IP Library Granted Patent US 11,971,540
Granted Patent B2
US 11,971,540 · App. 16/771,649 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Optical system, optical apparatus, and method of manufacturing optical system

Inventors: Masashi Yamashita (Tokyo, JP); Tomoki Ito (Kawasaki, JP); Hiroshi Yabumoto (Yokohama, JP); Hiroshi Yamamoto (Kawasaki, JP); Satoshi Miwa (Yokohama, JP); Keisuke Tsubonoya (Yokohama, JP); Ayumu Makida (Kawaguchi, JP); Takeru Uehara (Ageo, JP)
Assignee: Nikon Corporation
G02B27/0025G02B3/00G02B15/1425G02B15/143105G02B15/144113G02B15/144511G02B15/1461G02B15/163G02B2003/0093
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Patent No.
US 11,971,540
App. No.
16/771,649
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical system (LS) includes lenses (L 22 ,L 23 ) satisfying the following conditional expressions, ndLZ +(0.01425× νdLZ )<2.12, and ν dLZ< 35.0, where ndLZ: a refractive index of the lens with reference to d-line, and νdLZ: Abbe number of the lens with reference to d-line.

Claims (58)

1. An optical system comprising a glass lens satisfying the following conditional expressions:

ndLZ +(0.01425×ν dLZ )<2.12

ν dLZ< 35.0

1.83 <ndLZ +(0.00787 ×νdLZ )

0.702 <θgFLZ +(0.00316 ×νdLZ )<0.800

where

ndLZ: a refractive index of the lens with reference to d-line,

νdLZ: Abbe number of the lens with reference to d-line, and

θgFLZ: a partial dispersion ratio of the lens, which is defined by the following expression:

θ gFLZ =( ngLZ−nFLZ )/( nFLZ−nCLZ )

wherein a refractive index of the lens with reference to g-line is ngLZ, a refractive index of the lens with reference to F-line is nFLZ, and a refractive index of the lens with reference to C-line is nCLZ.

2. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the glass lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

18.0 <νdLZ <35.0.

3. The optical system according to any claim 1 , wherein the glass lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

1.55 <ndLZ.

4. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the glass lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

DLZ> 0.80

where

DLZ: a thickness [mm] of the lens on an optical axis.

5. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the glass lens satisfies the following conditional expressions:

ndLZ <1.63

ndLZ −(0.040 ×νdLZ −2.470)×ν dLZ <39.809.

6. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the glass lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

ndLZ −(0.020 ×νdLZ −1.080)×ν dLZ <16.260.

7. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the glass lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

18.0 <νdLZ <27.0.

8. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the glass lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

1.70 <ndLZ <1.85.

9. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the glass lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

1.55 <ndLZ <1.70.

10. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the glass lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

27.0 <νdLZ <35.0.

11. The optical system according to claim 10 , wherein the glass lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

1.55 <ndLZ <1.70.

12. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the glass lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

25.0 <νdLZ <31.0.

13. The optical system according to claim 12 , wherein the glass lens satisfies the following conditional expression:

1.55 <ndLZ <1.80.

14. The optical system according to claim 1 , comprising an object-side lens disposed nearest to an object,

wherein the glass lens is disposed nearer to an image than the object-side lens.

15. The optical system according to claim 1 , comprising an image-side lens disposed nearest to an image,

wherein the glass lens is disposed nearer to an object than the image-side lens.

16. An optical apparatus configured to comprise the optical system according to claim 1 .

17. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the glass lens is one of a cemented lens having two lenses cemented together.

18. The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of lens surfaces of the glass lens faces air.

19. The optical system according to claim 1 , including two glass lenses, each satisfying said conditional expressions and each being one of a respective cemented lens having two lenses cemented together.

20. A method of manufacturing an optical system, comprising:

disposing lenses within a lens barrel so as to include a lens satisfying the following conditional expressions:

ndLZ +(0.01425 ×νdLZ )<2.12

ν dLZ <35.0

1.83 <ndLZ +(0.00787 ×νdLZ )

0.702 <θgFLZ +(0.00316 ×νdLZ )<0.800

where

ndLZ: a refractive index of the lens with reference to d-line,

νdLZ: Abbe number of the lens with reference to d-line, and

θgFLZ: a partial dispersion ratio of the lens, which is defined by the following expression:

θ gFLZ =( ngLZ−nFLZ )/( nFLZ−nCLZ )

wherein a refractive index of the lens with reference to g-line is ngLZ, a refractive index of the lens with reference to F-line is nFLZ, and a refractive index of the lens with reference to C-line is nCLZ.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2020
From: YAMASHITA, MASASHI; ITO, TOMOKI; YABUMOTO, HIROSHI; YAMAMOTO, HIROSHI; MIWA, SATOSHI; TSUBONOYA, KEISUKE; MAKIDA, AYUMU; UEHARA, TAKERU
To: NIKON CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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