Abstract: In an exposure apparatus of the invention, for a spatial light modulator, each of a plurality of pixel portions fewer than the total number of the pixel portions is controlled with a control signal generated according to exposure information. Namely, a part of the pixel portions is controlled without controlling a whole of the pixel portions on the substrate. Thus, the number of pixels in the pixel portions is decreased, and transfer time of the control signal becomes short. This enables modulation speed of the laser beam to be increased and the high-speed exposure to be performed. An incorporated laser light source, in which the laser beams are incorporated and struck on the optical fiber, is preferable to the laser device. By adopting the incorporated laser light source, high brightness and high output can be obtained, and it is preferable to the exposure of the spatial light modulator. Since the fiber array is obtained with few optical fibers, it is low cost.

Abstract: A spatial light modulator performs spatial light modulation of light produced by a light source. An image-side telecentric image forming optical system forms an image of a two-dimensional pattern of the light, which has been obtained from the spatial light modulation, on a photosensitive material. An axial air separation adjusting section is located between the image forming optical system and the photosensitive material. The axial air separation adjusting section alters an axial air separation between the image forming optical system and the photosensitive material and thereby adjusts a focusing point at the time of the formation of the image of the two-dimensional pattern of the light.

Abstract: The invention provides a stereolithographic resin composition including a photo-curable component, a resin having a function of causing a reversible, quick sol-gel phase transition based on temperature change, and a filler, and a stereolithographic method using the resin composition.

Abstract: In an exposure apparatus of the invention, for a spatial light modulator, each of a plurality of pixel portions fewer than the total number of the pixel portions is controlled with a control signal generated according to exposure information. Namely, a part of the pixel portions is controlled without controlling a whole of the pixel portions on the substrate. Thus, the number of pixels in the pixel portions is decreased, and transfer time of the control signal becomes short. This enables modulation speed of the laser beam to be increased and the high-speed exposure to be performed. An incorporated laser light source, in which the laser beams are incorporated and struck on the optical fiber, is preferable to the laser device. By adopting the incorporated laser light source, high brightness and high output can be obtained, and it is preferable to the exposure of the spatial light modulator. Since the fiber array is obtained with few optical fibers, it is low cost.

Abstract: In an exposure apparatus of the invention, for a spatial light modulator, each of a plurality of pixel portions fewer than the total number of the pixel portions is controlled with a control signal generated according to exposure information. Namely, a part of the pixel portions is controlled without controlling a whole of the pixel portions on the substrate. Thus, the number of pixels in the pixel portions is decreased, and transfer time of the control signal becomes short. This enables modulation speed of the laser beam to be increased and the high-speed exposure to be performed. An incorporated laser light source, in which the laser beams are incorporated and struck on the optical fiber, is preferable to the laser device. By adopting the incorporated laser light source, high brightness and high output can be obtained, and it is preferable to the exposure of the spatial light modulator. Since the fiber array is obtained with few optical fibers, it is low cost.

Abstract: A spatial light modulator performs spatial light modulation of light produced by a light source. An image-side telecentric image forming optical system forms an image of a two-dimensional pattern of the light, which has been obtained from the spatial light modulation, on a photosensitive material. An axial air separation adjusting section is located between the image forming optical system and the photosensitive material. The axial air separation adjusting section alters an axial air separation between the image forming optical system and the photosensitive material and thereby adjusts a focusing point at the time of the formation of the image of the two-dimensional pattern of the light.

Abstract: In an exposure apparatus of the invention, for a spatial light modulator, each of a plurality of pixel portions fewer than the total number of the pixel portions is controlled with a control signal generated according to exposure information. Namely, a part of the pixel portions is controlled without controlling a whole of the pixel portions on the substrate. Thus, the number of pixels in the pixel portions is described, and transfer time of the control signal becomes short. This enables modulation speed of the laser beam to be increased and the high-speed exposure to be performed. An incorporated laser light source, in which the laser beams are incorporated and struck on the optical fiber, is preferable to the laser device. By adopting the incorporated laser light source, high brightness and high output can be obtained, and it is preferable to the exposure of the spatial light modulator.

