Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Hideki Maruyama

Tetsuroh Nakamura

Takafumi Hamano

Yuji Toyomura

Akira Gyotoku

Ken-ichi Masumoto

Masamitsu Haruna

An image forming apparatus includes a light source provided with converting structure for converting an advancing direction of light emitted from the light source, whereby a direction in which the light source is disposed can be determined regardless of a direction in which light is emitted. The advancing direction of the light emitted from a light emitting element is converted into a direction in which light transmitting structure can transmit the light, so that a luminous intensity on a photosensitive drum can be increased. The light source is designed so as to increase a light emitting area of the light emitting element and condense light emitted therefrom. The light emitting element utilizes a flat luminous unit, which is combined with a light transmitting structure in one optical piece.

Light source for image writing apparatus and production method for light source

Light from a light source is converged by a converging lens and is irradiated to an object to be measured through a converging lens, the object to be measured or the converging lens and the reference light mirror are displaced so as to maximize intensities of interference light at the reference light mirror and the front and rear surfaces of the object to be measured, and displaced distances of the object to be measured or the converging lens and the reference light mirror at a position where an intensity of interference light becomes maximum at the rear surface and a position where an intensity of interference light becomes maximum are obtained in order to simultaneously measure a refractive index and a thickness of the object to be measured. With this arrangement, simultaneous measurement of a phase index and a thickness of an object to be measured, simultaneous measurement of a birefringence and a thickness of an object to be measured, and a phase index and a group index of an object to be measured can be carried out.

Method and apparatus for simultaneously interferometrically measuring optical characteristics in a noncontact manner

The present invention aims to provide a highly reliable light-emitting device capable of simplifying alignment of optical axes of light-emitting element and optical fiber and making optical coupling between them with high efficiency, and a light-emitting device manufacturing method, by which such light-emitting device can be manufactured with high productivity. Since a lens made of radiation sensitive resin is formed directly on a light-emitting element to be located just above a light-emitting surface, it becomes possible to provide a highly reliable light-emitting device capable of allowing the optical axes of the light-emitting element and the optical fiber to be aligned more easily and making optical coupling between them with high efficiency. Further, it becomes possible to provide a manufacturing method capable of manufacturing a highly reliable light-emitting device and comprising the steps of forming a resist layer on a light-emitting element wafer having a plurality of light-emitting surfaces, masking portions of the resist layer just above the light-emitting surfaces, removing the resist layer except the masked portions, and shaping the resist layer into lenses.

Light-emitting device and method for manufacturing the same

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Chikushino, Japan

Hideki Maruyama