IP Library Granted Patent US 10,746,908
Granted Patent B2
US 10,746,908 · App. 15/819,670 · Granted Aug 18, 2020

Optical filter and imaging device

Inventors: Yoshiharu Ooi (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Hiroshi Kumai (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Kazuhiko Shiono (Koriyama, JP); Hiroki Hotaka (Koriyama, JP)
Assignee: AGC Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,746,908
App. No.
15/819,670
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provide an optical filter suppressed in incidence angle dependence and having high visible light transmittance. The optical filter includes: an absorption layer containing a first near-infrared absorbent (DA) having a maximum absorption wavelength λ(DA_T min ) in wavelengths of 685 to 715 nm and a second near-infrared absorbent (DB) having a maximum absorption wavelength λ(DB_T min ) in wavelengths of 705 to 725 nm or wavelengths of more than 725 nm and 900 nm or less on a side of a wavelength longer than the maximum absorption wavelength λ(DA_T min ), and satisfying specific light absorption characteristics; and a reflection layer including a dielectric multilayer film satisfying specific reflection characteristics in wavelengths of 700 to 1150 nm, wherein a transmittance of the reflection layer in a boundary region of visible light and near-infrared light and a transmittance of the absorption layer have a specific relation.

Claims (64)

1. An optical filter comprising:

an absorption layer containing a first near-infrared absorbent (DA) having a maximum absorption wavelength λ(DA_T min ) in wavelengths of 685 to 715 nm and a second near-infrared absorbent (DB) having a maximum absorption wavelength λ(DB_T min ) in wavelengths of 705 to 725 nm, and satisfying the following requirements (i-1) to (i-3); and

a reflection layer comprising a dielectric multilayer film satisfying the following requirements (ii-1) to (ii-2),

(i-1) 10 nm≤λ(DB_T min )−λ(DA_T min )<40 nm,

(i-2) a transmittance for light of a wavelength of 600 nm is 80% or more, a transmittance for light of a wavelength of 650 nm is 40% or more, a transmittance for light of a wavelength of 700 nm is 3% or less, and a transmittance for light of a wavelength of 714 nm is 10% or less,

(i-3) {λSh(DAB_T50%)−λSh(DAB_T90%)}≥{λSh(DAB_T5%)−λSh(DAB_T50%)}

where λSh(DAB_T90%), λSh(DAB_T50%) and λSh(DAB_T5%) indicate wavelengths at which transmittances in wavelengths of 580 nm to λ(DA_T min ) become 90%, 50% and 5% respectively,

(ii-1) the reflection layer has a reflection band where a transmittance with respect to light at an incidence angle of 0° in wavelengths of 700 to 1150 nm becomes 5% or less, and

(ii-2) λSh(DAB_T10%)+30 nm<λ R (0°_T50%)<λLo(DAB_T5%)

where λ R (0°_T50%) indicates a wavelength at which a transmittance with respect to the light at the incidence angle of 0° in wavelengths of 680 to 750 nm becomes 50%, λSh(DAB_T10%) indicates a wavelength at which a transmittance of the absorption layer in the wavelengths of 580 nm to λ(DA_T min ) becomes 10%, and λLo(DAB_T5%) indicates a wavelength at which a transmittance thereof in wavelengths λ(DB_T min ) to 800 nm becomes 5%.

2. The optical filter according to claim 1 ,

wherein an absorption wavelength band width Δλ abs (T10%) where the transmittance becomes 10% or less in a vicinity of a wavelength of 700 nm of the absorption layer is 40 nm or more.

3. The optical filter according to claim 1 , satisfying the following requirements (1) and (2) in spectral transmittance curves at incidence angles of 0° to 30°,

(1) an average transmittance in wavelengths of 440 to 600 nm is 80% or more, and

(2) a transmittance in a whole range of wavelengths of 690 to 720 nm is 5% or less.

4. The optical filter according to claim 1 ,

wherein an average transmittance with respect to light of wavelengths of 350 to 390 nm in a spectral transmittance curve at the incidence angle of 0° is 10% or less.

5. The optical filter according to claim 1 ,

wherein a wavelength λLo(30°_Tp15%) where a transmittance for p-polarized light at the incidence angle of 30° of the reflection layer becomes 15% is more than 1150 nm.

6. The optical filter according to claim 1 ,

wherein the absorption layer contains a near-ultraviolet absorbent having a maximum absorption wavelength λ(DU_T min ) in wavelengths of 370 to 405 nm and having a wavelength λLo(DU_T50%) at which a transmittance becomes 50% in wavelengths of 400 to 420 nm.

7. The optical filter according to claim 1 ,

wherein a difference between a transmittance with respect to light at the incidence angle of 0° and a transmittance with respect to light at the incidence angle of 30° of a wavelength at which a transmittance becomes 50% or less in spectral transmittance curves in wavelengths of 600 to 900 nm is 30% or less.

8. The optical filter according to claim 1 , further comprising a transparent substrate.

9. The optical filter according to claim 8 ,

wherein the transparent substrate is an absorption glass.

10. The optical filter according to claim 9 ,

wherein the absorption glass is a fluorophosphate-based glass or a phosphate-based glass containing CuO.

