Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes a first optical system configured to irradiate a measurement object with ultraviolet light, a second optical system configured to detect, with a detector, at least one of the specific polarizations and fluorescence of 200 to 400 nm emitted from the measurement object, and a calculation unit that acquires information on an aromatic amino acid and a residue thereof in the irradiated portion according to a detection value of light detected by the detector.

Abstract: An imaging lens and an imaging apparatus capable of acquiring a long-distance object image at high resolution and capable of acquiring a short-distance object image in a wide range while, as a whole, being configured small. In order to achieve the object, an imaging lens according to the present invention is an imaging lens consisting of n (n is a natural number equal to or larger than six) lenses including a first lens having negative refractive power and a second lens having positive refractive power in order from an object side and including an n-th lens having negative refractive power and an n?1-th lens having positive refractive power in order from an image side, the imaging lens satisfying a predetermined conditional expression.

Abstract: Provided are: a zoom lens including, in order from an object side, a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, an intermediate group as a whole, a negative lens group, and a rear group, wherein the intermediate group includes, in order from an object side, a first positive lens subgroup including one or two positive lenses, a first negative lens subgroup including only one cemented lens, a second negative lens subgroup including a negative lens with a concave surface facing an object, and a second positive lens subgroup including one or two positive lenses, the cemented lens constituting the first negative lens subgroup has at least one cemented surface with a convex surface facing an object, and a lens, closest to an image, of the second positive lens subgroup is a positive lens; and an imaging apparatus including the zoom lens.

Abstract: Provided are: a zoom lens including, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, an Intermediate group having one or more lens groups and having positive refractive power as a whole, a lens group having negative refractive power, and, a rear group having one or more lens groups, wherein the intermediate group includes at least two lens surfaces each of which is a cemented surface and is a diverging surface, a space between adjacent lens groups changes in zooming, the lens group moves on an optical axis in focusing, and the zoom lens satisfies the predetermined conditional expression; and an imaging apparatus including the zoom lens.

Abstract: A thermal radiation element includes a substrate; and a plasmonic perfect absorber in which a first conductor layer covering one main surface of the substrate, an insulator layer, and a second conductor layer are laminated in this order, in which the first conductor layer is provided with electrodes through which a current flows in an in-plane direction of a main surface of the first conductor layer.

Abstract: A fundus imaging apparatus includes an illumination apparatus including a light source and an illumination optical system, and an imaging apparatus including an image sensor and an imaging optical system. The illumination optical system irradiates a fundus with light from the light source. The imaging optical system forms an image of the fundus on the image sensor. An optical axis of the illumination optical system does not match an optical axis of the imaging optical system, or the illumination optical system does not have a specific optical axis.

Abstract: An imaging optics including, in sequence starting from the object side, of a 1st lens G1 with a negative refractive power, a 2nd lens G2 with a positive refractive power, a 3rd lens G3 with a positive refractive power, and a 4th lens G4, a 5th lens G5, a 6th lens G6, and a 7th lens G7 with a negative refractive power, satisfying the conditional expressions.

Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side, a first lens group that is positive, a second lens group that is negative, a third lens group that is positive, and a fourth lens group that is positive. During zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, at least the first lens group and the third lens group are fixed and an interval on an optical axis of an adjacent lens group relative thereto is changed. In the zoom lens, the fourth lens group includes at least one positive lens and satisfies a predetermined conditional expression. In addition, an imaging device includes the zoom lens and an image sensor.

Abstract: A photoacoustic element which has excellent optical properties and acoustic properties is achieved. The photoacoustc element (1) includes: a metal layer (10); a first member (11) which is bonded to one primary surface of the metal layer (10); and a second member (12) which is bonded to another primary surface of the metal layer (10). The metal layer (10) reflects optical waves and transmits pohotoacoustic waves stemming from optical waves. Materials of the metal layer (10), the first member (11), and the second member (12) are selected so as to match an acoustic impedance of the metal layer (10) and an acoustic impedance of each of the first member (11) and the second member (12).

Abstract: A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having negative refractive power on a most object side; and a positive lens group Pa having positive refractive power, a negative lens group N having negative refractive power, and a positive lens group Pb having positive refractive power that are arranged in this order from the object side and provided on an image side with respect to the first lens group.

