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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumi Kimura, Saitama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The spectral information acquisition system includes an illumination optical system configured to illuminate an object being moved and a spectral optical system configured to disperse light from the object illuminated by the illumination optical system. The illumination optical system includes a separation element configured to separate a light flux emitted from a light source into a first polarized light flux having a first polarization state and a second polarized light flux having a second polarization state, and a phase plate configured to change the polarization state of at least one of the first polarized light flux and the second polarized light flux. The first polarized light flux illuminates the object from a first direction, and the second polarized light flux illuminates the object from a second direction that is different from the first direction.