WO2005103812A1 - 投射型表示装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention provides an analysis of light emitted from a light valve by an analysis optical system including a wire grid polarizer or the like in which a polarization separation element is disposed on the surface of a parallel plate optical member. And a projection display device configured to project the image with a projection lens.
- Wire grid polarizers are lighter than conventionally used polarizing prisms, and their polarization performance is higher than when a polarizing film is used.
- wire grid polarizers have been used instead of polarizing prisms. Is coming.
- light emitted from a light valve is incident on a wire grid polarizer arranged obliquely with respect to the optical axis, and modulated light is detected and transmitted as transmitted light by the polarizer, and projected.
- a projection display device configured to project with a lens is disclosed.
- a wire grid polarizer is one in which metal wires having a width shorter than the wavelength used are arranged at equal intervals at a pitch smaller than the wavelength.
- a wire grid used for light in the visible region is generally manufactured by forming a metal film on a substrate that transmits light of a used wavelength, and patterning the metal wires by a lithography process. Therefore, the metal wire of the wire lid is formed on a parallel flat plate that cannot be formed by the metal wire alone. In some cases, a parallel flat plate is further placed on the metal wire forming surface, and the metal wire is sandwiched between two parallel flat plates in order to protect a metal wire thinner than the wavelength of the polarizer.
- Patent Document 1 International Publication No. 01Z009677 pamphlet
- Patent Document 2 International Publication No. 01Z018570 pamphlet
- Patent Document 3 U.S. Patent No. 6,585,378
- Patent Document 4 U.S. Patent No. 6,666,556
- a wire grid polarizer In a projection display device using such a wire grid polarizer, a wire grid polarizer is used. When light is transmitted through photons for analysis, the light passes through a parallel flat plate that is arranged obliquely with respect to the optical axis, so that coma aberration (lateral aberration) and astigmatism occur in the projected image. A good projection image could not be obtained.
- the light subjected to the modulation action may also enter the force of the wire grid polarizer on the parallel plate substrate side, or if the wire lid is In the case of a configuration sandwiched between two parallel flat plates, the wire grid is arranged obliquely with respect to the optical axis twice, when entering the polarizer and when reflecting and exiting. Since the light passes through the parallel plate, the projected image has coma and astigmatism as in the transmission through the wire grid polarizer, so that a good projected image cannot be obtained.
- the present invention provides a projection-type display device capable of suppressing aberrations and obtaining a good projection image even when the wire grid polarizer is arranged obliquely to the optical axis.
- a projection display apparatus includes: a light valve arranged for each of a plurality of color lights; a wire grid polarizer or a wire grid for detecting light modulated by the light valve.
- a projection display device includes a light valve arranged for each of a plurality of color lights, a wire grid polarizer for detecting light modulated by the light valve, and a method for detecting a plurality of color lights.
- a color combining optical system that combines colors of light, and an optical path of at least one of the plurality of color light paths between the wire grid polarizer and the color combining optical system, which is disposed at an inclination V with respect to the optical axis in the optical path of the color light.
- a projection type display device includes: a reflection type light valve arranged for each of a plurality of color lights; A wire grid polarizer that separates polarized light into a reflection type light valve and analyzes the light modulated by the reflection type light valve, and a color combining optical system that combines the colors of the analysis light of multiple color lights , Wire grid polarization And a color combining optical system And a correction member for correcting coma caused by a wire-grid polarizer, the correction member being disposed in at least one of the optical paths of the plurality of color lights.
- a projection display apparatus includes: a color separation optical system that separates light from a light source into a mixed light of a first color light and a second color light and a third color light; A reflective light valve for colored light, a reflective light valve for second colored light, and a reflective light valve for third colored light.
- the mixed light is polarized and separated into first and second colored lights, and the first colored light is separated.
- Into the reflective light valve for the first color light and the reflective light valve for the second color light respectively, and analyze the light emitted from the reflective light valve for the first color light and the reflective light valve for the second color light.
- the first wire-grid polarizer that synthesizes and colors the light, and the third color light emitted from the color separation optical system is polarized and separated, and emitted to the reflective light valve for the third color light, and the reflective type for the third color light
- Light valve force A second wire grid polarizer that detects the emitted light, and a first wire
- a color combining optical system for combining colors of the first color light and the second color light synthesized by the grid polarizer and the third color light analyzed by the second wire grid polarizer, and the first wire It is arranged on at least one of the optical path between the grid polarizer and the color synthesizing optical system or the optical path between the second wire grid polarizer and the color synthesizing optical system, and corrects coma caused by the wire grid polarizer.
- a correction member is arranged on at least one of the optical path between the grid polarizer and the color synthesizing optical system or the optical path between the second wire grid polarizer and the color synthes
- the projection-type display device is disposed in an optical path of light that has been color-combined by the color-combining optical system, and has a wire grid polarizer or a wire. It is preferable to further include a cylindrical lens for correcting astigmatism caused by the grid polarization beam splitter and the correction member.
