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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2018
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Soichi Owa, Kumagaya, JP;
Shunji Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Suzuki, Tama, JP;
Kazuhiro Kido, Sagamihara, JP;
Hidemitsu Toba, Tokyo, JP;
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical member to be arranged in an optical path of a light, includes an optical medium made of an insulator or a semiconductor; a first element provided at a first position in the optical medium and made of a first electric conductor having a width approximately same as or smaller than a wavelength of the light, the first position being a position in the optical path; and a second element provided at a second position, in the optical medium, different from the first position, and made of a second electric conductor having a width approximately same as or smaller than the wavelength of the light, the second position being a position in the optical path.