摘要:
It is an object of this invention to provide a light scanning device capable of suppressing scanning line bending to a low level, which is caused by the arrangement error of a single-element lens serving as an imaging optical element, and an image forming apparatus using the device. In order to achieve the object, according to this invention, an imaging optical system is formed from a single-element lens, and the sectional shapes of the incident and exit surfaces in the main scanning direction are non-arcuated, and the power in the sub scanning direction substantially concentrates on the exit surface. The non-arcuated shape (curvature) of the exit surface in the main scanning direction is so determined as to make the magnification in the sub scanning direction uniform.
摘要:
Disclosed is an optical scanning device which includes a light source device, a deflecting system for deflecting a light beam emitted from the light source device, and a scanning optical system for scanning a surface to be scanned, with the light beam deflected by the deflecting system, wherein the scanning optical system includes a scanning optical element disposed so that, with respect to a sub-scan direction, a principal ray of the deflected light beam passes a portion other than an optical axis, wherein the scanning optical element has a sagittal aspherical amount changing surface in which an aspherical amount of a sagittal changes along a main scan direction of the scanning optical element, and wherein, throughout the whole surface to be scanned, the position in the sub-scan direction upon which the deflected light beam impinges is made even.
摘要:
It is an object of this invention to provide a light scanning device capable of suppressing a scanning line bend to a low level, which is caused by the arrangement error of a single-element lens serving as an imaging optical element, and an image forming apparatus using the device. In order to achieve the object, according to this invention, an imaging optical system is formed from a single-element lens, and a sectional shape of an exit surface in the main scanning direction is an arcuated shape. The power in the sub scanning direction substantially concentrates on the exit surface having an arcuated sectional shape in the main scanning direction, and the arcuated shape (curvature) in the main scanning direction is so determined as to make the magnification in the sub scanning direction uniform.
摘要:
An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source unit, a deflecting unit for deflecting and scanning a light beam from the light source unit, and a scanning optical system for scanning the light beam deflected by the deflecting unit on a surface to be scanned. The scanning optical system includes a diffraction portion having an aspherical function in a sub-scanning direction.
摘要:
Disclosed is a scanning optical device and an image forming apparatus using the same, wherein the scanning optical device includes a scanning optical element provided by a single lens. In relation to a predetermined one of two optical surfaces of the single lens having a larger refractive power in a minor scan direction on an optical axis, the shape of optical surface of the single lens is determined so as to satisfy a relation 0.9≦øm/øp≦ømx/øpx=1.0≦1.1øm/øp where øp is a refractive power of the single lens in a minor scan direction on the optical axis, øm is a refractive power of the single lens in the minor scan direction at a most abaxial point, øpx is a refractive power at the predetermined optical surface of the single lens in the minor scan direction on the optical axis, and ømx is a refractive power at the predetermined optical surface of the single lens in the minor scan direction at a most abaxial point.
摘要:
Disclosed is an optical scanning device which includes a light source device, a deflecting system for deflecting a light beam emitted from the light source device, and a scanning optical system for scanning a surface to be scanned, with the light beam deflected by the deflecting system, wherein the scanning optical system includes a scanning optical element disposed so that, with respect to a sub-scan direction, a principal ray of the deflected light beam passes a portion other than an optical axis, wherein the scanning optical element has a sagittal aspherical amount changing surface in which an aspherical amount of a sagittal changes along a main scan direction of the scanning optical element, and wherein, throughout the whole surface to be scanned, the position in the sub-scan direction upon which the deflected light beam impinges is made even.
摘要:
Disclosed is an optical scanning device which includes a light source device, a deflecting system for deflecting a light beam emitted from the light source device, and a scanning optical system for scanning a surface to be scanned, with the light beam deflected by the deflecting system, wherein the scanning optical system includes a scanning optical element disposed so that, with respect to a sub-scan direction, a principal ray of the deflected light beam passes a portion other than an optical axis, wherein the scanning optical element has a sagittal aspherical amount changing surface in which an aspherical amount of a sagittal changes along a main scan direction of the scanning optical element, and wherein, throughout the whole surface to be scanned, the position in the sub-scan direction upon which the deflected light beam impinges is made even.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a scanning optical apparatus that is capable of suppressing, to a minute amount, scanning line bending caused by rotational decentration of a single lens that is a scanning optical system, and to provide an image forming apparatus using the optical scanning apparatus. To achieve the stated object, with the technique of the present invention, a single lens is used as a scanning optical system and the surface shape of the single lens is set so that a direction of scanning line bending in the sub scanning direction occurring when an incident surface of the single lens is rotationally decenter about an axis parallel to the main scanning direction is opposite to a direction of scanning line bending in the sub scanning direction occurring when an exit surface is rotationally decenter about the axis parallel to the main scanning direction.
摘要:
A laminate-type diffractive optical element which is easily producible and which allows high optical performance to be easily achieved, and an optical system using the same, are disclosed. In the diffractive optical element formed by laminating a plurality of diffraction gratings, when the distance between the uppermost portion of one diffraction grating and the lowermost portion of the other diffraction grating in two diffraction gratings adjacent to each other along the incident direction of a light is represented by D (&mgr;m), these two diffraction gratings are arranged to satisfy the following relation: 10 &mgr;m
摘要:
An optical scanning apparatus including a light source, deflection unit configured to deflect a light flux emitted by the light source, a first optical system configured to condense a divergent light flux emitted by the light source, a second optical system configured to focus the deflected light flux on a target scanning face, where the wavelength of the light flux is short, and the first and second optical systems include respective refractive optical elements.