Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Illumination optical apparatus and optical apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 照明光学装置和光学装置
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Application No.: US11883087Application Date: 2006-01-25
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Publication No.: US07733574B2Publication Date: 2010-06-08
- Inventor: Masayuki Mizusawa
- Applicant: Masayuki Mizusawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP
- Priority: JP2005-023680 20050131
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/301593 WO 20060125
- International Announcement: WO2006/080534 WO 20060803
- Main IPC: G02B9/00
- IPC: G02B9/00 ; G02B21/06

Abstract:
There are provided an illumination optical apparatus and an optical apparatus using this illumination optical apparatus that are capable of efficiently collecting light emitted from a light-emitting section for illumination with less illumination nonuniformity, without having to employ a complicated structure. There are provided a light-emitting sections; a lens system for converting a diverging beam emitted from the light-emitting section into a beam of collimated light; an afocal optical system for adjusting the cross-sectional area of a beam of collimated light obtained by the lens array; a fly-eye lens for forming a plurality of light-source images from the collimated light whose cross-sectional area is adjusted by the afocal optical system; and a Koehler illumination optical system that uses the plurality of light-source images formed by the fly-eye lens as a light source.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080212173A1 Illumination Optical Apparatus and Optical Apparatus Public/Granted day:2008-09-04
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