Image capturing apparatus

An image capturing apparatus comprising:

• an image sensor that includes a pixel provided with a polarizing unit, wherein
• the pixel includes a wiring layer that controls an operation of the image sensor,
• the polarizing unit includes
• a plurality of polarizer layers in each of which a plurality of slits that are arranged at regular intervals in a predetermined direction are formed and
• a dielectric layer that is arranged (i) between two adjacent slits among the plurality of slits or (ii) between two adjacent polarizer layers among the plurality of polarizer layers, in a normal direction of each of the plurality of polarizer layers,
• each of the plurality of polarizer layers includes a plurality of lattice portions that are arranged at regular intervals in the predetermined direction, and one of the plurality of slits is arranged between two adjacent lattice portions among the plurality of lattice portions in the predetermined direction,
• each of the plurality of lattice portions satisfies a relation of w>d,
• where the predetermined direction is a width direction and the normal direction is a thickness direction,
• a width of each of the plurality of lattice portions is w, and
• a thickness of each of the plurality of lattice portions is d, and
• a forming material of each of the plurality of polarizer layers and a forming material of the wiring layer are selected from Al, Cu, Au, Ag, Pt, Ti, Sn, In, Ga, Zn, and a compound or alloy that contains at least one of the foregoing.