Technical Advances in Microstructured Plastic Optics for Display Applications
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This paper will present recent technological advances in the field of replicated, microstructured plastic optics, and their applications in display optics. A number of technology areas will be discussed, including moth-eye Antireflective MicrostructureTM, High Precision Molding (HPM), high temperature polymers, and one-piece, diffusive imaging screens. Applications discussed will include field lenses, condenser lenses, microlens arrays, and light integrators for LCD Projection systems, specialized optics for microdisplay applications, and imaging screens for photographic and rear projection systems.
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Our recent advances in solid-state optoelectronic materials and devices will be reviewed. In the area of glass optics, fabrication of novel microstructured and multi-core fibers and their use in realizing single mode lasers will be summarized. In organic and plastic optics, photorefractive polymers for 3D display applications and nonlinear optical polymers for high speed modulators in RF photon...
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