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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/06 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01); G02B 27/48 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G03B 33/06 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); H04B 10/25 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/06 (2013.01); G02B 27/283 (2013.01); G02B 27/48 (2013.01); G03B 21/2033 (2013.01); G03B 21/2073 (2013.01); G03B 33/06 (2013.01); H04B 10/2504 (2013.01); H04N 9/3129 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical system is provided including a light source configured to emit a light; and a polarizing splitting multiplexing device including a first prism configured to split the light into two polarized light beams having different optical path lengths, and a second prism configured to combine the two polarized light beams. The first prism includes a first reflective surface and a first polarization splitting surface facing the first reflective surface, and the second prism includes a second reflective surface and a second polarization splitting surface facing the second reflective surface.