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US 8,559,109 B2Granted
Method for producing diffractive optical element, and diffractive optical element, including a diffraction grating and molded optical adjusting layer
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsTatsutoshi Suenaga, Yuka Okada, Akiko Murata
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Abstract
According to a method for producing a diffraction optical element, the center of a molding face and the center of a substrate are positionally aligned to each other based on a marker of a prescribed shape which is formed at the center of the molding face of a mold and the shape of a diffraction grating of the substrate. A nanocomposite material is located between the molding face and the diffraction grating, and the material is pressed by the mold and the substrate to form an optical adjusting layer on the diffraction grating.
Claims6
A method for producing a diffraction optical element, wherein the diffraction optical element includes:
- a substrate formed of a first optical material containing a first resin and having a diffraction grating configuration at a surface thereof;
- and
- an optical adjusting layer formed of a second optical material containing a second resin and formed on the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- positionally aligning a center of a molding face of a mold and a center of the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate, based on a marker of a prescribed shape which is formed at the center of the molding face of the mold and the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate;
- locating a starting material of the second optical material between the molding face of the mold and the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate;
- and
- pressing the starting material of the second optical material by the mold and the substrate to form the optical adjusting layer on the diffraction grating configuration;
- wherein the step of positionally aligning includes the step of positionally aligning the center of the diffraction grating configuration found based on a plurality of pairs of coordinates on the diffraction grating configuration and the marker.
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A method for producing a diffraction optical element, wherein the diffraction optical element includes:
- a substrate formed of a first optical material containing a first resin and having a diffraction grating configuration at a surface thereof;
- and
- an optical adjusting layer formed of a second optical material containing a second resin and formed on the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- positionally aligning a center of a molding face of a mold and a center of the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate, based on a marker of a prescribed shape which is formed at the center of the molding face of the mold and the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate;
- locating a starting material of the second optical material between the molding face of the mold and the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate;
- and
- pressing the starting material of the second optical material by the mold and the substrate to form the optical adjusting layer on the diffraction grating configuration;
- wherein the step of positionally aligning includes the step of positionally aligning a ring band of the diffraction grating configuration and the marker.
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A method for producing a diffraction optical element, wherein the diffraction optical element includes:
- a substrate formed of a first optical material containing a first resin and having a diffraction grating configuration at a surface thereof;
- and
- an optical adjusting layer formed of a second optical material containing a second resin and formed on the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- positionally aligning a center of a molding face of a mold and a center of the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate, based on a marker of a prescribed shape which is formed at the center of the molding face of the mold and the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate;
- locating a starting material of the second optical material between the molding face of the mold and the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate;
- and
- pressing the starting material of the second optical material by the mold and the substrate to form the optical adjusting layer on the diffraction grating configuration;
- wherein the step of positionally aligning includes the step of positionally aligning an innermost ring band of the diffraction grating configuration and the marker.
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A method for producing a diffraction optical element, wherein the diffraction optical element includes:
- a substrate formed of a first optical material containing a first resin and having a diffraction grating configuration at a surface thereof;
- and
- an optical adjusting layer formed of a second optical material containing a second resin and formed on the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate;
- the method comprising the steps of:
- positionally aligning a center of a molding face of a mold and a center of the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate, based on a marker of a prescribed shape which is formed at the center of the molding face of the mold and the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate;
- locating a starting material of the second optical material between the molding face of the mold and the diffraction grating configuration of the substrate;
- and
- pressing the starting material of the second optical material by the mold and the substrate to form the optical adjusting layer on the diffraction grating configuration;
- wherein the step of positionally aligning includes the steps of:
- detecting an innermost ring band of the diffraction grating configuration;
- and
- setting the marker at a position inner to the innermost ring band.
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