Cross dichroic prism, method of making the same, and full-color projector using the same
US6101041A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 2, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B27/62
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A cross dichroic prism comprises four triangular prisms having isosceles right triangular cross sections identical in shape, opposing side faces thereof being bonded and secured together with rectangular portions thereof facing each other; and a dichroic film having an X-shaped cross section formed between the bonding faces of the triangular prisms; wherein, of the four triangular prisms, a given prism and at least one of the prisms adjacent thereto have a refractive index difference therebetween of 0.00005 or less, and the remaining two prisms opposed thereto have a refractive index difference therebetween of 0.00005 or less.
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