- the wire grid polarizer or the wire grid polarization beam splitter has a grid formed on a parallel plate substrate.
- the correction member is a parallel plate that corrects coma aberration caused by the parallel plate substrate.
- the parallel plates are disposed in the optical path at an inclination opposite to the inclination of the parallel plate substrate with respect to the optical axis.
- the thickness of the parallel plate is tl
- the refractive index is nl
- the thickness of the parallel plate substrate is t
- the refractive index is n
- the wire grid polarizer or the wire grid polarization beam splitter is a parallel plate substrate on which a darid is formed.
- the correction member is a parallel plate correction member for correcting coma caused by the parallel plate substrate.
- the color combining optical system is a dichroic prism having a parallelogram cross section, and The entrance and exit surfaces of the prism are inclined in the direction opposite to the optical axis of the wire grid polarizer or the wire grid polarizing beam splitter, and the dichroic prism is corrected using a wire grid polarizer or a wire grid polarizing beam as a correction member. It is preferable to correct coma caused by the splitter.
- the correction member comprises a wire grid polarizer or a grid of a wire grid polarization beam splitter with respect to the optical axis. It is preferable that they are arranged so that the incident angle is smaller than the formed substrate.
- the correction member is configured to minimize coma of color light having high visibility. Is preferred.
- the cylindrical lens is preferably configured so as to minimize astigmatism of blue light having high visibility. Better.
- the correction member minimizes coma aberration of each of the plurality of color lights.
- a projection display device includes a light valve that modulates light having a light source, and a wire grid polarizer or a wire that detects light modulated by the light valve. And a projection lens that projects the light detected by the wire grid polarizer or the wire grid polarizing beam splitter, and a light path between the wire grid polarizer or the wire grid polarizing beam splitter and the projection lens.
- a correction member that is disposed and corrects coma aberration of light detected by the wire grid polarizer or the wire grid polarization beam splitter.
- the wire grid polarizer or the wire grid polarizing beam splitter comprises a transparent flat plate and a wire grid formed on the transparent flat plate
- the correction member is preferably a transparent flat plate, and is preferably disposed in the optical path at a tilt opposite to the tilt of the wire grid polarizer or the wire grid polarizing beam splitter with respect to the optical axis of the transparent flat plate.
- the transparent flat plate of the correction member has a thickness and a refractive index larger than those of the transparent flat plate of the wire grid polarizer or the wire grid polarized beam splitter. Preferably, at least one of them is large.
- the transparent flat plate of the correction member in the projection display device according to the seventeenth aspect, is more to the optical axis than the flat plate substrate of the wire grid polarizer or the wire grid polarizing beam splitter. Preferably, they are arranged with a near vertical inclination.
- a possible projection type display device can be provided.
- FIG. 1 is a plan configuration diagram of a projection display device according to a first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of a projection display device according to a second embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of a projection display device according to a third embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is a plan configuration diagram of a projection display device according to a fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a plan configuration diagram of a projection display device according to a fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a plan view of a projection display device according to a sixth embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a plan view of a projection display device according to a seventh embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a plan configuration diagram of a projection display device according to another mode of the seventh embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a plan configuration diagram of a projection display device according to an eighth embodiment.
- FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a first embodiment of the present invention.
- Light emitted from the light source 11 is converted into single polarized light (for example, S-polarized light) by the polarization conversion illuminating device 12.
- the configuration of the polarization conversion illuminating device 12 is not shown, a first lens plate in which a plurality of lenses are planarly formed in a matrix shape, and the first lens plate in which a lens is disposed at a position facing each lens of the first lens plate.
- a light source light equalizing member composed of a second lens plate having the same configuration as the one lens plate, and a polarization separation surface that separates outgoing light from each lens of the second lens plate into transmitted light and reflected light.
- a single polarization conversion device comprising a plurality of composite prism members having a plurality of reflection surfaces parallel to the polarization separation surface arranged adjacent to each other; and a condenser for superimposing and illuminating a single polarized light on a light valve described later. And a lens.
- a 1Z2 wavelength phase plate is disposed on the specific exit surface of the composite prism member, and the light transmitted through the polarization separation surface or reflected by the adjacent reflection surface after reflecting the polarization separation surface. By rotating the polarization direction of either light by 90 °, all the light emitted from the composite prism member is converted into a single polarized light.
- the single polarized light emitted from the polarization conversion illuminating device 12 is color-separated into three color lights of R (red) light, G (green) light, and B (blue) light by a color separation optical system.
- the color separation optical system includes a dichroic mirror 13RG that reflects R light and G light and transmits B light, and a dichroic mirror that reflects B light and transmits R light and G light. It comprises a cross dichroic mirror 13 in which mirrors 13B are arranged orthogonal to each other, and a dichroic mirror 16 having G light reflection and R light transmission characteristics.
- the single polarized light is color-separated by the cross dichroic mirror 13 into a mixed light of R light and G light and a B light, and the mixed light of the R and G lights separated by color is polarized by a deflection mirror 14.
