Diffraction optical element
First Claim
1. A diffraction optical element comprising:
- a first diffraction grating made of a resin material in which inorganic fine particles are dispersed; and
a second diffraction grating made of a material whose organic matter composition is substantially the same as the organic matter composition of the resin material, the resin material in which inorganic fine particles are dispersed and the material whose organic matter composition is substantially the same as the organic matter composition of the resin material being substantially equal to each other in at least one of refractive index change due to temperature change, linear expansion coefficient, swelling ratio and water absorption coefficient,wherein a maximum difference of optical path lengths of light passing through the diffraction optical element is integer multiples of a plurality of wavelengths.
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Abstract
In a diffraction optical element in which a plurality of diffraction gratings are laminated and the maximum difference of length among optical paths of light passing through the plurality of diffraction gratins is integer multiples of a plurality of wavelengths, diffraction efficiency is further improved and even when an environmental condition changes, a deviation of the diffraction efficiency is reduced. More specifically, a diffraction optical element is disclosed which includes, as the plurality of diffraction gratings, a first diffraction grating made of a resin material, in which inorganic fine particles are dispersed, and a second diffraction grating made of a material whose organic matter composition is substantially same as that of the resin material.
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21 Claims
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1. A diffraction optical element comprising:
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a first diffraction grating made of a resin material in which inorganic fine particles are dispersed; and a second diffraction grating made of a material whose organic matter composition is substantially the same as the organic matter composition of the resin material, the resin material in which inorganic fine particles are dispersed and the material whose organic matter composition is substantially the same as the organic matter composition of the resin material being substantially equal to each other in at least one of refractive index change due to temperature change, linear expansion coefficient, swelling ratio and water absorption coefficient, wherein a maximum difference of optical path lengths of light passing through the diffraction optical element is integer multiples of a plurality of wavelengths. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A diffraction optical element comprising:
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a first diffraction grating made of a first material that is a resin material in which inorganic fine particles are dispersed; and a second diffraction grating made of a second material having an optical characteristic different from that of the resin material in which the inorganic fine particles are dispersed, wherein a maximum difference of optical path lengths of light passing through the diffraction optical element is integer multiples of a plurality of wavelengths, and wherein each of the first material and the second material satisfies at least one of the following conditions;
0.8≦
dn1/dt/dn2/dt≦
1.25,
0.8≦
α
1/α
2<
1.25,
0.8≦
β
1/β
2<
1.25,where dn1/dt and dn2/dt are respectively refractive index changes with respect to a temperature deviation of the first material and the second material, α
1 and α
2 are respectively linear expansion coefficients of the first material and the second material, and β
1 and β
2 are respectively swelling ratios of the first material and the second material. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A diffraction optical element comprising:
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a first diffraction grating made of a resin material in which inorganic fine particles are dispersed; and a second diffraction grating made of a material whose organic matter composition is substantially the same as the organic matter composition of the resin material, the smaller one of water absorption coefficients of the resin material in which the inorganic fine particles are dispersed, and the material whose organic matter composition is substantially the same as the organic matter composition of the resin material, is in a range of 70% to 100% of the greater one of the water absorption coefficients, wherein a maximum difference of optical path lengths of light passing through the diffraction optical element is integer multiples of a plurality of wavelengths. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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