Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a conductive film containing molybdenum and a metal element. The metal element has a melting point lower than the melting point of molybdenum and forms a complete solid solution with molybdenum. The metal element as a material for composing the conductive film is at least one selected from the group consisting of, for example, titanium, vanadium, and niobium.

Abstract: A method for slicing a workpiece with a wire saw which includes a wire row formed by winding a fixed abrasive grain wire having abrasive grains secured to a surface thereof around multiple grooved rollers, the method including feeding a workpiece to the wire row for slicing while allowing the fixed abrasive grain wire to reciprocatively travel in an axial direction thereof, thereby slicing the workpiece at multiple positions aligned in an axial direction of the workpiece simultaneously. The method includes: supplying a coolant for workpiece slicing onto the wire row when the workpiece is sliced with the fixed abrasive grain wire; and supplying a coolant for workpiece drawing, which differs from and has a higher viscosity than the coolant for workpiece slicing, onto the wire row when the workpiece is drawn out from the wire row after the slicing of the workpiece.

Abstract: In order to achieve a charging service using an outlet of 100 V or 200V, the present invention provides a management server 10 including an acquisition unit 11 that acquires, from a user terminal, apparatus specifying information specifying a control apparatus that controls power supply to an outlet, and a control execution unit 12 that executes processing of controlling the control apparatus specified by the apparatus specifying information.

Abstract: A nanofiber producing apparatus 10 includes a spinning solution jetting means 11 having a conductive nozzle 13 for jetting a stock spinning solution for nanofiber production, an electrode 14 located away from the nozzle 13, a voltage generating means 101 generating a voltage between the nozzle 13 and the electrode 14, an air jetting means 15 located at such a position as to direct an air jet between the nozzle 13 and the electrode 14, and a nanofiber collecting means. The voltage generating means 101 generates a voltage so that the nozzle 13 serves as a positive pole and the electrode 14 as a negative pole. The electrode 14 is covered, on almost the entire area of its side facing the nozzle 13, with a covering 17 having a dielectric exposed on the surface thereof. The dielectric exposed on the surface of the covering has a thickness of 0.8 mm or greater.

Abstract: A nanofiber producing apparatus 10 includes a spinning solution jetting means 11 having a conductive nozzle 13 for jetting a stock spinning solution for nanofiber production, an electrode 14 located away from the nozzle 13, a voltage generating means 101 generating a voltage between the nozzle 13 and the electrode 14, an air jetting means 15 located at such a position as to direct an air jet between the nozzle 13 and the electrode 14, and a nanofiber collecting means. The voltage generating means 101 generates a voltage so that the nozzle 13 serves as a positive pole and the electrode 14 as a negative pole. The electrode 14 is covered, on almost the entire area of its side facing the nozzle 13, with a covering 17 having a dielectric exposed on the surface thereof. The dielectric exposed on the surface of the covering has a thickness of 0.8 mm or greater.

Abstract: A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a positive refracting power; a second lens group having a negative refracting power; a third lens group having a positive refracting power; a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power; and a fifth lens group having a positive refracting power and configured of sub lens groups. The first, the second, the third, the fourth, and the fifth lens groups are arranged in this order from an object plane. The third lens group serves as a first compensation lens group, and one or more of the plurality of sub lens groups serves as a second compensation lens group. Each of the first compensation lens group and the second compensation lens group independently shifts in a direction perpendicular to a light axis to allow an image formed on an image plane to be shifted in the direction perpendicular to the light axis.

Abstract: There is provided a zoom lens including, in order from an object side: a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power. The second lens group includes, in order from an object side, a negative meniscus lens concave toward an image plane side, a negative lens concave toward both sides, and a positive lens convex toward both sides. The negative lens and the positive lens of the second lens group are made of a resin material, and satisfy the following Conditional Expression (a). Conditional Expression (a): 1.02<Nd23/Nd22<1.10. Here, Nd22 is a d-line refractive index of the negative lens of the second lens group, and Nd23 is a d-line refractive index of the positive lens of the second lens group.

Abstract: A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a positive refracting power; a second lens group having a negative refracting power; a third lens group having a positive refracting power; a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power; and a fifth lens group having a positive refracting power and configured of sub lens groups. The first, the second, the third, the fourth, and the fifth lens groups are arranged in this order from an object plane. The third lens group serves as a first compensation lens group, and one or more of the plurality of sub lens groups serves as a second compensation lens group. Each of the first compensation lens group and the second compensation lens group independently shifts in a direction perpendicular to a light axis to allow an image formed on an image plane to be shifted in the direction perpendicular to the light axis.

