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US 8,958,155 · App. 13/026,001 · Granted Feb 17, 2015

Light-shielding film for optical element and optical element having light-shielding film

Inventor: Reiko Kubota (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G02B5/003C09D7/1216C04B35/46C04B35/48C09D5/006C09D7/1266G02B1/04
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Patent No.
US 8,958,155
App. No.
13/026,001
Granted
Feb 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-shielding film for optical element includes at least a resin and a colorant. The light-shielding film for optical element has an average extinction coefficient of 0.03 or more and 0.15 or less as an average of extinction coefficients of the whole light-shielding film for light having wavelengths ranging from 400 to 700 nm.

Claims (19)

1. An optical element comprising a lens or a prism, having a light-shielding film on an outer portion,

wherein the light-shielding film for the optical element has an average thickness of 2 μm or more and 30 μm or less,

wherein the light-shielding film comprise a resin, a colorant and (i) non-black particles having an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less and a refractive index (nd) of 2.2 or more or (ii) inorganic black particles having an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less and a refractive index (nd) of 2.2 or more and 3.5 or less, and

wherein the average of extinction coefficient of the whole light-shielding film for light having wavelengths ranging from 400 to 700 nm is 0.03 or more and 0.15 or less.

2. The optical element according to claim 1 ,

wherein an inner-surface reflectance of inner-surface-reflected light, which is incident light having entered from the side of the optical element and having been reflected at an interface between the optical element and the light-shielding film and at an interface between the light-shielding film and air, at an incident angle of 36.73° is 0.05% or less, the inner-surface reflectance at an incident angle of 45° is 0.07% or less, and the inner-surface reflectance at an incident angle of 68.13° is 1% or less.

3. The optical element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the colorant contains 20 wt % or more and 50 wt % or less of dye.

4. The optical element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light-shielding film comprises dye and the non-black particles.

5. The optical element according to claim 4 ,

wherein the non-black particles are titania, zirconia, or a mixture thereof.

6. The optical element according to claim 1 ,

wherein the colorant is dye.

7. An optical element comprising a lens or a prism, having a light-shielding film on an outer portion,

wherein the light-shielding film for the optical element has an average thickness of 2 μm or more and 30 μm or less,

wherein the light-shielding film comprise a resin, a colorant and non-black particles having an average particle diameter of 100 nm or less and a refractive index (nd) of 2.2 or more,

wherein the average of extinction coefficient of the whole light-shielding film for light having wavelengths ranging from 400 to 700 nm is 0.03 or more and 0.15 or less, and

wherein an inner-surface reflectance of inner-surface-reflected light, which is incident light having entered from the side of the optical element and having been reflected at an interface between the optical element and the light-shielding film and at an interface between the light-shielding film and air, at an incident angle of 36.73° is 0.05% or less, the inner-surface reflectance at an incident angle of 45° is 0.07% or less, and the inner-surface reflectance at an incident angle of 68.13° is 1% or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2011
From: KUBOTA, REIKO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 026405/0310 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2010-029514 · Feb 12, 2010 · national
JP 2011-002163 · Jan 7, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110200810A1 · Aug 18, 2011