A manufacturing system for controlling an optical axis of a birefringent material includes an
illumination system. The illumination system illuminates the birefringent material that is …

There are proposed several methods of producing birefrin gence patterns. JP-A-3-141320
(JP-A'means unexamined published Japanese patent application) discloses use of a …

The present invention relates to the manufacture of surface relief birefringent liquid crystal
components. Such compo nents are Suitable for use in a wide range of applications …

A birefringent device, which is configured to be mounted in an optical path of an optical
system, has an effective area in a pupil plane. The birefringent device affects different …

A system and method utilize a birefringence inducer to induce or change birefringence of an
optical element to change an index of refraction within the optical element to produce a …

A method of making an optical article having multiple light-influencing zones can include:
forming an alignment coating layer having a first alignment region and a second alignment …

An optical element includes a plurality of stacked birefringent sublayers, such as liquid
crystal sublayers, configured to alter a direction of propagation of light passing therethrough …

A birefringent element is patterned such that for light of a first polarisation the element acts
as a first refractive optical element and for light of a second polarisation the optical response …

Randomly polarized light impinges upon a birefringent crystal, is split into orthogonal
polarization components and emerges from the crystal separated by a walk-off distance. The …

An optical deflection system including a plurality of birefringent prisms separated by
polarizers arranged in a sequence. At least one of the prisms has a refracting angle greater …