- the light is deflected in the direction, enters the dichroic mirror 16 having G light reflection and R light transmission characteristics, and is color-separated into G light and R light.
- the color-separated B light is deflected in the traveling direction by a deflection mirror 15, and is incident on a wire grid polarizer 17B arranged obliquely with respect to the optical axis.
- the color separated R light and G Light also enters the wire grid polarizers 17R and 17B, which are arranged obliquely with respect to the optical axis.
- the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B are wire grids in which metal wires having a width shorter than the wavelength are arranged at equal intervals on a transparent parallel plate that transmits light of the used wavelength. Are formed on the parallel flat plate. Since the wire grid forming surface is arranged so as to face the side where the color separation light is incident, the wavelength-separated color lights enter the wire grid formation surface.
- Each color light incident on the wire grid forming surface is S-polarized light, and is reflected on the wire grid forming surface.
- Each color light reflected from the wire grid enters the light valve 18R, 18G, 18B for each color light, and is emitted for each color light by receiving a modulation action according to the image signal input to the light valve for each color light. .
- the light modulated by the light valve becomes P-polarized light, and the unmodulated light is reflected with the same S-polarization as the incident light (hereinafter, the modulated light is referred to as “modulated light”.
- the light that did not exist is called "unmodulated light.”
- the color lights modulated by the light valve enter the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B, respectively, and the modulated light (P-polarized light) passes through the wire grid polarizer and is extracted.
- Light (S-polarized light) reflects off the wire grid and is discarded in the direction of the light source. That is, the light incident on the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B is polarized and separated and analyzed.
- the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B may be referred to as wire grid polarizing beam splitters.
- the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B initially receive only the S-polarized light from which the polarization conversion illuminating device 12 has also been emitted, and the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B leave the S-polarized light as it is. reflect. However, due to factors such as manufacturing errors of the polarization conversion illuminator 12, and the change in the polarization state when S-polarized light passes through and reflects through the cross dichroic mirror 13, the deflecting mirrors 14, 15, and the dichroic mirror 16, etc. Actually, P-polarized light is mixed in the light incident on the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B. The wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B polarize and separate S-polarized light from the mixed light of P-polarized light and enter the light valve.
- each light transmitted through the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B has a coma aberration component and an astigmatism component of a predetermined size. It will be.
- the frame difference generated by the parallel flat plate of the wire grid polarizer is determined by using the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B and the cross dichroic aperture prism 20 as a color combining optical system.
- the correction is performed by arranging a parallel plate aberration correction member in between.
- the detection lights detected by the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B pass through parallel plate-shaped aberration correction members 19R, 19G, and 19B, and are respectively different to the cross dichroic prism 20 of the color combining optical system. Light is incident on the incident surface.
- the parallel plate aberration correction members 19R, 19G, and 19G are formed of transparent members that transmit light of a used wavelength, and as illustrated, all have the same thickness, and the thickness is a wire. It is thicker than the thickness of the parallel plate members of the Darled polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B.
- the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B are arranged so as to be inclined in a direction opposite to the inclination direction of the light valves 18R, 18G, and 18B.
- the thickness of the parallel plate aberration correction member is tl
- the refractive index is nl
- the substrate thickness of the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B is t
- the refractive index is n
- astigmatism and coma are generated by a parallel plate obliquely placed on the optical axis of divergent light or convergent light.
- the amount of these aberrations has the following properties: the greater the inclination angle of the parallel plate with respect to the plane perpendicular to the optical axis, and the greater the refractive index and thickness of the optical member, the greater the property.
- a parallel plate having the same member and the same thickness as the substrate of the wire grid polarizer is inclined by the same angle in the opposite direction to the wire grid to form the wire grid polarizer.
- coma aberration in the opposite direction is generated with the same magnitude as the amount of coma aberration generated by the substrate of the wire grid polarizer, so that coma aberration is offset as a whole. can do.
- the thickness or the refractive index of the parallel plate in this manner, the space required for the arrangement becomes small, and the parallel plate can be arranged in the optical system. That is, a member that satisfies the condition of the above equation (1) can be selected as a parallel plate-shaped correction member.
- a cylindrical lens is inserted in the optical path between the light valves 18R, 18G, 18B and the projected image.
- This cylindrical lens may be a convex cylindrical lens having a curvature in the plane of the drawing or a concave cylindrical lens having a curvature in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the drawing.
- Each of the color lights that have entered the cross dichroic prism 20 via the parallel plate-shaped correction members 19R, 19G, and 19B is internally provided with R light reflecting dichroic films 20R and B light that are arranged orthogonal to each other.
- the color composition is achieved by the reflection dichroic film 20B, and the combined light is emitted from the cross dichroic prism 20 as well.
- a cylindrical lens 21 is disposed between the cross dichroic prism 20 and the projection lens 22 in order to correct the astigmatism.
- the thickness, angle, and material of the flat plate correction member, the curvature of the cylindrical lens, and the insertion position are appropriately determined by ray tracing calculation as appropriate.
