided on a side opposite to the base across the light emitting element layer, the lens layer including a plurality of main lenses arranged in an array in a plane direction of the lens layer and an auxiliary lens provided on a side opposite to the light emitting element layer across the array of the plurality of main lenses, the auxiliary lens being located between adjacent main lenses among the plurality of main lenses in a plan view of the lens layer.

A contact lens assembly 100 is disclosed. The contact lens assembly 100 comprises a second lens member 104 located between first and third lens members 102, 106. A structured anterior surface region 110 of the first lens member 102 that defines a diffractive optical element and a posterior surface region 115A of the second lens member 104 together define a first cavity. A structured posterior surface region 112 of the third lens member 106 that defines a diffractive optical element and an anterior surface region 113A of the second lens member 104 together define a second cavity. The posterior and anterior surface regions 115A, 113A of the second lens member 104 do not include a diffractive optical element.

A display system is provided The display system comprises a replicator arranged to receive spatially modulated light and replicate the spatially modulated light to form a plurality of replicas of the spatially modulated light by waveguiding between a reflective surface and a transmissive-reflective surface. The transmissive-reflective surface forms an output surface for the plurality of replicas of the spatially modulated light. The display system further comprises a light control device located in the optical path of the plurality of replicas of the spatially modulated light downstream from the output surface of the replicator. The light control device is arranged to compensate for the curvature of an curved optical component downstream from the light control device. The compensation is a function of the position on the output surface.

Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide apparatus and methods for generating a three-dimensional (3D) representation of a scene (also known as 3D sensing) using a time-of-flight imaging system. In particular, the present techniques provide an apparatus comprising a time-of-flight imaging camera system that emits illumination having a spatially-nonuniform intensity over a field of view of the sensor that is moved across at least part of the field of view of a sensor using an actuation mechanism.

An imaging optical lens system includes seven lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The second lens element with negative refractive power has the object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, and at least one lens surface of the second lens element is aspheric. The image-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. The imaging optical lens system further includes an aperture stop located between the second lens element and the third lens element.

An electronic device may include a waveguide with an input coupler and an output coupler. The input coupler may receive the image light from imaging optics. The input coupler may be an input coupling prism and the imaging optics may include lens elements. World light may be viewable at an eye box through the output coupler. Biasing, compensation, and / or prescription lenses may overlap the output coupler. The input coupling prism, the lens elements in the imaging optics, and / or one or more of the biasing, compensation, and prescription lenses may be formed from gradient index (GRIN) material. The GRIN material may have a gradient refractive index that varies in one or more gradient directions. Use of GRIN materials may minimize the volume required to form the device without sacrificing optical performance. In addition, the GRIN materials may compensate for dispersion and aberrations in the device.

The invention relates to a high-efficiency super lens based on refractive index matching and a design method thereof. The super lens comprises a super atom structure layer and a bonding substrate layer on any surface, the difference value between the refractive index of any substrate layer and the average effective refractive index of the super-atomic structure layer is smaller than a preset value; when the super lens is designed, the relation among the average effective refractive index, the impedance and the S parameter of the super-atom structure layer is constructed, the structure parameter of the super-atom structure layer is determined based on the requirement parameter of the super lens, the preset S parameter of the super-atom structure layer is obtained based on electromagnetic simulation, and the average effective refractive index of the super-atom structure layer is calculated. And the substrate layer is used as an expected refractive index matching material and is bonded on one surface or two surfaces of the super-atomic structure layer. According to the invention, the high-efficiency super lens is obtained by using the principle of refractive index matching and processing methods such as large-area bonding, the focusing efficiency of the super lens is greatly improved, the application of the super lens is promoted, and the leap-type upgrading of optical devices in the dimensions of light weight and high performance is realized.

The invention belongs to the field of optical lens machining, and particularly relates to an optical lens machining rotary table which comprises a machining table body, a machining groove is formed in the machining table body, a base is arranged at the bottom of the machining groove, two rotary table assemblies in bilateral symmetry are arranged on the base, and a first driving assembly is jointly arranged between the two rotary table assemblies and the base. And a polishing mechanism is arranged on the rotary table assembly. The rotary table assembly comprises a semicircular supporting cover, the supporting cover is connected with the base through a supporting pipe fitting, the outer arc face of the supporting cover is sleeved with a rubber sleeve matched with the supporting cover in shape, and a plurality of fixing grooves used for bearing lenses are formed in the surface of the rubber sleeve. The lens is directly fixed through the rotary table assembly, the lens is installed only by being pressed into a groove and then subjected to vacuum adsorption, demolding only needs to relieve vacuum negative pressure, the links of heating, cooling, asphalt cleaning and the like are omitted on the premise that the lens fixing stability is guaranteed, the single-cycle machining time is greatly shortened, and the material use cost is greatly reduced.

A head-wearable extended reality (XR) device includes an optical assembly. The optical assembly has a display and an optical element. The display is provided to display virtual content to a user of the XR device. The optical element is provided to direct the virtual content from the display along an optical path to an eye of the user. The optical element includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion provides a first focus distance that corresponds to a first viewing zone of the display. The second portion provides a second focus distance that differs from the first focus distance and corresponds to a second viewing zone of the display.