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JP2006171435A5
JP2006171435A5 JP2004364532A JP2004364532A JP2006171435A5 JP 2006171435 A5 JP2006171435 A5 JP 2006171435A5 JP 2004364532 A JP2004364532 A JP 2004364532A JP 2004364532 A JP2004364532 A JP 2004364532A JP 2006171435 A5 JP2006171435 A5 JP 2006171435A5
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波長λが450nm以下の光束を発する光源手段と、前記光源手段から出射された光束を偏向手段に導光する第1の光学系と、前記偏向手段により偏向された光束を被走査面上に結像させる第2の光学系と、を具備する光走査装置において、
前記第2の光学系は、1枚以上のプラスチック製の屈折面を有する屈折光学素子と、前記屈折光学素子と同符号の1枚以上の屈折面と回折面を有する回折光学素子を有し、
前記第2の光学系の副走査断面内の合成のパワー、前記第2の光学系の結像倍率を各々φ、β、
前記第2の光学系を構成する前記偏向手段側から数えて第i番目の屈折光学素子の副走査断面内のパワー又は回折光学素子の屈折面の合成の副走査断面内のパワーをφri
前記第2の光学系を構成する前記偏向手段側から数えて第i番目の屈折光学素子又は回折光学素子の材料の屈折率波長変化に対する屈折率変化率を各々をni、dni/dλ、
前記第2の光学系を構成する回折光学素子の回折面の副走査断面内の合成のパワーをφdo、
前記第2の光学系の副走査方向の射出側のFナンバーをFnoとするとき

なる条件を満足することを特徴とする光走査装置。
A light source unit that emits a light beam having a wavelength λ of 450 nm or less; a first optical system that guides the light beam emitted from the light source unit to the deflecting unit; A second optical system for imaging, an optical scanning device comprising:
The second optical system includes a refracting optical element having one or more plastic refracting surfaces, and a diffractive optical element having one or more refracting surfaces and diffractive surfaces of the same sign as the refracting optical element,
The combined power in the sub-scan section of the second optical system and the imaging magnification of the second optical system are φ, β,
Φr i , the power in the sub-scan section of the i-th refracting optical element counted from the deflecting means side constituting the second optical system or the power in the sub-scan section of the combined refracting surface of the diffractive optical element,
The refractive index of the material of the i-th refracting optical element or diffractive optical element, which is counted from the deflecting means side constituting the second optical system, and the refractive index change rate with respect to the wavelength change are expressed as n i and dn i / dλ, respectively. ,
The combined power in the sub-scan section of the diffraction surface of the diffractive optical element constituting the second optical system is φdo,
When the F number on the exit side in the sub-scanning direction of the second optical system is Fno

An optical scanning device characterized by satisfying the following conditions.
前記第1の光学系は、前記光源手段から発せられた光束を平行光束を含む略平行光束に変換する1枚以上のコリメータレンズを有し、材料のアッベ数をνとするとき、
25<ν<55
なる条件を満足するガラスから構成されているコリメータレンズを有していることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の光走査装置。
The first optical system has one or more collimator lenses for converting a light beam emitted from the light source means into a substantially parallel light beam including a parallel light beam, and when the Abbe number of the material is ν,
25 <ν <55
The optical scanning device according to claim 1, further comprising a collimator lens made of glass that satisfies the following condition.
前記光源手段は、温度変化に伴う発振波長の変動である波長温度特性をdλ/dtとするとき、
0.03(nm/℃)<dλ/dt<0.10(nm/℃)
なる条件を満足することを特徴とする請求項1又は2に記載の光走査装置。
The light source means has a wavelength temperature characteristic, which is a fluctuation in oscillation wavelength accompanying a temperature change, as dλ / dt
0.03 (nm / ° C) <dλ / dt <0.10 (nm / ° C)
The optical scanning device according to claim 1, wherein the following condition is satisfied.
前記光源手段は、複数の発光点を有するモノリシックなマルチビーム光源、もしくは複数の光源部を合成したマルチビーム光源であることを特徴とする請求項1乃至3の何れか1項に記載の光走査装置。 4. The optical scanning according to claim 1, wherein the light source means is a monolithic multi-beam light source having a plurality of light emitting points or a multi-beam light source in which a plurality of light source portions are combined. apparatus. 前記第2の光学系は、前記偏向手段の偏向面の面倒れによる被走査面上でのピッチムラを抑制する面倒れ補正系を成しており、前記偏向手段と被走査面との間に前記面倒れ補正系の共役関係のずれを補正する共役関係補正手段が設けられていることを特徴とする請求項1乃至4の何れか1項に記載の光走査装置。 The second optical system forms a surface tilt correction system that suppresses pitch unevenness on the surface to be scanned due to surface tilt of the deflection surface of the deflecting unit, and the second optical system is configured between the deflecting unit and the surface to be scanned. 5. The optical scanning device according to claim 1, further comprising a conjugate relationship correction unit that corrects a conjugate relationship shift of the surface tilt correction system. 前記共役関係補正手段は、前記第2の光学系から前記被走査面までの間の光路中に配設された折り返しミラーと、前記折り返しミラーを駆動させる駆動機構を有し、前記折り返しミラーを駆動させることにより、前記偏向手段から前記被走査面に至る光路長を変化させて共役関係を調整することを特徴とする請求項5に記載の光走査装置。 The conjugate relationship correcting unit includes a folding mirror disposed in an optical path from the second optical system to the scanned surface, and a driving mechanism for driving the folding mirror, and drives the folding mirror. 6. The optical scanning apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the conjugate relationship is adjusted by changing an optical path length from the deflecting unit to the scanned surface. 前記第2の光学系の結像倍率βは、
−1.5<β<−0.5
なる条件を満足することを特徴とする請求項1乃至6の何れか1項に記載の光走査装置。
The imaging magnification β of the second optical system is
−1.5 <β <−0.5
The optical scanning device according to claim 1 , wherein the following condition is satisfied.
請求項1乃至7の何れか1項に記載の光走査装置と、前記被走査面に配置された感光体と、前記光走査装置で走査された光ビームによって前記感光体上に形成された静電潜像をトナー像として現像する現像器と、現像されたトナー像を被転写材に転写する転写手段と、転写されたトナー像を被転写材に定着させる定着器とを有することを特徴とする画像形成装置。 An optical scanning apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, a photosensitive member disposed on said surface to be scanned, which is formed on said photosensitive member by a light beam scanned by said optical scanning device A developing unit that develops an electrostatic latent image as a toner image, a transfer unit that transfers the developed toner image onto a transfer material, and a fixing unit that fixes the transferred toner image onto the transfer material. An image forming apparatus. 請求項1乃至7の何れか1項に記載の光走査装置と、外部機器から入力したコードデータを画像信号に変換して前記光走査装置に入力せしめるプリンタコントローラとを有していることを特徴とする画像形成装置。 8. An optical scanning device according to claim 1, and a printer controller that converts code data input from an external device into an image signal and inputs the image signal to the optical scanning device. An image forming apparatus.
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