- the projected light emitted from the reflective light valves 18R, 18G, and 18B for each color light as described above is generated by transmitting through the parallel plate members of the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B. Since coma and astigmatism are corrected by passing through the aforementioned parallel plate correcting members 19R, 19G and 19B and the cylindrical lens 21, the projection lens 22 minimizes the amount of aberration on a screen (not shown). Further, an excellent projection image can be projected.
- each color light is constituted by an independent optical system using a wire grid polarizer individually as in the present embodiment
- the amount of aberration generated for each color light optical system is exactly the same. Is not always the case.
- the reason is a thickness variation due to a manufacturing error of the wire grid polarizer.
- the parallel plate-shaped correction members are all formed with the same thickness, fine adjustment of the inclination angle of the parallel plate correction member can correct the coma aberration for each color light.
- the parallel plate-shaped correction member having a thickness determined according to the individual thickness of the wire grid polarizer is prepared in advance, and by combining them, the amount of coma aberration for each color light can be adjusted. Aberration correction can be performed.
- the optical path lengths passing through the wire grid polarizer arranged for each color light and the correction member having the shape of a parallel plate are different, astigmatism whose amount is slightly different for each color light is generated. I do.
- the astigmatism correction is optimized according to the color having the highest visibility among the respective color lights, it is possible to minimize the deterioration of the image. For example, in the case of three colors of B light, G light, and R light, it is sufficient to match the G light with the highest visibility among them.
- G light has high luminance and can be called color light, and astigmatism correction may be optimized according to the highest luminance of each color light.
- FIG. 2 shows a plan configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the basic configuration of the projection display device is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the light source, the polarization conversion illumination device, and the color separation optical system are not shown in FIG. 2 and the configuration is the same. Description is omitted.
- a feature of the present embodiment is that the arrangement position of the cylindrical lens 21 in the previous embodiment is different.
- the light reflected and emitted from the reflective light valves 18R, 18G, and 18B for the respective color lights is, as in the previous embodiment, a wire grid polarizer 17R having a parallel plate member obliquely arranged with respect to the optical axis,
- the modulated light modulated by 17G and 17B is detected and extracted, and the coma is corrected by the correction member 19R, 19G, and 19B in the form of a flat plate, color is synthesized by the color synthesis optical system, and the color is synthesized by the projection lens 22.
- This is a configuration for projecting.
- the cylindrical lens member 21 is arranged at a stop position in the projection lens 22.
- the projection lens 22 includes a front group lens 22A on the synthetic light incident side and a rear group lens 22B on the exit surface side. Since the optical path between the light valves 18R, 18G, 18B for each color light and the projection lens 22 is telecentric, the numerical aperture NA of the light valve power is determined at the focal position of the front lens group 22A. Aperture stop 22C is arranged! The cylindrical lens 22C of the astigmatism correction member according to the present embodiment is arranged at this aperture position. With this arrangement, as shown in the ray diagram of FIG. 2, the cross section of the light beam is the smallest at the aperture position, and therefore, the size of the cylindrical lens 22 can be reduced by the most / J ⁇ . .
- the coma aberration and astigmatism generated by the parallel plate substrates of the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B are reduced by the flat plate correction member and the cylindrical lens as in the previous embodiment. Similarly, it is possible to project an excellent projection image that can be corrected and the aberration is suppressed to a very small value.
- FIG. 3 shows a plan view of a third embodiment of the present invention.
- a force using a reflection type light valve is used.
- a transmission type light valve is used.
- the light from the light source 11 passes through the polarization conversion illuminating device 12, and is mixed by the dichroic mirror 29 having B light transmission, R light and G light reflection characteristics, and is a mixture of B light, G light and R light. Color separation.
- the combined light of the R light and the G light is color-separated into G light and R light by a dichroic mirror that reflects the G light and transmits the R light.
- the color-separated B light travels in a deflecting mirror 25 with its traveling direction changed, and is incident on a transmission type light valve 24B via a polarizer 23B.
- the color separated G light passes through the polarizer 23G. After that, the light enters the transmission type light valve 24G.
- the color-separated R light passes through a deflecting mirror 27, a relay optical system 30, and a deflecting mirror 26, and enters a transmissive light valve 24R through a polarizer 23R.
- Each color light modulated according to the image signal input to each of the transmission type light valves 24R, 24G, and 24B for each color light is converted into a wire grid polarizer 17R, 17G arranged obliquely on the optical axis. , 17B.
- the modulated light is detected as transmitted light by the wire grid, and the plane that satisfies the above formula (1) is disposed obliquely in a direction opposite to the optical axis with the parallel plate optical substrates of the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B.
- the light enters the cross dichroic prism 20 of the color synthesizing optical system via the flat plate correcting members 19R, 19G, and 19B from different incident surfaces.
- the synthesized color light is emitted and enters the cylindrical lens 21 for correcting astigmatism, and the emitted light is incident on the projection lens 22 to project an excellent projection image on a screen (not shown) with very small aberration. Can be.
- the wire grid polarizers 17R, 17G, and 17B are obliquely arranged with respect to the optical axis as the analysis optical system. By correcting various aberrations caused by the arrangement, an excellent projection image can be projected.
