Abstract:
A light deflection element is capable of deflecting incident light so as to follow a position of an observer and suppressing reduction in intensity of light that reaches eyes of the observer regardless of their position. The light deflection element includes: a first optical element configured to deflect incident light; a second optical element configured to change a deflection direction of emitted light by changing a refractive index thereof according to a voltage applied thereto; a third optical element; and a control section configured to control the voltage applied to the second optical element. At least one of interfaces between the first and second optical elements and the second and third optical elements is an aspheric surface. The aspheric surface has an optical power that compensates enlargement of the emitted light which is caused by refractive index distribution caused when a voltage is applied to the second optical element.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a virtual image display apparatus, head-up display system, and vehicle that distribute a spatially divided parallax image between a left eye and right eye of a user appropriately. The virtual image display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a display device configured to spatially divide with a first pitch and to output right-eye images and left-eye images, first optical members periodically disposed with a second pitch, distributing light based on the output from the display device between a right-eye direction and a left-eye direction, and a second optical member configured to reflect or refract, by positive power, the light distributed between the right-eye direction and the left-eye direction by the first optical members. The first pitch is narrower than the second pitch.
Abstract:
An optical resonator of wavelength beam combining type, includes: a laser diode array having a plurality of laser elements arranged along a predetermined direction and configured to emit light beams having wavelengths different from one another; a diffraction grating that diffracts the light beam emitted from each of the laser elements at a diffraction angle corresponding to the wavelength of the light beam; an output coupler that reflects a part of the light beam diffracted by the diffraction grating toward each of the laser elements; and an optical system provided between the laser diode array and the diffraction grating and configured to align the light beams emitted from the laser elements with one another; wherein the optical system includes a first lens element having a negative power only in the predetermined direction and a second lens element having a positive power only in the predetermined direction.
Abstract:
An optical system includes: a first collimator lens disposed facing the light source array, configured to collimate each light beam in at least a vertical direction, intersecting an arrangement direction of light sources and an optical axis direction of each light beam, among the vertical direction and the arrangement direction; an optical element disposed on an emission side of each light beam in the first collimator lens; and a second collimator lens disposed on an emission side of each light beam in the optical element, configured to collimate each light beam at least in the arrangement direction. The first collimator lens includes lens portions arranged in the arrangement direction, the lens portions corresponding to the light sources in the light source array. The lens portions are configured rotationally asymmetrically to have positive power in the vertical direction and have positive power in the arrangement direction.
Abstract:
An optical unit for a laser processing system includes a laser diode including a plurality of laser emitters which emit laser light, a lens unit including a plurality of lenses, a holding block having a light-transmitting property, and a light-shielding film. The holding block and the laser diode are bonded to each other with a first adhesive, and the lens unit and the holding block are bonded to each other with a second adhesive. The light-shielding film is located between the lens unit and the holding block.
Abstract:
An optical resonator of wavelength beam combining type, includes: a laser diode array having a plurality of laser elements arranged along a predetermined direction and configured to emit light beams having wavelengths different from one another; a diffraction grating that diffracts the light beam emitted from each of the laser elements at a diffraction angle corresponding to the wavelength of the light beam; an output coupler that reflects a part of the light beam diffracted by the diffraction grating toward each of the laser elements; and an optical system provided between the laser diode array and the diffraction grating and configured to align the light beams emitted from the laser elements with one another; wherein the optical system includes a first lens element having a negative power only in the predetermined direction and a second lens element having a positive power only in the predetermined direction.