摘要:
A diffractive optical element in which the maximum optical path length of light is an integral multiple of each of a plurality of wavelengths includes a diffractive grating configured by combining a first member and a second member having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the first member and having dispersion higher than a dispersion of the first member. At least one of the first member and the second member is made of a glass material, and the diffractive grating is formed by the glass material which is heated to be softened using a thermal press forming, and has a concave grating shape that has a grating height increasing from a central part toward a peripheral part.
摘要:
The invention relates to optical devices comprising a transparent substrate and a first transparent grating layer on the substrate, the grating layer comprising periodically alternating zones having different refractive indices. According to the invention, the device comprises a second transparent grating layer located on top of the first grating layer and also comprising periodically alternating zones having different refractive indices so that the zones of the first grating layer having higher refractive index are at least partly aligned with the zones of the second grating layer having lower refractive index and vice versa, the second grating layer reducing the amount of light diffracted to non-zero transmission orders. The invention allows for reducing the so-called rainbow effect for example in head-up displays (HUDs).
摘要:
In a diffractive optical element, a first optical member and a second optical member are stacked, and a diffraction grating is formed at an interface between the first and second optical members. The diffractive optical element is configured so that the followings fall within a predetermined range: an inter-material gradient which is a ratio of an amount of change in reference refractive indexes between the first optical member and the second optical member, to an amount of change in principal dispersions between the first optical member and the second optical member; and a blaze wavelength of the diffraction grating.
摘要:
The present invention includes relates to an objective lens used for reproducing and/or recording of information for at least two types of optical discs including high density discs, and has excellent wavelength characteristics, temperature characteristics and tracking characteristics and to provide an optical pickup apparatus employing this objective lens. An objective lens according to the present invention is used for an optical pickup apparatus at least reproducing and/or recording information for a first optical disc having a protective substrate with a thickness t1 and a second optical disc having a protective substrate with a thickness t2 (0.8×t1≦t2). Each of the light fluxes with a wavelength λ1 and a wavelength λ2 enters into the objective lens and a diffractive structure is formed on the at least one optical surface of the objective lens, signs and values of an optical system magnification of the objective lens m1 and m2 for the light fluxes with wavelength λ1 and λ2 respectively are different each other, and the diffractive structure has a positive diffractive action.
摘要:
A single element objective lens for an optical disc drive converges a laser beam, which is emitted by a laser source, on a data recording surface of an optical disc through a protective layer of the optical disc. One surface of the objective lens is divided into a central area including an optical axis thereof and a peripheral area surrounding the central area. The peripheral area is provided with a diffraction lens structure formed by a plurality of concentric annular zones including minute steps. The central area is a continuous surface having no stepped portions. The diffraction lens structure compensates for variation of converging characteristic of the objective lens due to a change of a temperature.
摘要:
An optical element having a diffraction shape uses an optical material comprising at least N-vinylcarbazole, polyvinylcarbazole, and the light polymerization initiator. By using such optical material, it is possible to suppress crystallization of the optical material during molding even at room temperature and appropriately control the dropping amount suited for replica molding. It is possible to provide the optical material also suited for replica molding at room temperature by setting a ratio of N-vinylcarbazole to polyvinylcarbazole, i.e. N-vinylcarbazole/polyvinylcarbazole, to a range between 90/10 and 70/30.
摘要:
An optical system including a diffraction optical element and for forming an image of an object by light having a given wavelength width includes at least one diffraction optical element and a diffraction light selection element for transmitting a diffraction light of given order to an output side of the diffraction optical element and for attenuating the diffraction light of orders other than the given order.
摘要:
A lens system has a plurality of lenses, a stop, and a diffractive surface, the entire lens system moves during focusing, and the lens system satisfies the condition of nullnull0.5, where null is a maximum photographic magnification.
摘要:
An optical system capable of preventing degradation of the image quality and minimizing the effect of unwanted-order light even when a protective layer is provided on a diffraction surface, thereby obtaining an image of high quality. The optical system, on which band light is incident, has a relief type diffractive optical element (2), and a device (3) that limits a wavelength band of light entering or emerging from the diffractive optical element (2). The diffractive optical element (2) has an optical member (4) having a relief configuration on a surface thereof, and a protective layer (5) formed over the surface of the optical member (4) from a material different from a material constituting the optical member (4).