3m Innovative Properties Company

Solventum Intellectual Properties Company

Zhaohui Yang

Encai Hao

David Scott Thompson

Timothy J Nevitt

William Blake Kolb

Matthew S Stay

John Allen Wheatley

Audrey A Sherman

Gilles J Benoit

Andrew John Ouderkirk

Albert I Everaerts

Carl A Stover

Kevin R Schaffer

Yongshang Lu

Keith R Bruesewitz

Adam D Haag

Mikhail L Pekurovsky

David G Freier

Steven D Solomonson

Kristopher J Derks

Vivian Wynne Jones

Michael Alan Meis

Robert D Taylor

Michael F Weber

Catherine A Leatherdale

Rolf W Biernath

Craig R Schardt

William J Bryan

Edward J Kivel

Brett J Sitter

David A Rosen

Michael Albert Haase

Terry Lee Smith

Martin B Wolk

Timothy J Hebrink

Robert L Brott

Mark A Roehrig

Sergey Lamansky

Jun-Ying Zhang

Bing Hao

Robert F Kamrath

Kristy A Gillette

Bert T Chien

Seong Taek Lee

Nicholas C Erickson

James A Thielen

Brianna N Wheeler

Sun-Yong Park

Myron K Jordan

Joseph W Woody, V

Stephen M Menke

Jody L Peterson

Tri Dinh Pham

Dong-Wei Zhu

Junkang Jacob Liu

Daniel J Schmidt

Thomas James Miller

Charles David Hoyle

Bharat R Acharya

Shawn C Dodds

Raymond J Kenney

Jason W Bjork

Martin E Denker

Todd A Ballen

Xiaoguang Sun

Przemyslaw Pawel Markowicz

Nathaniel K Naismith

Jonah Shaver

Yasha Yi

Amy S Barnes

James Patrick DiZio

Zhicheng Tian

Joseph P Attard

Ying Zhang

Del R Lawson

Theresa J Gerten

Joseph W Woody

Leslie A Todero

Serena L Schleusner

Nicole J Wagner

Kent C Hackbarth

William J Gray

Dawn V Muyres

Byoung Kyu Kim

Vivan W Jones

Yang Liu

Mark August Roehrig

John A Wheatley

Optical films are disclosed that include a plurality of interference layers. Each interference layer reflects or transmits light primarily by optical interference. The total number of the interference layers is less than about 1000. For a substantially normally incident light in a predetermined wavelength range, the plurality of interference layers has an average optical transmittance greater than about 85% for a first polarization state, an average optical reflectance greater than about 80% for an orthogonal second polarization state, and an average optical transmittance less than about 0.2% for the second polarization state.

High contrast optical film and devices including the same

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes a pixelated OLED display panel and a color-correction component disposed on the pixelated OLED display panel. The pixelated OLED display panel has a ratio of blue-to-red color mixing weights at 30 degrees of β, and a ratio of blue-to-red color mixing weights at 45 degrees of β, where β≥β≥1.05 and 1.5≥β≥1.1. The color-correction component is configured such that a ratio of blue-to-red color mixing weights at 45 degrees of the display is βand a ratio of blue-to-red color mixing weights at 30 degrees of the display is β, where β−0.1≥β≥2.1−βand β−0.05≥β≥2.05−β. Methods of making OLED displays are described.

Organic light emitting diode display with color-correction component having different color mixing weights

An optical device for sensing a presence of an analyte in a person includes a light source, an optical stack, and a reader. The light source emits a first light having a first wavelength. The optical stack is placed on the a skin of the person and includes a sensor material and an optical filter. The sensor material emits a second light having a second wavelength when irradiated with the first light. An optical property of the second light is sensitive to the presence of the analyte. The optical filter is disposed on the sensor material and includes at least ten microlayers. The optical filter has different first and second transmittances at the respective first and second wavelengths.

Optical stack, optical device and optical construction

An optical system includes a lens layer including a plurality of microlenses arranged along orthogonal first and second directions, and at least one optically opaque mask layer spaced apart from the lens layer and defining a plurality of through openings therein arranged along the first and second directions. There is a one-to-one correspondence between the microlenses and the openings, such that for each microlens, the microlens and corresponding openings are substantially centered on a straight line making a same oblique angle with the lens layer. An optical layer can include the lens layer and the optically opaque mask layer embedded in the optical layer.

Optical layer and optical system

A structured optical surface and an optical imaging system including the structured optical surface is described. The structured optical surface includes a plurality of structures formed by an intersection of at least first and second Fresnel patterns, such that when the structured optical surface is incorporated in an optical imaging system comprising a pixelated display surface with at least one pixel comprising at least two sub-pixels spaced apart by a gap, the structured optical surface images the at least two sub-pixels onto an image surface as at least two corresponding imaged sub-pixels spaced apart by a corresponding imaged gap, and the structured optical surface diffracts light so that the diffracted light at least partially fills the imaged gap without substantially overlapping any of the at least two imaged sub-pixels.