Abstract: The present invention provides, in order to obtain a desired focal depth t in a range ? of an acceptable increased amount of beam diameter, an exposure head is designed so that the ratio D/W of an output beam width D to a beam width W at the position where a digital micromirror device (DMD) is placed satisfies the following formula: D W ? ? × M 2 × t - K × ? a ? .

Abstract: An image exposure system is formed by a spatial light modulator element comprising a number of two-dimensionally arranged pixel portions each modulating light projected thereon, a light source which projects light onto the spatial light modulator element and an imaging optical system which includes a micro lens array and forms on a photosensitive material an image of light modulated by the spatial light modulator element, the micro lens array being made up of micro lenses which are arranged like an array and collect light from the pixel portions of the spatial light modulator element. Each micro lens of the micro lens array has an aspherical surface or a refractive index profile which corrects aberration due to distortion of the pixel portions or has a shape of lens aperture which does not permit light from a periphery of each of the pixel portions of the spatial light modulator element.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus: pixel portions of a spatial light-modulation element are two-dimensionally arranged, and individually modulate portions of light applied to the spatial light-modulation element, according to control signals; a first image-forming optical system is arranged in optical paths of the portions of the light modulated by the pixel portions; a microlens array is arranged in a vicinity of an image-forming plane of the first image-forming optical system, and has microlenses arranged in correspondence with the pixel portions, respectively; and a second image-forming optical system is arranged in optical paths of the portions of the light which have passed through the microlenses, and forms on a predetermined surface an image represented by the portions of the light modulated by the spatial light-modulation element. Each of the first and second image-forming optical systems forms an image with a magnification power greater than one.

Abstract: In an exposure apparatus of the invention, for a spatial light modulator, each of a plurality of pixel portions fewer than the total number of the pixel portions is controlled with a control signal generated according to exposure information. Namely, a part of the pixel portions is controlled without controlling a whole of the pixel portions on the substrate. Thus, the number of pixels in the pixel portions is decreased, and transfer time of the control signal becomes short. This enables modulation speed of the laser beam to be increased and the high-speed exposure to be performed. An incorporated laser light source, in which the laser beams are incorporated and struck on the optical fiber, is preferable to the laser device. By adopting the incorporated laser light source, high brightness and high output can be obtained, and it is preferable to the exposure of the spatial light modulator. Since the fiber array is obtained with few optical fibers, it is low cost.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus: pixel portions of a spatial light-modulation element are two-dimensionally arranged, and individually modulate portions of light applied to the spatial light-modulation element, according to control signals; a first image-forming optical system is arranged in optical paths of the portions of the light modulated by the pixel portions; a microlens array is arranged in a vicinity of an image-forming plane of the first image-forming optical system, and has microlenses arranged in correspondence with the pixel portions, respectively; and a second image-forming optical system is arranged in optical paths of the portions of the light which have passed through the microlenses, and forms on a predetermined surface an image represented by the portions of the light-modulated by the spatial light-modulation element. Each of the first and second image-forming optical systems forms an image with a magnification power greater than one.

Abstract: A radiation image read-out apparatus for reading out a radiation image recorded on a stimulable phosphor sheet includes a stimulating light projector which projects stimulating light emitted from a stimulating light source onto the stimulable phosphor sheet through a projecting optical system so that the stimulating light is collected in a line-like area of the stimulable phosphor sheet, and a line sensor which detects stimulated emission emitted from the line-like area of the stimulable phosphor sheet upon exposure to the stimulating light. The projecting optical system has an aspheric toric surface.

Abstract: A base plate and load beam for an HG assembly are formed in series, stacked, and transferred by a transfer system in the form of the stacked-layer series to undergo the necessary assembly processes such as layer joining, slider attachment, and electrical connections between the terminals thereon. When uncompleted HG assemblies are transferred for each of the manufacturing processes, the uncompleted HG assembly is mounted on the assembly jig such as a tray or a block for transference. For this reason, assemblingjigs, the number of which is at least equal to the number of the uncompleted HG assemblies remaining at the respective assembly processes would be needed. Accordingly, the efficiency of work space is reduced, and a rise in manufacturing cost is brought about by the need for the assembling jigs.