- the same effect can be obtained by disposing the cylindrical lens correcting member at the stop position of the projection lens 22.
- FIG. 4 shows a plan view of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- the light emitted from the light source 11 and converted into the predetermined linearly polarized light by the polarization conversion illuminating device 12 is transmitted through a dichroic mirror 32 having characteristics of transmitting R light and reflecting B light and G light. And the reflected B light and the mixed light of G light are color-separated.
- the mixed light of the color-separated B light and G light is emitted by the wavelength-selective optical rotator 33 with the polarization direction of only the B color light rotated by 90 °.
- the color-separated R light is reflected by a wire grid polarizer 17R in which a metal wire of a wire grid is formed on the light incident side of the parallel plate substrate, and is incident on a reflection light valve for R light 18R.
- the wire-darid polarizer 17R has a parallel flat A parallel plate member 34 of the same thickness and the same glass material as the plate member is disposed close to and opposite to the plate member.
- the wire grid polarizer of the present embodiment functions as a polarizing beam splitter.
- the B light and the G light having different polarization directions passing through the wavelength-selective optical rotator 33 are incident on a wire grid polarizer 17BG in which a metal wire of a wire grid is formed on the light emission side of the parallel plate substrate.
- the G light is reflected by the metal wire forming surface of the wire grid opposite to the plane of incidence of the parallel plate substrate, and again enters the reflection light valve for G light 18G via the parallel plate substrate.
- the incident B light of the G light and the B light has its polarization oscillation direction rotated by 90 °, it passes through the wire grid polarizer 17BG, and the light of the wire grid polarizer placed close to it.
- the light further passes through a parallel plate member 35 having the same thickness as that of the parallel plate member and made of the same glass material, and is incident on the reflection light valve 18B for B light. That is, the wire grid polarizer 17B G polarizes and separates the incident mixed light of G light and B light to separate it into G light and B light.
- the light reflected and emitted from the R color light valve is incident on the wire grid polarizer 17R, and the modulated light is analyzed and transmitted as transmitted light, passed through the adjacent parallel plate member 34, and the color combining optical system dichroic light is extracted.
- the light enters the prism 31.
- the light reflected and emitted from the G color light valve is incident on the wire grid polarizer 17BG, and the modulated light is detected and transmitted as transmitted light, and is incident on the dichroic prism 31 via the adjacent parallel plate member 35. .
- the light reflected and emitted from the B-color light valve enters the wire grid polarizer 17BG via the parallel plate member 35, and the modulated light is reflected by the metal wire of the wire grid disposed on the incident side and detected.
- the light is emitted, passes through the adjacent parallel plate member 35 again, and is color-combined with the G light.
- the combined light of the G light and the B light enters the wavelength-selective optical rotator 36, which has the characteristic of rotating the polarization direction of only the B light by 90 °, and both light beams are aligned in the same polarization direction and exit. After passing through 37, the light enters the dichroic prism 31 of the color combining optical system with the R light.
- the dichroic prism 31 of the color combining optical system has a configuration in which a dichroic film that transmits B light and G light and reflects R light is disposed between two triangular prisms having the same shape. This Is an isosceles triangular prism having the same apex angle of 90 degrees or more.
- the dichroic film is disposed so as to have an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the optical axis of each color light.
- the incident surface of the R light and the incident surfaces of the B light and the G light are configured to be inclined at the same angle with respect to the optical axis.
- the exit surface from which the combined light of the R light and the B light and the G light mixed by the dichroic film is emitted has the same angle with respect to the optical axis as the incident surface, and is oblique. It has become. That is, the shape of the color combining prism is a rhombic prism.
- the incident surface and the outgoing surface of the R light and the incident surface and the outgoing surface of the B light and the G light have inclinations in directions opposite to the inclinations of the wire grid polarizer 17R and the wire grid polarizer 17BG with respect to the optical axis, respectively.
- a thick parallel plate member inclined with respect to the optical axis in a direction opposite to the wire grid polarizer 17R and the wire-one grid polarizer 17BG is arranged for each color light. That is, as described above, the light emitted from the light valve 18R of the R light passes through the wire grid polarizer 17R, the parallel plate member 34, and the light emitted from the light valve 18G of the G light passes. Coma caused by the wire grid polarizer 17BG, the parallel plate member 35, and the parallel plate member 35 through which the light valve 18B of the B light passes twice as much as the emitted light can be corrected.
- the combined light emitted from the dichroic prism 31 passes through the cylindrical lens 21, and the astigmatism generated by the wire grid polarizer, the astigmatism generated by the parallel plate member, and the rhombus
- the projection lens 22 corrects the astigmatism of the aberration amount to which the astigmatism generated by the dichroic prism having the shape is added, and suppresses the aberration to a very small value by the projection lens 22. It becomes possible to project on.
