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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2011
Susumu Shinto, Shimosuwa, JP;
Seiji Yamazaki, Fujimi, JP;
Susumu Shinto, Shimosuwa, JP;
Seiji Yamazaki, Fujimi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
In a tunable interference filter according to the invention, a second substrate includes a light transmission hole and alight transmissive member provided within the light transmission hole, and the light transmission hole is formed in a tapered shape having a diameter dimension of an inner circumferential surface increasing from the first surface toward the second surface, and the light transmissive member has a light incident surface in parallel to the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface, a light exiting surface in parallel to the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface, and a tapered side surface having a diameter dimension increasing from the first surface toward the second surface, and the tapered side surface is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the light transmission hole.