Abstract: A base plate and load beam for an HG assembly are formed in series, stacked, and transferred by a transfer system in the form of the stacked-layer series to undergo the necessary assembly processes such as layer joining, slider attachment, and electrical connections between the terminals thereon. When uncompleted HG assemblies are transferred for each of the manufacturing processes, the uncompleted HG assembly is mounted on the assembly jig such as a tray or a block for transference. For this reason, assembling jigs, the number of which is at least equal to the number of the uncompleted HG assemblies remaining at the respective assembly processes would be needed. Accordingly, the efficiency of work space is reduced, and a rise in manufacturing cost is brought about by the need for the assembling jigs.

Abstract: In an exposure head of the invention, plural first micro-focusing elements are arranged in a first microlens array so as to correspond to plural micromirrors in a DMD. An aperture array that includes plural apertures arranged so as to respectively correspond to the plural first micro-focusing elements is disposed. The apertures allow only main portions of Fraunhofer diffraction images to be transmitted therethrough. The main portions of the Fraunhofer diffraction images transmitted through the apertures are imaged on an exposure plane by second micro-focusing elements of a second microlens array. According to the exposure head of the invention, cross-talk light and scattered light can be effectively reduced, and beam diameters of beam spots projected on the exposure plane through the apertures can be adjusted to a required size.

Abstract: A base plate and load beam for an HG assembly are formed in series, stacked, and transferred by a transfer system in the form of the stacked-layer series to undergo the necessary assembly processes such as layer joining, slider attachment, and electrical connections between the terminals thereon. When uncompleted HG assemblies are transferred for each of the manufacturing processes, the uncompleted HG assembly is mounted on the assembly jig such as a tray or a block for transference. For this reason, assembling jigs, the number of which is at least equal to the number of the uncompleted HG assemblies remaining at the respective assembly processes would be needed. Accordingly, the efficiency of work space is reduced, and a rise in manufacturing cost is brought about by the need for the assembling jigs.

Abstract: A spatial light modulator performs spatial light modulation of light produced by a light source. An image-side telecentric image forming optical system forms an image of a two-dimensional pattern of the light, which has been obtained from the spatial light modulation performed by the spatial light modulator, on a photosensitive material. At least either one of two pupil-adjacent lenses, which are adjacent to each other with an entrance pupil position in the image forming optical system intervening between the two pupil-adjacent lenses, is constituted such that at least either one of lens surfaces of the pupil-adjacent lens is an aspherical surface.

Abstract: A base plate and load beam for an HG assembly are formed in series, stacked, and transferred by a transfer system in the form of the stacked-layer series to undergo the necessary assembly processes such as layer joining, slider attachment, and electrical connections between the terminals thereon. When uncompleted HG assemblies are transferred for each of the manufacturing processes, the uncompleted HG assembly is mounted on the assembly jig such as a tray or a block for transference. For this reason, assembling jigs, the number of which is at least equal to the number of the uncompleted HG assemblies remaining at the respective assembly processes would be needed. Accordingly, the efficiency of work space is reduced, and a rise in manufacturing cost is brought about by the need for the assembling jigs.

Abstract: A spatial light modulator has pixel sections for performing spatial light modulation of light. An image-side telecentric image forming optical system forms an image of a two-dimensional pattern of the light having been obtained from the spatial light modulation. A microlens array having microlenses arrayed in two-dimensional directions is located in the vicinity of a plane of image formation of the two-dimensional pattern, whose image is formed by the image forming optical system. A magnification adjusting optical system for adjusting a magnification of image formation at the time of the formation of the image of the two-dimensional pattern of the light with the image forming optical system is located between the image forming optical system and the microlens array.