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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Eunhyoung Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyochul Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Sunghee Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jeongyub Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An optical apparatus includes a lower optical layer; a nanostructure layer disposed on the lower optical layer and having an active region and a non-active region; and a reflective pad disposed between the lower optical layer and the nanostructure layer to face the non-active region of the nanostructure layer, wherein the nanostructure layer includes a first dielectric patterned in the active region and unpatterned in the non-active region and a second dielectric filled between patterns of the first dielectric, and the first dielectric includes a first material and the second dielectric includes a second material different from the first material and having a different refractive index from a refractive index of the first material.