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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Nilt Switzerland Gmbh, Horgen, CH;
Inventors:
Niklas Hansson, Askim, SE;
James Eilertsen, Skodsborg, DK;
Assignee:
NILT Switzerland GmbH, Horgen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/00 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/002 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); G02B 2207/101 (2013.01);
Abstract
Optical element including an optical metastructure composed, at least in part, of cone-shaped or truncated-shaped meta-atoms, such as pyramid-shaped or frustum-shaped meta-atoms, method of manufacturing the optical element, and optical device comprising the optical element. The manufacturing may include the use of sputtering to deposit the material for the meta-atoms, which may be embedded, for example, in a polymer layer. The optical element might be composed of a stack of two metastructured layers.