11. The optical filter according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first near-infrared absorbent (DA) contains at least one kind selected from a squarylium-based compound, a cyanine-based compound, a phthalocyanine-based compound, a naphthalocyanine-based compound, a dithiol metal complex-based compound, and a diimonium-based compound.

12. An imaging device comprising the optical filter according to claim 1 .

13. An optical filter comprising:

an absorption layer containing a first near-infrared absorbent (DA) having a maximum absorption wavelength λ(DA_T min ) in wavelengths of 685 to 715 nm and a second near-infrared absorbent (DB) having a maximum absorption wavelength λ(DB_T min ) in wavelengths of more than 725 nm and 900 nm or less, and the satisfying following requirements (i-4) to (i-6); and

a reflection layer comprising a dielectric multilayer film satisfying the following requirements (ii-3) to (ii-5),

(i-4) 40 nm≤λ(DB_T min )−λ(DA_T min )≤215 nm,

(i-5) a transmittance for light of a wavelength of 600 nm is 80% or more, a transmittance for light of a wavelength of 650 nm is 40% or more, a transmittance for light of the wavelength λ(DA_T min ) is 3% or less, and a transmittance for light of the wavelength λ(DB_T min ) is 3% or less,

(i-6) {λSh(DAB_T50%)−λSh(DAB_T90%)}≥{λSh(DAB_T5%)−λSh(DAB_T50%)}

where λSh(DAB_T90%), λSh(DAB_T50%) and λSh(DAB_T5%) indicate wavelengths at which transmittances in wavelengths of 580 nm to λ(DA_T min ) become 90%, 50% and 5% respectively,

(ii-3) the reflection layer has a reflection band where a transmittance with respect to light at an incidence angle of 0° in wavelengths of 700 to 1150 nm becomes 5% or less,

(ii-4) λSh(DAB_T10%)+20 nm<λ R (0°_T50%)<λ C (T max )

where λ R (0°_T50%) indicates a wavelength at which a transmittance with respect to the light at the incidence angle of 0° in wavelengths of 680 to 750 nm becomes 50%, λSh(DAB_T10%) indicates a wavelength at which a transmittance of the absorption layer in the wavelengths of 580 nm to λ(DA_T min ) becomes 10%, and λ C (T max ) indicates a wavelength at which a transmittance of the absorption layer becomes maximum in wavelengths λ(DA_T min ) to λ(DB_T min ), and

(ii-5) 0 nm<δλ R Sh(T50%)≤25 nm

where δλ R Sh(T50%) indicates a difference between λ R (0°_T50%) and λ R (30°_Ts50%), and λ R (30°_Ts50%) indicates a wavelength at which a transmittance with respect to s-polarized light at an incidence angle of 30° in wavelengths of 640 to 750 nm becomes 50%.

14. The optical filter according to claim 13 ,

wherein the absorption layer has a resin layer containing the first near-infrared absorbent (DA) and an absorption glass containing the second near-infrared absorbent (DB).

15. The optical filter according to claim 13 , satisfying the following requirements (1) and (2) in spectral transmittance curves at incidence angles of 0° to 30°,

(1) an average transmittance in wavelengths of 440 to 600 nm is 80% or more, and

(2) a transmittance in a whole range of wavelengths of 690 to 720 nm is 5% or less.

16. The optical filter according to claim 13 ,

wherein an average transmittance with respect to light of wavelengths of 350 to 390 nm in a spectral transmittance curve at the incidence angle of 0° is 10% or less.

17. The optical filter according to claim 13 ,

wherein a wavelength λLo(30°_Tp15%) where a transmittance for p-polarized light at the incidence angle of 30° of the reflection layer becomes 15% is more than 1150 nm.

18. The optical filter according to claim 13 ,

wherein the absorption layer contains a near-ultraviolet absorbent having a maximum absorption wavelength λ(DU_T min ) in wavelengths of 370 to 405 nm and having a wavelength λLo(DU_T50%) at which a transmittance becomes 50% in wavelengths of 400 to 420 nm.

19. The optical filter according to claim 13 ,

wherein a difference between a transmittance with respect to light at the incidence angle of 0° and a transmittance with respect to light at the incidence angle of 30° of a wavelength at which a transmittance becomes 50% or less in spectral transmittance curves in wavelengths of 600 to 900 nm is 30% or less.

20. The optical filter according to claim 13 , further comprising a transparent substrate.

21. The optical filter according to claim 20 ,

wherein the transparent substrate is an absorption glass.

22. The optical filter according to claim 21 ,

wherein the absorption glass is a fluorophosphate-based glass or a phosphate-based glass containing CuO.

23. The optical filter according to claim 13 ,

wherein the first near-infrared absorbent (DA) contains at least one kind selected from a squarylium-based compound, a cyanine-based compound, a phthalocyanine-based compound, a naphthalocyanine-based compound, a dithiol metal complex-based compound, and a diimonium-based compound.

24. An imaging device comprising the optical filter according to claim 13 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2017
From: OOI, YOSHIHARU; KUMAI, HIROSHI; SHIONO, KAZUHIKO; HOTAKA, HIROKI
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 044192/0442 →