{"id":3717,"date":"2023-12-21T09:55:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T00:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/?p=3717"},"modified":"2023-12-21T09:55:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T00:55:33","slug":"mitsui-chemicals-develops-diffrar-optical-polymer-wafers-for-ar-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/mitsui-chemicals-develops-diffrar-optical-polymer-wafers-for-ar-glasses","title":{"rendered":"Mitsui Chemicals Develops 'Diffrar' Optical Polymer Wafers for AR Glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><i>The Lineup includes the world\u2019s first 8-inch polymer wafer for AR glasses<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/mitsui-pict-20231211-1-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3718\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/mitsui-pict-20231211-1-01.jpeg 704w, https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/mitsui-pict-20231211-1-01-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 85vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption>\"Diffrar,\" 3-inch, 6-inch, 8-inch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) has developed the \"Diffrar\" array of polymer wafers for waveguides used in augmented reality (AR) glasses, with a view to expand into the augmented and virtual reality markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Equipped with outstanding optical properties, including a high refractive index of 1.67 or higher and extreme flatness, Diffrar optical polymer wafers offer users of AR glasses a wide Field Of View (FOV). In addition, the material being polymer allows Diffrar to have greater impact resistance, making devices safer and lighter compared to glass.\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The product lineup features wafers ranging from 3 inches to 8 inches in size, providing a variety of options for module manufacturing processes for AR and other devices. The 8-inch optical polymer wafer for AR glasses is the world\u2019s first product of this kind (according to our investigation).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>The Meaning of 'Diffrar'<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Derived from the word \u201cdiffraction\u201d and the abbreviation of \u201cAR,\u201d the name Diffrar has been coined to express the value provided to customers where the \u201cD\u201d of the logo represents an opening door that to explore new products and providing value to customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lineup includes the world\u2019s first 8-inch polymer wafer for AR glasses Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) has developed the \"Diffrar\" array of polymer wafers for waveguides used in augmented reality (AR) glasses, with a view to expand into the augmented and virtual reality markets. Equipped with outstanding optical properties, including a high refractive index of 1.67 or higher and extreme flatness, Diffrar optical polymer wafers offer users of AR glasses a wide Field Of View (FOV). In addition, the material being polymer allows Diffrar to have greater impact resistance, making devices safer and lighter compared to glass.\u3000 The product lineup features wafers ranging from 3 inches to 8 inches in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/mitsui-chemicals-develops-diffrar-optical-polymer-wafers-for-ar-glasses\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Mitsui Chemicals Develops 'Diffrar' Optical Polymer Wafers for AR Glasses\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3719,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3717\/revisions\/3719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}