- the parallel plate members 35 and 34 of the same thickness and the same material are disposed adjacent to and parallel to the wire grid polarizers 17GB and 17R, respectively, because each color light This is because the light path at the point has the same amount of difference in the optical path to the dichroic prism. That is, for the R light and the G light, the light emitted from the light valve passes through the wire grid polarizer and the parallel plate member, and for the B light, the light emitted from the light valve is the parallel plate light. Each light is made to enter the dichroic prism while passing through the member twice.
- the metal wire of the wire grid is formed on the light incident surface of the wire grid polarizer 17R.
- the position may be replaced by the parallel plate 34 and the wire grid. May be. That is, the wire grid may be formed on any surface of the two parallel flat plates.
- wire grid polarizer 17R and the parallel plate member 34 may be arranged in close contact with each other or may be adhered with an adhesive or the like. Further, the wire grid polarizer 17R in which the metal wire of the wire grid is formed may be arranged on one parallel plate substrate having a double thickness without the parallel plate member.
- the wire grid polarizer 17BG and the parallel plate member 35 may be closely arranged. Also in the present embodiment, as disclosed in the second embodiment, it is possible to provide a projection type display device having the same effect even if a configuration in which a cylindrical lens is arranged at the stop position of the projection lens 22 is adopted. , It's not necessary.
- the dichroic prism for color synthesis has the function of a parallel plate for coma aberration correction. Therefore, the device for aberration correction does not increase the size of the device, and is small and small. It is possible to provide a projection type display device which is well corrected.
- FIG. 5 shows a plan configuration diagram of a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
- the light that has been emitted from the light source 11 and converted to predetermined linearly polarized light via the polarization conversion illuminator 12 enters the time-series color separation optical system 38 and travels along the same optical axis.
- R, G, and B light Are separated by time division.
- This time series color separation optical system divides the optical disk into three parts with respect to the center O ', and a film that transmits R light and reflects G light and B light on each of the divided surfaces, and transmits G light and R light And a film that reflects the B light and a film that transmits the B light and reflects the R and G light, and rotates about the center O 'of the disk.
- the wire grid polarizer of the present embodiment is a wire grid polarizing beam splitter. Functions as a utter.
- the light from the time-sequential color separation optical system is transmitted through the B light, is incident on the dichroic mirror 32 that reflects the G light and the R light, is transmitted through the B light, and is reflected and time-divided.
- Color separation into G light and R light that travels at The color-separated B light is incident on a wire grid polarizer 17B that is arranged obliquely with respect to the optical axis and has a function as a polarizing beam splitter, and is reflected by the wire grid surface of the wire grid polarizer,
- the light enters the reflective light valve 18B for B light.
- the G light and the R light which are color-separated and travel in a time-division manner, enter the wire grid polarizer 17GR, are reflected, and enter the reflection type light valves 18GR arranged for the G light and the R light.
- the B light reflected by the light valve 18B after being modulated is incident on the wire grid polarizer 17B, the modulated light is detected as transmitted light, extracted, and has the same shape as in the previous embodiment. However, the light enters a dichroic prism 31 on which a dichroic film having characteristics of reflecting B light and transmitting G light and R light is formed.
- the G light and the R light that are incident on the light valve 17GR in a time-division manner are reflected and emitted by the light valve 18GR upon modulation of the colored light, respectively, and are incident on the wire grid polarizer 17GR.
- the modulated light is detected and extracted as transmitted light, and the modulated light is incident on the dichroic prism 31 and color-combined with the B light to form R light, G light, and B light.
- the detector beam is emitted coaxially in a time sharing manner.
- the dichroic prism 31 has the same shape as that of the previous embodiment, similarly, the parallel plate substrates of the wire grid polarizers 17B and 17GR of each color light obliquely arranged with respect to the optical axis. Coma aberration can be corrected. Then, the R light, the G light, and the B light emitted from the dichroic prism 31 in a time-division manner enter the cylindrical lens 21, and generate astigmatism generated by the wire grid polarizers 17R and 17BG and the dichroic prism 31. The amount of astigmatism is corrected by addition to astigmatism. Therefore, the projection lens 22 can project an excellent image with corrected aberration on an unillustrated screen. Also in the present embodiment, if the cylindrical lens 21 is arranged at the stop position of the projection lens, the cylindrical lens can be formed small.
- a dichroic prism for color synthesis is used as in the previous embodiment. Since it also serves as a parallel plate member for ma aberration, it is possible to further reduce the size of the device as compared with a case where a parallel plate member for coma is separately provided.
- the dichroic film of the above-described dichroic prism 31 according to the present embodiment reflects B light and transmits G light and R light. However, as the optical characteristics, it transmits B light and transmits G light.
- a configuration may be used in which colors are synthesized using a dichroic film that reflects R light.
- color separation into B light, G light and R light is performed by the time-series color separation optical system 38 and the dichroic mirror 32.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and the time-sequential color separation optical system performs time-sequential color separation into four color lights of B (blue) light, E (emerald) light, G (green) light, and R (red) light.
- the dichroic mirror uses an optical system that separates color into B light and E light that travels in time series, and G light and R light that travels in time series.