Structured optical surface and optical imaging system

An integral optical stack includes a lens film having first and second major surfaces. The first major surface includes microlenses having an average peak-to-valley height PV. A light absorbing layer is disposed on the lens film and defines a plurality of openings. A substantially planarizing optically diffusive layer is disposed on the first major surface of the lens film, conforming to the microlenses. The optically diffusive layer includes a plurality of nanoparticles. A polymeric material bonds the nanoparticles to each other to form a plurality of nanoparticle aggregates defining a plurality of voids therebetween. The optically diffusive layer has an average thickness greater than about 8 microns, and an index of refraction of less than about 1.25. Any non-planarity of a major surface of the optically diffusive layer due to the microlenses of the first major surface has an average peak-to-valley height PV, PV≤0.7 PV

Optical stacks for detection systems

An integral optical construction includes a lens layer including a structured first major surface having a plurality of microlenses. An optically opaque mask layer is disposed on the lens layer and defines a plurality of openings. Each of the openings extends from a first major surface of the mask layer facing the lens layer to an opposite second major surface of the mask layer. The openings are in a one-to-one correspondence with the microlenses. Regions of the mask layer between the openings have an optical density of greater than about 2 for at least a first visible wavelength in a visible wavelength range. An optical adhesive layer is disposed on, and makes physical contact with, the second major surface of the mask layer. The optical adhesive layer defines a recess at each of the openings. The recess includes a closed bottom and an opposite open top open to the opening.

Optical constructions for display systems

An optical device is disclosed and includes an optical sensor, a plurality of photosensitive pixels disposed on the optical sensor, a wavelength-selective optical filter in optical communication with the photosensitive pixels, and a plurality of spatially-variant written regions disposed in the optical filter, the written regions having a transmission spectrum and each of the written regions being larger than each of the pixels.

Sensor array spectrometer

Phase separated articles that include a matrix phase including an acrylate copolymer; and a silicone elastomer phase stably dispersed in the matrix phase are described. The matrix phase may be derived from precursors comprising from 60 to 95 parts by weight of an alkyl acrylate having an alkyl group having 1 to 14 carbon atoms. Methods of forming phase separated articles, and articles including phase separated articles are also described.

Phase separated articles

An OLED display including a display panel and a color-correction component is described. A plurality of comparative display panels otherwise equivalent to the display panel but having one or more different optical thicknesses of OLED layers have a maximum white-point color shift from 0 to 45 degrees of WPCSand a white-point axial efficiency of WPAE. The plurality of comparative display panels defines a performance curve along a boundary of performance points. The OLED display and the display panel have respective maximum white-point color shifts from 0 to 45 degrees of WPCSand WPCSand respective white-point axial efficiencies of WPAE and WPAE. WPCSand WPAEdefines a performance point of the display panel to the right of the performance curve and WPCSand WPAE defines a performance point of the OLED display above or to the left of the performance curve. Methods of making the OLED display are described.

Organic light emitting diode with color-correction for maximum white-point color shift

Multilayer optical film reflective polarizers previously considered to have excessive off-axis color can provide adequate performance in an LC display in an 'on-glass' configuration, laminated to a back absorbing polarizer of the display, without any light diffusing layer or air gap in such laminate. The reflective polarizer is a tentered-one-packet (TOP) multilayer film, having only one packet of microlayers, and oriented using a standard tenter such that birefringent microlayers in the film are biaxially birefringent. The thickness profile of optical repeat units (ORUs) in the microlayer packet is tailored to avoid excessive perceived color at normal and oblique angles. Color at high oblique angles in the white state of the display is reduced by positioning thicker ORUs closer to the absorbing polarizer, and by ensuring that, with regard to a boxcar average of the ORU thickness profile, the average slope from an ORU(600) to an ORU(645) does not exceed 1.8 times the average slope from an ORU(450) to the ORU(600).

Single packet reflective polarizer with thickness profile tailored for low color at oblique angles

Polymeric films, which may be adhesive films, and display devices including such polymeric films, wherein a polymeric film includes: a first polymeric layer having two major surfaces, wherein the first polymeric layer includes a first polymeric matrix and particles. The first polymeric layer includes: a first a polyolefin-based low WVTR adhesive polymeric matrix having a refractive index n; and particles having a refractive index nuniformly dispersed within the first polymeric matrix; wherein the particles are present in an amount of less than 30 vol-%, based on the volume of the first polymeric layer, and have a particle size range of 400 nanometers (nm) to 3000 nm; and wherein nis different than n.

Polymeric films and display devices containing such films

High contrast optical film having specified transmittance and reflectance of polarized light

Polymeric films, which may be adhesive films, and display devices including such polymeric films, wherein a polymeric film includes: a first polymeric layer having two major surfaces, wherein the first polymeric layer includes a first polymeric matrix and particles. The first polymeric layer includes: a first polymeric matrix having a refractive index n; and particles having a refractive index nuniformly dispersed within the first polymeric matrix; wherein the particles are present in an amount of less than 30 vol-%, based on the volume of the first polymeric layer, and have a particle size range of 400 nanometers (nm) to 3000 nm; and wherein nis different than n.

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Zhaohui Yang