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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2004
Applicant:
Akiyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akiyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 27/72 (2006.01); G03B 27/42 (2006.01); G03B 27/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An illumination optical system for illuminating an illuminated surface using light from a light source includes a first diffraction optical element upon which the light from the light source is incident, and a second diffraction optical element upon which the light from the light source is incident, wherein the light from the first diffraction optical element forms a first part of an illumination distribution on a predetermined surface that substantially has a Fourier transform relationship with the illuminated surface, and the light from the second diffraction optical element forms a second part of the illumination distribution.