Abstract: Provided is an optical system and an imaging apparatus provided with the optical system. The optical system includes: a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens having positive refractive power, the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, and the fourth lens being disposed in this order from an object side. The optical system satisfies a predetermined condition relating to the focal length of the optical system and the distance on the optical axis between an exit pupil and an imaging plane in the optical system.

Abstract: In a plasmonic structure, a first conductor layer, a dielectric layer, and a second conductor layer are stacked in this order. The second conductor layer includes a plurality of conductor patterns that is two-dimensionally and periodically arranged, each of the plurality of conductor patterns having a circular shape or a regular polygonal shape. A diameter D of a circle circumscribed on each of the plurality of conductor patterns satisfies 200 nm?D?800 nm. A thickness g of the dielectric layer and the diameter D satisfy 0.3?g/D?0.6.

Abstract: Provided are a zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens group having positive refractive power, in which distances between the respective lens groups are changed to change magnification, the first lens group consists of one single lens having spherical surfaces on both sides, the single lens is a positive meniscus lens having a convex shape toward the object side, at a time of magnification change from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the second lens group moves along a path convex toward the image side, and a predetermined conditional expression is satisfied, and an imaging apparatus including the zoom lens.

Abstract: In a cemented lens according to one aspect of the present invention, a first optical element provided with a first light shielding film and a second optical element provided with a second light shielding film are cemented by an adhesive layer, and the adhesive layer is exposed from between the first light shielding film and the second light shielding film.

Abstract: Disclosed are a disturbance light identifying apparatus, a disturbance light separating apparatus, a disturbance light identifying method, and a disturbance light separating method capable of precisely identifying whether or not light exiting an optical system contains a disturbance light component or capable of separating such a disturbance light component by using a simple technique. Provided are: a modulated light irradiation unit that irradiates an optical system 1 with modulated light; a light receiving unit that receives light exiting the optical system 1 in response to an incidence of the modulated light from the modulated light irradiation unit; and a controlling unit that controls the modulated light irradiation unit and the light receiving unit.

Abstract: There is provided: an optical system including a focus lens group having positive refractive power and configured to move along an optical axis when focusing from an infinite-distance object to a short-distance object, and satisfying predetermined conditional expressions; and an imaging device including the optical system. The focus lens group includes a lens subgroup A, an aperture stop, and a lens subgroup B in order from the object side. The lens subgroup A includes a negative lens, a positive lens, and a positive lens in order from the image side. The lens subgroup B includes a negative lens and a positive lens in order from the object side.

Abstract: There is provided: an optical system including a focus lens group having positive refractive power and configured to move along an optical axis when focusing from an infinite-distance object to a short-distance object, and satisfying predetermined conditional expressions; and an imaging device including the optical system. The focus lens group includes a lens subgroup A, an aperture stop, and a lens subgroup B in order from the object side. The lens subgroup A includes a negative lens, a positive lens, and a positive lens in order from the image side. The lens subgroup B includes a negative lens and a positive lens in order from the object side.

Abstract: There are provided an optical system and an imaging device including the same. The optical system includes: in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having refractive power; and a second lens group having positive refractive power. A variable distance that varies during focusing between the first lens group and the second lens group is closer to an object than a variable distance that varies during focusing between other lenses. The first lens group includes a positive lens and at least one or more negative lenses in order from the image side. The second lens group includes a lens subgroup 2A having positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a lens subgroup 2B having positive refractive power in order from the object side. The lens subgroup 2B includes a negative lens and a positive lens in order from the object side and satisfies a predetermined Conditional Expression.

Abstract: A condensing objective optical system includes a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group being a focus group having positive refractive power, and a photoacoustic element disposed closest to an object in this order. The photoacoustic element reflects an optical wave from the second lens group toward an object to transmit a photoacoustic wave from the object side. The condensing objective optical system satisfies a specific conditional expression that defines the conditions of the included lens and the condition regarding focusing.

Abstract: There are provided an optical system and an imaging device including the same. The optical system includes: in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having refractive power; and a second lens group having positive refractive power. A variable distance that varies during focusing between the first lens group and the second lens group is closer to an object than a variable distance that varies during focusing between other lenses. The first lens group includes a positive lens and at least one or more negative lenses in order from the image side. The second lens group includes a lens subgroup 2A having positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a lens subgroup 2B having positive refractive power in order from the object side. The lens subgroup 2B includes a negative lens and a positive lens in order from the object side and satisfies a predetermined Conditional Expression.