High chroma flakes
AssigneeViavi Solutions Inc.
InventorsJohannes SEYDEL, Mark TEVIS, Kangning LIANG, Jeffrey James KUNA, Jerry ZIEBA
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Abstract
An article including a reflector having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a first selective light modulator layer external to the first surface of the reflector; a second selective light modulator layer external to the second surface of the reflector; a first absorber layer external to the first selective light modulator layer; and a second absorber layer external to the second selective light modulator layer; wherein each of the first and second selective light modulator layers include a host material is disclosed herein. Methods of making the article are also disclosed.
Claims20
An article comprising:
- a reflector having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
- a first selective light modulator layer external to the first surface of the reflector;
- a second selective light modulator layer external to the second surface of the reflector;
- a first absorber layer external to the first selective light modulator layer;
- and
- a second absorber layer external to the second selective light modulator layer;
- wherein each of the first and second selective light modulator layers include a host material.
A method for forming an article comprising:
- depositing on a substrate a first absorber layer;
- depositing on the first absorber layer a first selective light modulator layer;
- depositing on the first selective light modulator layer a reflector;
- depositing on the reflector a second selective light modulator layer;
- and
- depositing on the first selective light modulator layer a second absorber layer;
- wherein at least one of the first selective light modulator layer and the second selective light modulator layer is deposited using a liquid coating process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.