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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Toshiaki Tokita, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Hirai, Kanagawa, JP;
Seizo Suzuki, Chiba, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A polarization splitting device includes a polarization beam splitter having a polarization splitting surface and allows P-polarized light to transmit therethrough and reflects S-polarized light. A subwavelength structure grating is formed on the polarization splitting surface with a grating pitch smaller than wavelength of incident light. The polarization splitting device also includes a polarizer that is arranged on an optical path of light reflected from the polarization beam splitter and has a transmission axis that is parallel to a polarization direction of the S-polarized light.