Optical member, method for manufacturing optical member, and optical film of optical member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10459125-B2
Application number	US-201715433941-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2017
Priority date	Apr 16, 2012
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

An optical member includes a laminated body configured to reduce light reflection disposed on a substrate, wherein a surface of the laminated body is a porous layer or a layer having a textured structure, and at least one layer of the laminated body is a polymer layer containing a linear polymer and a branched polymer. A method for manufacturing the optical member is also provided. The branched polymer content is 10% by weight or more and 90% by weight or less of the total weight of the linear polymer and the branched polymer. The layer having a textured structure contains crystals mainly composed of aluminum oxide.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing an optical member including a laminated body configured to reduce light reflection disposed on a substrate, comprising:
1) preparing a polymer solution by mixing a solution of a linear polyimide polymer dispersed in a solvent and a solution of a branched melamine polymer dispersed in a solvent;
2) applying the polymer solution to a substrate or a thin film disposed on the substrate and forming a polymer layer of the linear polyimide polymer on the branched melamine polymer on the substrate or the thin film, wherein the polymer layer comprises 37% by weight or more and 55% by weight or less of the branched melamine polymer and 45% by weight or more and 63% by weight or less of the linear polyimide polymer based on a total weight of the linear polyimide polymer and the branched melamine polymer; and
3) forming a porous layer or a layer having a textured structure on the polymer layer.

2. The method for manufacturing an optical member according to claim 1 , wherein the forming of the layer having a textured structure includes
4) forming a layer mainly composed of aluminum oxide; and
5) immersing the layer mainly composed of aluminum oxide in hot water to precipitate crystals mainly composed of aluminum oxide.

3. The method for manufacturing an optical member according to claim 1 , wherein the branched melamine polymer has a refractive index of 1.7 or more and less than 2.0.

4. The method for manufacturing an optical member according to claim 1 , wherein the difference in refractive index between the linear polyimide polymer and the branched melamine polymer is 0.04 or more and 0.4 or less.

5. The method for manufacturing an optical member according to claim 1 , wherein the linear polyimide polymer has a lower refractive index than the branched melamine polymer.

6. The method for manufacturing an optical member according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer layer has a refractive index of 1.676 to 1.768.

7. A camera comprising an optical member manufactured by the method for manufacturing an optical member according to claim 1 .

8. An imaging optical system comprising an optical member manufactured by the method for manufacturing an optical member according to claim 1 .

9. A method for manufacturing an optical member including a laminated body configured to reduce light reflection disposed on a substrate, comprising:
1) preparing a polymer solution by dissolving a powder linear polyimide polymer and a powder branched melamine polymer in a solvent;
2) applying the polymer solution to a substrate or a thin film disposed on the substrate and forming a polymer layer of the linear polyimide polymer on the branched melamine polymer on the substrate or the thin film, wherein the polymer layer comprises 37% by weight or more and 55% by weight or less of the branched melamine polymer and 45% by weight or more and 63% by weight or less of the linear polyimide polymer based on a total weight of the linear polyimide polymer and the branched melamine polymer; and
3) forming a porous layer or a layer having a textured structure on the polymer layer.

10. The method for manufacturing an optical member according to claim 9 , wherein the forming of the layer having a textured structure includes
4) forming a layer mainly composed of aluminum oxide; and
5) immersing the layer mainly composed of aluminum oxide in hot water to precipitate crystals mainly composed of aluminum oxide.

11. The method for manufacturing an optical member according to claim 9 , wherein the branched melamine polymer has a refractive index of 1.7 or more and less than 2.0.

12. The method for manufacturing an optical member according to claim 9 , wherein the difference in refractive index between the linear polyimide polymer and the branched melamine polymer is 0.04 or more and 0.4 or less.

13. The method for manufacturing an optical member according to claim 9 , wherein the linear polyimide polymer has a lower refractive index than the branched melamine polymer.

14. A camera comprising an optical member manufactured by the method for manufacturing an optical member according to claim 9 .

15. An imaging optical system comprising an optical member manufactured by the method for manufacturing an optical member according to claim 9 .

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Nakayama Tomonari

Classifications

• C03C2217/425

  consisting of a porous layer · CPC title

• G02B1/118 Primary

  having sub-optical wavelength surface structures designed to provide an enhanced transmittance, e.g. moth-eye structures · CPC title

• C09D179/08

  Polyimides; Polyester-imides; Polyamide-imides; Polyamide acids or similar polyimide precursors · CPC title

• C08G73/106

  containing silicon · CPC title

• G02B1/111

  using layers comprising organic materials · CPC title