- the dichroic film of the dichroic prism for color synthesis reflects the B light and the E light and transmits the G light and the R light, or the B light and the E light. It may be configured to transmit light and reflect G light and R light.
- a projection display device capable of correcting aberrations caused by a parallel plate-shaped optical member obliquely arranged with respect to the optical axis and capable of projecting a projected image with further excellent color reproducibility is provided. can do.
- FIG. 6 shows a plan configuration diagram of a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
- Light emitted from the light source 11 and passed through the polarization conversion illuminator 12 is color-separated into R light, G light, and B light in a time-division manner by the time-sequential color separation optical system 38, and changes its traveling direction through the deflection mirror 39.
- the R light, G light, and B light that enter in a time-division manner travel in the wavelength-selective optical rotator 33 by rotating the polarization direction of only the B light by 90 ° with respect to the polarization at the time of incidence.
- the light enters a wire grid polarizer 17 having a metal wire of a wire grid formed on a surface opposite to a light incident surface.
- the B light is transmitted through the wire grid surface, transmitted through a parallel plate member 34 having the same material and the same thickness as the parallel plate substrate of the wire grid polarizer 17, and is provided with a reflection type light disposed for the B light.
- the light enters the light valve 18B and undergoes a modulation operation based on the image information input to the light valve.
- the G light and the R light are reflected by the wire grid surface, pass through the parallel plate substrate of the wire grid polarizer 17, and are provided with reflection type light valves 18G for the G light and the R light.
- the light enters R and undergoes a modulation action based on the image information input to the light valve.
- the wire grid polarizer 17 and the parallel plate member 34 are arranged with an inclination of 45 ° with respect to the optical axis of the incident light.
- the wire grid polarizer of the present embodiment functions as a polarization beam splitter.
- the B light emitted from the reflection type light valve 18B passes through the parallel plate member 34, and the modulated light is detected as reflected light by the wire grid of the wire grid polarizer 17, and is emitted from the reflection type light valve 18GR.
- the light and the R light pass through the parallel plate substrate of the wire grid polarizer 17, and the modulated light is detected as transmitted light by the wire grid, and the B light and the G light and the R light are analyzed.
- the analysis light is color-combined.
- the combined light of the B light, the G light and the R light passes through a parallel plate member 34 and is incident on a wavelength-selective optical rotator 36 that rotates the polarization direction of only the B light by 90 °.
- the light exits through the polarizer 37 with the polarization direction aligned with the light.
- the B light passes through the parallel plate member 34 twice, and the G light and the R light pass through the parallel plate substrate of the wire grid polarizer 17. , Once through the parallel plate member 34.
- the inclination directions of the parallel plates arranged obliquely with respect to the optical axis in each optical path are the same. Therefore, the image light formed by the light valve enters the wavelength-selective optical rotator 36 with the same amount of aberration for any color light.
- the amount of difference given by the parallel plates obliquely arranged in the optical path is the same for all the optical paths of color light, and the inclination of the parallel plates in each optical path is Since the arrangement is devised so that the scanning directions are the same, the coma aberration correction can be performed by arranging the parallel plate member for coma aberration correction in the optical path after the color synthesis of each color light.
- the astigmatism generated by the wire-grid polarizer 17 and the parallel plate member 34 and the coma aberration correcting member is corrected by the cylindrical lens 21 as in the previous embodiment. Therefore, the projection lens 22 can project an excellent projection image on a screen (not shown) with the aberration suppressed to a very small value.
- the wire grid polarizer 17 and the parallel plate member 34 are arranged with a space. However, even if the wire grid polarizer 17 and the parallel plate member 34 are closely arranged. It may be bonded with a glue or the like.
- the wavelength-selective optical rotator 33 has a characteristic of rotating the polarization direction of the B light by 90 °, but this wavelength-selective optical rotator rotates the polarization directions of the G light and the R light. It may have characteristics that are as follows. In this case, a wavelength-selective optical rotator 36 having a characteristic of rotating the polarization directions of the G light and the R light by 90 ° is used.
- the light source light is color-separated into four-color light
- the wavelength-selective optical rotator is configured to change the polarization of the two-color light
- the light valve 18B of the present embodiment is monochromatic. If a configuration is adopted in which two-color light that progresses in time series while changing polarization by the wavelength-selective optical rotator instead of light is incident in time series, aberration is corrected by the same configuration described in the present embodiment. At the same time, it is possible to project a more excellent color light projection image.
- FIG. 7 shows a plan view of a seventh embodiment of the present invention.
- Light emitted from the light source 11 and passed through the polarization conversion illuminating device 12 enters the time-series color separation optical system 38, and is color-separated into R light, G light, and B light traveling on the same optical path by time division.
- the light that has been color-separated by the time-sequential color separation optical system enters a dichroic mirror 32 that transmits B light, reflects G light and R light, and transmits B light that is transmitted and travels. Light and R light are color-separated.
- the color-separated B light is incident on a wire grid polarizer 17B in which a metal wire of a wire grid is formed on the incident side of the B light on the parallel plate substrate, and reflects the wire grid surface to generate a B light beam.
