POLARIZING BEAM SPLITTERS PROVIDING HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES AND SYSTEMS UTILIZING SUCH BEAM SPLITTERS

摘要

Polarizing beam splitters and systems incorporating such beam splitters are described. More specifically, polarizing beam splitters and systems with such beam splitters that incorporate multilayer optical films and reflect imaged light towards a viewer or viewing screen with high effective resolution are described.

主权项

1. A polarization subsystem comprising:
a first imager; and a polarizing beam splitter receiving imaged light from the imager, the polarizing beam splitter comprising a reflective polarizer; wherein the reflective polarizer comprises a multilayer optical film, and wherein the polarizing beam splitter reflects imaged light towards a viewer or screen, and further wherein the imaged light is reflected from the polarizing beam splitter towards a viewer or screen with an effective pixel resolution of less than 12 microns.