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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
Fumiaki Miyamaru, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuru Sawano, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumiaki Miyamaru, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuru Sawano, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The optical modulator includes an optical waveguide for receiving light entered from a first end surface thereof and for emitting the light from a second end surface opposing to the first end surface, a flexible light transmitting member disposed so as to face with a boundary surface of the optical waveguide and has a gap between the flexible light transmitting member and the boundary surface of the optical waveguide and a modulation device for bringing the flexible light transmitting member into contact with the boundary surface of the optical waveguide. The image recording apparatus includes the above exposure head and a scanning device for relatively moving a photosensitive material and the exposure head.