- Light enters the reflective light valve 18B.
- the wire grid polarizer of the present embodiment functions as a polarization beam splitter.
- the color-separated G light and R light are incident on a wire grid polarizer 17GR in which a metal wire of a wire grid is formed on the parallel plate substrate on the incident side of the G light and R light, The light is reflected and enters the reflective light valves 18GR arranged for G light and R light.
- the B light reflected by being modulated by the image signal input to the light valve 18B re-enters the wire grid polarizer 17B, and the modulated light is detected and transmitted as transmitted light.
- the modulated light of the B light passes through a parallel plate correcting member 19B for correcting a coma aberration generated when the B light is transmitted through the wire grid polarizer 17B, and internally reflects the characteristics of the B light reflection, the G light, and the R light transmission.
- Dichroic prism having a dichroic film having a square cross section Incident on the beam 41.
- the G light and the R light that enter the light valve 18GR are modulated and reflected and emitted by the image signal input to the light valve 18GR at each incidence, re-enter the wire grid polarizer 17GR, and are modulated. Is extracted as transmitted light, and enters a dichroic prism 41 via a parallel plate correcting member 19GR for correcting coma aberration generated when the light passes through the wire grid polarizer 17GR.
- the B light, the G light, and the R light are color-combined by the dichroic film, and the R light, the G light, and the B light are emitted coaxially.
- the astigmatism generated by the wire grid polarizer arranged in the optical path of each color and the parallel plate correcting member for correcting coma aberration is corrected by the cylindrical lens 21, and the projection lens 22 has no aberration and excellent projection. Images can be projected.
- the cylindrical lens 21 is arranged at the stop position of the projection lens, the cylindrical lens can be formed small.
- the dichroic film of the dichroic prism 41 according to the present embodiment reflects B light and transmits G light and R light, but transmits B light and G light as optical characteristics.
- a similar projection display device can be provided by using a dichroic film that reflects R and R light.
- the light source light may be color-separated into four-color light by the time-sequential color separation optical system 38, and two color lights may be incident on the two light valves in time series.
- a projection type display device that projects a projected image with even better color reproducibility can be provided.
- FIG. 8 shows a plan configuration diagram of a projection display device according to another embodiment of the present embodiment.
- the configuration is the same as that of the projection display device in FIG. 7 except for the arrangement of the parallel plate member for correcting the frame difference.
- the forces with the aberration correcting members 19B and 19GR arranged in the optical path of the B light and the optical paths of the G light and the R light, respectively.
- An aberration correction member 19 is arranged on the optical path of the combined light with the light.
- the optical path of the R light and the G light is a force in which the inclination direction of the wire grid polarizer 17RG and the inclination direction of the parallel plate member 19 for coma aberration correction are arranged opposite to each other.
- the inclination direction of the grid polarizer 17B and the inclination direction of the parallel plate member 19 in the coma aberration correction method are inclined in the same direction with respect to the optical path.
- the light valve for B light 18B The mirror image is inverted by the dichroic film of the dichroic prism and its image power
- the color is synthesized with the image formed by 18RG, the behavior of the aberration is reversed left and right only for the B light, so that for the B light, the inclination direction of the parallel plate member 19 is inclined in the same direction with respect to the optical path. Even in this case, it is possible to correct coma.
- coma aberration correction can be performed at a time after color synthesis, and the projection display device in which the aberration generated by the wire grid polarizer is corrected can be reduced in size.
- the parallel plate correction member 19 and the cylindrical lens 21 are most viewed from the human eye.
- a good image can be obtained by designing the G light, which is a highly sensitive color light, to be optimal.
- FIG. 9 shows a plan view of an eighth embodiment of the present invention.
- Light emitted from the light source 11 and passed through the polarization conversion illuminating device 12 is color-separated into R light, G light, and B light that travel in a time-division manner by the time-sequential color separation optical system 38, and the traveling direction is
- the metal wire of the wire grid is incident on the wire grid polarizer 17 formed on the light incident side of the parallel plate substrate, reflects the wire grid surface, is incident on the reflection type light valve 18, and is incident on the light valve.
- the light is modulated according to the image signal of each color light input to and reflected and emitted.
- Each color light subjected to the modulation action is incident on the wire grid polarizer 17, the modulated light of each color is detected and extracted as transmitted light, and transmitted through the parallel plate substrate of the wire grid polarizer.
- the projection lens makes it possible to project an excellent projection image on a screen (not shown) with aberrations extremely small.
- wire grid polarizer of the present embodiment functions as a polarizing beam splitter.
- a feature of the present invention is that only one light valve is used.
- the cylindrical lens 21 is further moved to the stop position of the projection lens 22 as in the previous embodiments.
- the color separation by the time-series color separation optical system may be separated into more than three colors, for example, four-color light, and the color-separated light may be time-sequentially incident on one light valve. The same effect can be obtained with the configuration, and it is possible to provide a projection display device that projects a projection image of excellent color light with good color reproducibility.
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