Forming spectral filters
A lens bears a plurality of roll-coated layers to pass, to one eye of a viewer, a first image, in a first band of wavelengths, that is appropriate for 3D viewing of a stereoscopic image.
1. A method of constructing glasses for viewing a 3D stereoscopic image display comprising:
sputtering first layers of optical materials onto a flexible substrate to form a first interference filter,
sputtering second layers of optical materials onto a second flexible substrate to form a second interference filter having a response complementary to the response of the first optical filter,
controlling the compressive stress of the sputtering of the first and second layers to provide a built in curvature to the first and second optical filters to form first and second lenses and;
fitting the lens into a frame.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the controlling causes the first lens and the second lens are curved into a cylindrical shape.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the built in curvature provides a portion of a final desired curvature of the lenses.
4. The method of claim 3 , the method further comprising bending each lens to provide the portion of the desired curvature not provided by the built in curvature.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the sputtering first layers and the sputtering of the second layers is incorporated in a continuous process.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the continuous process is a roll-coating process.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the flexible substrate comprises a plastic web.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the plastic web comprises polyethylene terephthalate.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the flexible substrate material is in the range of 0.13 mm (0.005 inches) to 0.38 mm (0.015 inches) thick.