Optical: systems and elements – Deflection using a moving element – Using a periodically moving element
Patent
1996-03-21
1998-02-24
Phan, James
Optical: systems and elements
Deflection using a moving element
Using a periodically moving element
359207, 359212, 359216, 359662, G02B 2608
Patent
active
057216312
ABSTRACT:
A scanning apparatus has a luminous flux deflector and a single f.theta. lens. The deflector deflects a convergent luminous flux on a scanned surface at a uniform angular velocity. The f.theta. lens is arranged between the deflector and the scanned surface. The f.theta. lens is bi-convex in a main scanning direction and is made of a material having a refractive index of at most 1.6. One surface of the f.theta. lens in a main scanning direction is so curved that a radius of curvature in the main scanning direction decreases as an angle of view in the main scanning direction increases.
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Naiki Toshio
Nakamura Hiromu
Ono Satoru
Shibata Etsuko
Minolta Co. , Ltd.
Phan James
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