Laminated optical system and endoscope
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorTakahiro AMANAI
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Abstract
Provided is a laminated optical system that has a wide angle of view and is environmentally resistant by suppressing changes in performance due to temperature changes. The laminated optical system includes four lens portions, and in each lens portion, a parallel flat plate and a plano-concave lens or a plano-convex lens having a partially curved surface are adhered to each other. In each lens portion, the linear expansion coefficient of the plano-concave lens or the plano-convex lens is greater than the linear expansion coefficient of the parallel flat plate.
Claims18
A laminated optical system comprising a first lens portion having a negative refractive power, a second lens portion having a negative refractive power, a third lens portion having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens portion having a positive refractive power which are disposed in that order from an object side to an image side,
- wherein the first lens portion has a first parallel flat plate and a first plano-concave lens having a first concave surface of which a concave surface faces the image side and a first flat surface on an outer peripheral side of the first concave surface which are disposed in that order from the object side to the image side,
- wherein a flat surface on an image side of the first parallel flat plate and a flat surface on an object side of the first plano-concave lens are adhered to each other,
- wherein the second lens portion has a second parallel flat plate and a second plano-concave lens having a second concave surface of which a concave surface faces the image side and a second flat surface on an outer peripheral side of the second concave surface which are disposed in that order from the object side to the image side,
- wherein the first flat surface of the first plano-concave lens and a flat surface on the object side of the second parallel flat plate are adhered to each other, and a flat surface on the image side of the second parallel flat plate and the second flat surface of the second plano-concave lens are adhered to each other,
- wherein the third lens portion has a first plano-convex lens having a first convex surface of which a convex surface faces the object side and a third flat surface on an outer peripheral side of the first convex surface and a third parallel flat plate which are disposed in that order from the object side to the image side,
- wherein the second concave surface of the second plano-concave lens and the first convex surface of the first plano-convex lens are disposed with an interval therebetween,
- wherein the second flat surface of the second plano-concave lens and the third flat surface of the first plano-convex lens are adhered to each other, and a flat surface on the image side of the first plano-convex lens and a flat surface on the object side of the third parallel flat plate are adhered to each other,
- wherein the fourth lens portion has a second plano-convex lens having a second convex surface of which a convex surface faces the object side and a fourth flat surface on an outer peripheral side of the second convex surface and a fourth parallel flat plate which are disposed in that order from the object side to the image side,
- wherein a flat surface on the image side of the third parallel flat plate and the second convex surface of the second plano-convex lens are disposed with an interval therebetween,
- wherein the flat surface on the image side of the third parallel flat plate and the fourth flat surface of the second plano-convex lens are adhered to each other,
- wherein a flat surface on the image side of the second plano-convex lens and a flat surface on the object side of the fourth parallel flat plate are adhered to each other,
- wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the first plano-concave lens is greater than a linear expansion coefficient of the first parallel flat plate,
- wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the second plano-concave lens is greater than a linear expansion coefficient of the second parallel flat plate,
- wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the first plano-convex lens is greater than a linear expansion coefficient of the third parallel flat plate, and
- wherein a linear expansion coefficient of the second plano-convex lens is greater than a linear expansion coefficient of the fourth parallel flat plate.
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