Polarization converting apparatus and optical instrument having the same
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1. An illumination apparatus comprising:
- an optical system having a rectangular incident surface for converting non-polarized light to polarized light;
a mirror having a substantially rotation-symmetrical reflection surface for reflecting light from a light source toward said rectangular incident surface of said optical system, said mirror including a rectangular opening facing said optical system for making the light from said light source pass therethrough as light beam which cross-sectional portion is substantially rectangularly shaped;
wherein said optical system comprises a polarization light beam splitter for splitting said non-polarized light into a first polarized light and a second polarized light which polarization directions are mutually intersected andmeans for changing a polarization state of said first polarized light so that an illumination-objected surface is illuminated by said first second polarized lights in which the polarization directions thereof are mutually consistent.
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This specification discloses a polarization converting apparatus having means emitting non-polarized light, and polarizing means having a light incidence surface and a light emergence surface, the polarizing means receiving the non-polarized light by the light incidence surface and causing polarized light to emerge from the light emergence surface, the size and shape of the light incidence surface being similar to the size and cross-sectional shape of the non-polarized light. The specification also discloses an optical instrument having such apparatus.
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1. An illumination apparatus comprising:
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an optical system having a rectangular incident surface for converting non-polarized light to polarized light; a mirror having a substantially rotation-symmetrical reflection surface for reflecting light from a light source toward said rectangular incident surface of said optical system, said mirror including a rectangular opening facing said optical system for making the light from said light source pass therethrough as light beam which cross-sectional portion is substantially rectangularly shaped; wherein said optical system comprises a polarization light beam splitter for splitting said non-polarized light into a first polarized light and a second polarized light which polarization directions are mutually intersected and means for changing a polarization state of said first polarized light so that an illumination-objected surface is illuminated by said first second polarized lights in which the polarization directions thereof are mutually consistent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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