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US 12,248,161 · App. 17/775,412 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Optical filter and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Keiichi Sahara (Otsu, JP); Masaaki Imura (Otsu, JP); Takako Tojo (Otsu, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
G02B5/285C03C17/22C03C17/3482C23C14/0036C23C14/10C23C14/185C23C14/34C23C14/5846G02B1/113C03C2217/734C03C2218/154C03C2218/155G02B5/281
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Patent No.
US 12,248,161
App. No.
17/775,412
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an optical filter capable of reducing the dependency on the angle of light incidence. An optical filter 1 includes a hydrogenated silicon-containing film 4 , wherein in a Raman spectrum of the hydrogenated silicon-containing film 4 measured by Raman spectroscopy a ratio (SiH/SiH 2 ) obtained from a ratio between an area of a peak derived from SiH and an area of a peak derived from SiH 2 is 0.7 or more.

Claims (11)

1. An optical filter comprising a hydrogenated silicon-containing film, wherein in a Raman spectrum of the hydrogenated silicon-containing film measured by Raman spectroscopy a ratio (SiH/SiH 2 ) obtained from a ratio between an area of a peak derived from SiH and an area of a peak derived from SiH 2 is 0.7 or more.

2. The optical filter according to claim 1 , comprising:

a transparent substrate; and

a filter portion provided on one of both principal surfaces of the transparent substrate and made of a multi-layer including a high-refractive index film with a relatively high refractive index and a low-refractive index film with a relatively low refractive index,

wherein the high-refractive index film is the hydrogenated silicon-containing film.

3. The optical filter according to claim 2 , wherein the low-refractive index film is a silicon oxide-containing film.

4. The optical filter according to claim 2 , further comprising an antireflection film provided on the other principal surface of the transparent substrate and containing hydrogenated silicon.

5. A method for manufacturing the optical filter according to claim 1 , the method comprising the steps of:

depositing a silicon film by sputtering; and

hydrogenating the silicon film after the step of depositing the silicon film.

6. An optical filter comprising a hydrogenated silicon-containing film, wherein a ratio (H/Si) between a content of hydrogen atoms in the hydrogenated silicon-containing film measured by hydrogen forward scattering spectroscopy and a content of silicon atoms in the hydrogenated silicon-containing film measured by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy is 0.4 or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2022
From: SAHARA, KEIICHI; IMURA, MASAAKI; TOJO, TAKAKO
To: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059871/0719 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2019-223922 · Dec 11, 2019 · national
JP 2019-223923 · Dec 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220381962A1 · Dec 1, 2022
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