Sharp Nec Display Solutions, Ltd.

Sota Hirahara

Masateru Matsubara

A light source device includes a first laser source and a diffusion element that diffuses light, the diffusion element being provided on an optical path of a first laser beam emitted by the first laser source. The diffusion element comprises, on an incident surface, a first lens array in which a plurality of first lens elements are arranged that divide the first laser beam into a plurality of light beams and further comprises, on an exit surface, a second lens array in which a plurality of second lens elements are arranged that each face a respective first lens element of the plurality of first lens elements and that each emit a light beam incident through the facing first lens element toward an imaging surface. Each second lens element forms a light source image in a different region on the imaging surface.

Light source device and projector

A light source device includes: a first laser light source which emits first laser light; and a diffusion element which is provided on an optical path of the first laser light and diffuses the light, wherein the diffusion element includes: a first lens array in which a plurality of first lens elements that divide the first laser light into a plurality of light fluxes are arranged; and a second lens array in which a plurality of second lens elements that emit the light fluxes incident via the plurality of first lens elements toward an image formation plane are arranged, wherein the first lens array is disposed on an incidence surface of the diffusion element, wherein the second lens array is disposed on an emission surface of the diffusion element, and wherein at least two second lens elements among the plurality of second lens elements form light source images having different sizes in different regions on the image formation plane.

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Tokyo, Japan

Sota Hirahara