Imaging lens and imaging apparatus
An imaging lens including: a plurality of lenses; and a coating provided on at least a part of the plurality of lenses. In a near-infrared light wavelength region, by the coating, light transmittance on a short wavelength side of a near-infrared light peak wavelength region including 1550 nm is reduced from light transmittance at a short wavelength end of the near-infrared light peak wavelength region as a wavelength is decreased, and light transmittance on a long wavelength side of the near-infrared light peak wavelength region is reduced from light transmittance at a long wavelength end of the near-infrared light peak wavelength region as the wavelength is increased.
1 . An imaging lens comprising:
a plurality of lenses; and
a coating provided on at least a part of the plurality of lenses,
wherein in a near-infrared light wavelength region, light transmittance on a short wavelength side of a near-infrared light peak wavelength region, including 1550 nm and extending from 1450 nm to 1650 nm, is reduced from light transmittance at a short wavelength end at 1450 nm of the near-infrared light peak wavelength region as a wavelength is decreased from 1450 nm at least to 1350 nm, and light transmittance on a long wavelength side of the near-infrared light peak wavelength region is reduced from light transmittance at a long wavelength end at 1650 nm of the near-infrared light peak wavelength region as the wavelength is increased from 1650 nm at least to 1750 nm,
wherein light transmittance in the near-infrared light peak wavelength region is greater than or equal to 60%.
2 . The imaging lens according to claim 1 ,
wherein in a visible light wavelength region, by the coating, light transmittance on a short wavelength side of a visible light peak wavelength region including a range of 500 nm to 650 nm is reduced from light transmittance at a short wavelength end of the visible light peak wavelength region as the wavelength is decreased to a short wavelength end of the visible light wavelength region, and light transmittance on a long wavelength side of the visible light peak wavelength region is reduced from light transmittance at a long wavelength end of the visible light peak wavelength region as the wavelength is increased to a long wavelength end of the visible light wavelength region.
3 . The imaging lens according to claim 2 ,
wherein a first variable of at least one of a size or the number of ripples showing a characteristic of changes in light transmittance in the near-infrared light peak wavelength region is less than a corresponding second variable of a size or the number of ripples showing a characteristic of changes in light transmittance in the visible light peak wavelength region.
4 . The imaging lens according to claim 2 ,
wherein light transmittance in a wavelength region on a short wavelength side in a blue wavelength region included in the visible light wavelength region is lower than light transmittance in a wavelength region on a long wavelength side in the blue wavelength region.
5 . The imaging lens according to claim 4 ,
wherein the wavelength region on the short wavelength side in the blue wavelength region is a wavelength region of less than or equal to 450 nm.
6 . The imaging lens according to claim 4 ,
wherein light transmittance in 400 nm to 430 nm is less than or equal to 50%.
7 . The imaging lens according to claim 2 ,
wherein by the coating, a low light transmittance region of lower light transmittance than the near-infrared light peak wavelength region and the visible light peak wavelength region is included between the near-infrared light peak wavelength region and the visible light peak wavelength region.
8 . The imaging lens according to claim 7 ,
wherein the low light transmittance region is a wavelength region of 900 nm to 1100 nm, and light transmittance in the wavelength region of 900 nm to 1100 nm is less than or equal to 5%.
9 . The imaging lens according to claim 2 ,
wherein a light transmittance peak of a ⅓ wavelength of a fundamental wave that is generated from the fundamental wave having a light transmittance peak in the near-infrared light peak wavelength region due to interference caused by the coating is present in the visible light peak wavelength region.
10 . The imaging lens according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an optical filter switching unit capable of arranging at least one of a first optical filter decreasing light transmittance of at least a part of visible light or a second optical filter decreasing light transmittance of at least a part of near-infrared light, on an optical path.
11 . The imaging lens according to claim 10 ,
wherein a product of a refractive index and a thickness of the second optical filter is greater than a product of a refractive index and a thickness of the first optical filter.
12 . The imaging lens according to claim 10 ,
wherein the optical filter switching unit arranged on an image formation side of a lens that is positioned closest to the image formation side among the plurality of lenses is included.
13 . The imaging lens according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a control unit that has focusing position information indicating a focusing position in a case of arranging the first optical filter or the second optical filter on the optical path, and performs a control for changing a position of a focusing position adjustment lens between a case of arranging the first optical filter on the optical path and a case of arranging the second optical filter on the optical path, based on the focusing position information.
14 . The imaging lens according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a zoom optical system.
15 . An imaging apparatus comprising:
the imaging lens according to claim 1 ; and
an InGaAs imaging element that images a subject through the imaging lens.
16 . An imaging lens comprising:
a plurality of lenses; and
a coating provided on at least a part of the plurality of lenses,
wherein in a near-infrared light wavelength region, light transmittance on a short wavelength side of a near-infrared light peak wavelength region including 1550 nm is reduced from light transmittance at a short wavelength end of the near-infrared light peak wavelength region as a wavelength is decreased at least to 1350 nm, and light transmittance on a long wavelength side of the near-infrared light peak wavelength region is reduced from light transmittance at a long wavelength end of the near-infrared light peak wavelength region as the wavelength is increased at least to 1750 nm,
wherein light transmittance in the near-infrared light peak wavelength region is greater than or equal to 60%, and
wherein in a visible light wavelength region, by the coating, light transmittance on a short wavelength side of a visible light peak wavelength region including a range of 500 nm to 650 nm is reduced from light transmittance at a short wavelength end of the visible light peak wavelength region as the wavelength is decreased to a short wavelength end of the visible light wavelength region, and light transmittance on a long wavelength side of the visible light peak wavelength region is reduced from light transmittance at a long wavelength end of the visible light peak wavelength region as the wavelength is increased to a long wavelength end of the visible light wavelength region.
17 . An imaging lens comprising:
a plurality of lenses;
a coating provided on at least a part of the plurality of lenses; and
an optical filter switching unit capable of arranging at least one of a first optical filter decreasing light transmittance of at least a part of visible light or a second optical filter decreasing light transmittance of at least a part of near-infrared light, on an optical path
wherein in a near-infrared light wavelength region, light transmittance on a short wavelength side of a near-infrared light peak wavelength region including 1550 nm is reduced from light transmittance at a short wavelength end of the near-infrared light peak wavelength region as a wavelength is decreased at least to 1350 nm, and light transmittance on a long wavelength side of the near-infrared light peak wavelength region is reduced from light transmittance at a long wavelength end of the near-infrared light peak wavelength region as the wavelength is increased at least to 1750 nm,
wherein light transmittance in the near-infrared light peak wavelength region is greater than or equal to 60%.
18 . An imaging apparatus comprising:
the imaging lens according to claim 1 ; and
an imaging element that images a subject through the imaging lens using a light in the near-infrared light peak wavelength region.
19 . An imaging apparatus comprising:
the imaging lens according to claim 16 ; and
an imaging element that images a subject through the imaging lens using a light in the near-infrared light peak wavelength region.
20 . An imaging apparatus comprising:
the imaging lens according to claim 17 ; and
an imaging element that images a subject through the imaging lens using a light in the near-infrared light peak wavelength region.
21 . An imaging apparatus comprising:
the imaging lens according to claim 16 ; and
an InGaAs imaging element that images a subject through the imaging lens.
22 . An imaging apparatus comprising:
the imaging lens according to claim 17 ; and
an InGaAs imaging element that images a subject through the imaging lens.