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Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc.

Richard Alan Bradley, Jr

Georg J Ockenfuss

Karen Denise Hendrix

Jeffrey James Kuna

Matthew R Witzman

Marius Grigonis

Alberto Argoitia

Charles Andrew Hulse

Roger Winston Phillips

Markus Bilger

Tim Gustafson

Christopher W Lantman

Paul G Coombs

Paul Thomas Kohlmann

Charles Thomas Markantes

Bryant P Hichwa

Eric R Cox

Vladimir P Raksha

Robert G Waarts

Thomas A Mayer

Jaroslaw Zieba

Johannes P Seydel

Markus K Tilsch

Michael J Cumbo

Andrew Clark

Shari Powell Fisher

Gregory F Davis

Adam Preuss

Steven P Sapers

Vincent Issier

Stacey A Yamanaka

Nancy Lee Yamasaki

Charles K Carniglia

J Gordon Mathew

Andy Shkabko

Charles Andy Hulse

Gang Lei

Michael R Nofi

Nicolas Alexander Davis

Anthony Jay Kemp Cottrell

An optical filter having a passband at least partially overlapping with a wavelength range of 800 nm to 1100 nm is provided. The optical filter includes a filter stack formed of hydrogenated silicon layers and lower-refractive index layers stacked in alternation. The hydrogenated silicon layers each have a refractive index of greater than 3 over the wavelength range of 800 mn to 1100 nm and an extinction coefficient of less than 0.0005 over the wavelength range of 800 nm to 1100 nm.

Optical filter and sensor system

An article including a stack of layers including a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer; wherein at least one layer of the stack includes a wavelength selective absorbing material; and wherein the stack of layers has a transparent region with an edge at a wavelength in which light is absorbed by the wavelength selective absorbing material, and a reflection band with an edge at a wavelength in which light is reflected is disclosed. Compositions and optical devices including the article are also disclosed. Additionally, there is disclosed a method of making the article, the composition, and the optical device.

Article including a wavelength selective absorbing material

An optical filter, a sensor device including the optical filter, and a method of fabricating the optical filter are provided. The optical filter includes one or more dielectric layers and one or more metal layers stacked in alternation. The metal layers are intrinsically protected by the dielectric layers. In particular, the metal layers have tapered edges that are protectively covered by one or more of the dielectric layers.

Metal-dielectric optical filter, sensor device, and fabrication method

A device including a hard shield material; a layer including aluminum or copper; and a silicon layer having a first thickness is disclosed. The device can also include a silicon layer having a second thickness. A method of making the device is also disclosed.

Silicon coating on hard shields

A filter may include a first component filter associated with a first angle shift and a first passband. The filter may include a second component filter associated with a second angle shift and a second passband, wherein the first angle shift, the first passband, the second angle shift, and the second passband are configured to make the filter transmissive to a spectral range of light at a first angle of incidence and reflective to the spectral range of light at a second angle of incidence.

Angle of incidence restriction for optical filters

An optical filter may include a monolithic substrate. The optical filter may include a first component filter disposed onto a first region of the monolithic substrate. The first component filter may be a near infrared (NIR) bandpass filter. The optical filter may include a second component filter disposed onto a second region of the monolithic substrate. The second component filter may include a red-green-blue (RGB) bandpass filter. A separation between the first component filter and the second component filter may be less than approximately 50 micrometers (&#x3bc;m).

Optical filters

An optical filter having a passband at least partially overlapping with a wavelength range of 800 nm to 1100 nm is provided. The optical filter includes a filter stack formed of hydrogenated silicon layers and lower-refractive index layers stacked in alternation. The hydrogenated silicon layers each have a refractive index of greater than 3 over the wavelength range of 800 nm to 1100 nm and an extinction coefficient of less than 0.0005 over the wavelength range of 800 nm to 1100 nm.

An optical sensor assembly is provided in which a dark mirror coating is used to suppress stray light in the form of both unwanted reflections from non-optically active regions of the sensor assembly surface and unwanted transmission of light into the surface region of the sensor assembly. The sensor assembly includes an image sensor positioned in a substrate adjacent to substrate surface areas that are not optically active. A dark mirror coating covering those surface areas significantly reduces reflections from non-optically active surface regions and improves image sensor performance in terms of signal-to-noise ratio and reduction in the appearance of 'ghost' images, in turn enhancing the accuracy and precision of the sensor. The dark mirror coating may in the alternative, or in addition, be positioned underneath an optical filter, depending on the structure, material, and requirements of a particular sensor assembly.

Optical sensor assembly

A variable optical filter is disclosed including a bandpass filter and a blocking filter. The bandpass filter includes a stack of alternating first and second layers, and the blocking filter includes a stack of alternating third and fourth layers. The first, second and fourth materials each comprise different materials, so that a refractive index of the first material is smaller than a refractive index of the second material, which is smaller than a refractive index of the fourth material; while an absorption coefficient of the second material is smaller than an absorption coefficient of the fourth material. The materials can be selected to ensure high index contrast in the blocking filter and low optical losses in the bandpass filter. The first to fourth layers can be deposited directly on a photodetector array.

Variable optical filter and a wavelength-selective sensor based thereon

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Richard Alan Bradley, Jr