Variable optical-property element
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1. A stop, wherein a micromachine technique such as a lithography process is included in a fabrication process.
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Abstract
An optical apparatus includes a variable optical-property element to change its optical properties by applying an electric or magnetic field or temperature to a liquid crystal. In this way, the optical apparatus is reduced in thickness, and can be used in a camera, a microscope, etc.
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- 1. A stop, wherein a micromachine technique such as a lithography process is included in a fabrication process.
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2. A shutter, wherein a micromachine technique such as a lithography process is included In a fabrication process.
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3. A shutter also used as a stop, wherein a micromachine technique such as a lithography process is included in a fabrication process.
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5. A moving optical element comprising an optical element and an actuator, wherein a micromachine technique such as a lithography process included in a fabrication process.
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6. A variable optical-property mirror. wherein an electromagnetic force Is used.
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7. A variable optical-property mirror, wherein a permanent magnet is provided to use an electromagnetic force.
- 8. A variable optical-property mirror, wherein a piezoelectric substance is used.
- 10. A variable optical-property element, wherein said variable optical-property element is controlled by a plurality of voltages or currents.
- 11. An element including any one of a variable optical-property element, a moving optical element, a shutter, a stop, a display element, and an image sensor, wherein a dimension of an optically effective surface is approximately 7 cm or less.
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12. A platelike unit, wherein at least one of an optical element, a variable optical-property element, a moving optical element, a shutter, a stop, a display element, and image sensor is placed on a single substrate.
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13. A platelike unit, wherein at least one of an optical element, a variable optical-property element, a moving optical element, a shutter, and a stop and at least one of an image sensor, a display element, and an electronic circuit are arranged on a single substrate.
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14. A platelike unit, wherein at least two of an optical element, a variable optical-property element, a moving optical element, a shutter, and a stop are arranged on a single substrate.
- 20. An optical system comprising at least one of a variable optical-property element, a moving optical element, a shutter, a stop, an image sensor, and a display element, and an optical block.
- 22. An optical system comprising at least two of a variable optical-property element, a moving optical element, a shutter, a stop, an image sensor, and a display element, and an optical block.
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26. A variable lens using a macromolecular dispersed liquid crystal or a macromolecular stabilized liquid crystal, wherein said variable lens has a single substrate.
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28. An optical apparatus comprising a optical block and a platelike unit.
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29. An optical apparatus comprising an optical element, an optical block, and a platelike unit.
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32. An optical system, wherein a variable optical-property element or a moving optical element is changed to thereby vary or compensate for an imaging state of said optical system.
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34. An optical system, wherein a variable optical-property element or a moving optical element is changed to thereby compensate for at least one of temperature change, humidity change, fabrication error, assembly error, shake, out of focus, and aberration change in said optical system.
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36. An extended surface optical element, wherein a ray of light incident on said extended surface optical element has a helical relationship with a ray of light emerging from said extended surface optical element.
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37. An optical apparatus, wherein a direction of image formation or observation has a helical relationship with a ray of light entering or leaving an image sensor, the eye, or a display element.
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38. An optical apparatus using an extended surface optical system, wherein a direction of image formation or observation has a helical relationship with a ray of light entering or leaving an image sensor, the eye, or a display element.
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39. An optical apparatus, wherein an extended surface optical element is provided, said extended surface optical element being constructed so that a direction of Image formation or observation is perpendicular to a direction of a thickness thereof.
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40. An optical apparatus, wherein an extended surface optical element is provided, said extended surface optical element being constructed so that a direction of image formation or observation is parallel to a direction of a thickness thereof.
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