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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1996
Hideaki Shimomura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kiyoshi Numazaki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshiro Oikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Naotaka Shimamura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Motoi Ueda, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A projection type display apparatus includes a spatial light modulator, a polarizing beam splitter formed of members of a transparent material, and a projection optical system. The polarizing beam splitter includes a dielectric multilayer film, and a first transparent material member and a second transparent material member sandwiching the dielectric multilayer film. Each of the first and second transparent material members is made of a transparent material with a refractive index of at least 1.8 and with an absolute value of the photoelastic constant being no more than 1.5.times.10.sup.-8 cm.sup.2 /N for light of wavelengths 0.4 .mu.m to 0.7 .mu.m, incident to the polarizing beam splitter.