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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akira Egawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/16 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/16 (2013.01); G02B 7/028 (2013.01); G03B 21/2073 (2013.01); G03B 21/204 (2013.01); G03B 21/208 (2013.01); G03B 21/2013 (2013.01); G03B 21/2066 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illuminator includes a light source that emits light containing a predetermined polarized light component, an optical element that transmits the light emitted from the light source, a polarization separation element on which the light having passed through the optical element is incident and which performs polarization separation on the incident light, and a temperature adjuster that adjusts the temperature of the optical element.