IP Library Granted Patent US 10,989,849
Granted Patent B2
US 10,989,849 · App. 16/253,209 · Granted Apr 27, 2021

Optical laminate

Inventors: Ryo Satake (Kanagawa, JP); Yukito Saitoh (Kanagawa, JP); Daisuke Kashiwagi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
G02B5/285G02B5/1814G02B5/201G02B5/26G02B5/3016G02F1/1335G02B5/3083
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Patent No.
US 10,989,849
App. No.
16/253,209
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical laminate includes a wavelength selective reflective element, and an absolute phase adjustment layer which is provided on at least one surface side of the wavelength selective reflective element and has optical isotropy, and in which a first region having a first optical path length and a second region having a second optical path length different from the first optical path length are arranged in a pattern with a diffraction grating-like period. The optical laminate reflects light in the specific reflection wavelength region by the wavelength selective reflective element, of light incident from the absolute phase adjustment layer side. In the optical laminate, light which enters the first region of the absolute phase adjustment layer and is reflected by the wavelength selective reflective element and light which enters the second region and is reflected by the wavelength selective reflective element interfere with each other.

Claims (32)

1. An optical laminate comprising:

a wavelength selective reflective element which is provided with a reflection layer selectively reflecting light in a specific reflection wavelength region; and

an absolute phase adjustment layer which is provided on at least one surface side of the wavelength selective reflective element and has optical isotropy, and in which a first region having a first optical thickness and a second region having a second optical thickness different from the first optical thickness are arranged in a pattern with a diffraction grating-like period, and

wherein the optical laminate reflects light in the specific reflection wavelength region by the wavelength selective reflective element, of light incident from the absolute phase adjustment layer side, and

light which enters the first region and is reflected by the wavelength selective reflective element and light which enters the second region and is reflected by the wavelength selective reflective element interfere with each other,

wherein in the wavelength selective reflective element, two or more reflection layers having different reflection wavelength regions are arranged in a pattern with a larger period than the period, and

wherein interface between the reflective element and the absolute phase adjustment layer is flat, the interface covers the first and the second optical thicknesses.

2. The optical laminate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reflection layer of the wavelength selective reflective element is formed of a cholesteric liquid crystal layer.

3. The optical laminate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reflection layer of the wavelength selective reflective element is formed of a dielectric multilayer film in which at least two layers having different refractive indices are alternately laminated in multiple layers.

4. The optical laminate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region and the second region of the absolute phase adjustment layer are different from each other in at least one of a refractive index or a film thickness.

5. The optical laminate according to claim 1 ,

wherein an optical thickness difference between the first optical thickness and the second optical thickness is 0.27λ to 0.45λ where λ is a central wavelength of the specific reflection wavelength region.

6. The optical laminate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the period of the pattern is 0.6 μm to 2.0 μm.

7. The optical laminate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region has a refractive index of 1.4 to 1.6, and

the second region has a refractive index of 1.8 to 2.0.

8. The optical laminate according to claim 1 ,

wherein a diffusion plate is provided on a surface side of the absolute phase adjustment layer, opposed to a surface on which the wavelength selective reflective element is disposed.

9. The optical laminate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region and the second region have the same stripe shape, and are alternately arranged in a width direction of the stripe shape.

10. The optical laminate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region and the second region have the same rectangular shape, and are alternately arranged in horizontal and vertical directions.

11. The optical laminate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the absolute phase adjustment layer is provided with an intermediate region having an optical thickness between the first optical thickness and the second optical thickness, and

the intermediate region is arranged together with the first region and the second region in the pattern with the period.

12. The optical laminate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wavelength selective reflective element is formed by laminating two or more reflection layers having different reflection wavelength regions.

13. An optical laminate which is formed by laminating the optical laminate according to claim 1 in multiple layers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2019
From: SATAKE, RYO; SAITOH, YUKITO; KASHIWAGI, DAISUKE
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2016-167561 · Aug 30, 2016 · national
JP JP2017-099352 · May 18, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017031035 · Aug 29, 2017
Related Publication 20190154895A1 · May 23, 2019