Abstract: An inner focus type zoom lens includes a first lens group that has positive refracting power and is normally located at a fixed position, a second lens group that has negative refracting power and is movable in an optical axis direction for zooming, a third lens group that has positive refracting power, a fourth lens group that is movable for correction of a focal position due to the zooming and for focusing, and a fifth lens group that has positive refracting power, in order from an object side, wherein the first lens group includes a negative lens, a first positive lens, and a second positive lens arranged in order from the object side, wherein a first face of the negative lens has a shape of a concave surface turned on the object side, and wherein the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional equation (1) ?10.0<G1R1/fw<?3.0.

Abstract: A zoom lens and an image pickup apparatus are disclosed. The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power. The fifth lens group includes a fixed group having a negative refractive power, and a movable group having a positive refractive power and being movable in a direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis. The image formed on an image surface is movable in a direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis by moving the movable group of the fifth lens group in the direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis. The fifth lens group is satisfied predetermined conditions.

Abstract: A zoom lens and an image pickup apparatus are disclosed. The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power. The fifth lens group includes a fixed group having a negative refractive power, and a movable group having a positive refractive power and being movable in a direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis. The image formed on an image surface is movable in a direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis by moving the movable group of the fifth lens group in the direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis. The fifth lens group is satisfied predetermined conditions.

Abstract: A zoom lens and an image pickup apparatus are disclosed. The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power. The fifth lens group includes a fixed group having a negative refractive power, and a movable group having a positive refractive power and being movable in a direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis. The image formed on an image surface is movable in a direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis by moving the movable group of the fifth lens group in the direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis. The fifth lens group is satisfied predetermined conditions.

Abstract: An inner focus type zoom lens includes a first lens group that has positive refracting power and is normally located at a fixed position, a second lens group that has negative refracting power and is movable in an optical axis direction for zooming, a third lens group that has positive refracting power, a fourth lens group that is movable for correction of a focal position due to the zooming and for focusing, and a fifth lens group that has positive refracting power, in order from an object side, wherein the first lens group includes a negative lens, a first positive lens, and a second positive lens arranged in order from the object side, wherein a first face of the negative lens has a shape of a concave surface turned on the object side, and wherein the zoom lens satisfies the following conditional equation (1) ?10.0<G1R1/fw<?3.0.

Abstract: A zoom lens and an image pickup apparatus are disclosed. The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power. The fifth lens group includes a fixed group having a negative refractive power, and a movable group having a positive refractive power and being movable in a direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis. The image formed on an image surface is movable in a direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis by moving the movable group of the fifth lens group in the direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis. The fifth lens group is satisfied predetermined conditions.

Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a positive refractive, fixed first lens unit; a negative refractive second lens unit movable mainly for zooming; a positive refractive, fixed third lens unit; a positive refractive fourth lens unit movable for focal-position correction and focusing performed in response to zooming; and a positive refractive fifth lens unit. The fifth lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative refractive, fixed sub-unit; and a positive refractive sub-unit movable substantially perpendicularly to an optical axis. An image formed on an image surface is movable substantially perpendicularly to the optical axis by moving the movable sub-unit substantially perpendicularly to the optical axis. An aperture stop is provided on the object side of the third lens unit. The third lens unit includes a positive refractive sub-unit and a negative refractive sub-unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a zoom lens including a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a fourth lens group, and a fifth lens group. The zoom lens satisfies following conditional expressions (1) and (2), 0.03<H1?/f1<0.3??(1) 0.3<|f2|/?(fw·ft)<0.65??(2) where H1? is an interval from a vertex of a surface nearest to the image side in the first lens group to a principal point on the image side of the first lens group (? denotes the object side, and + denotes the image side), f1 is focal length of the first lens group, f2 is focal length of the second lens group, fw is focal length of an entire lens system at a wide-angle end, and ft is the focal length of the entire lens system at a telephoto end.

Abstract: A zoom lens and an image pickup apparatus are disclosed. The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power. The fifth lens group includes a fixed group having a negative refractive power, and a movable group having a positive refractive power and being movable in a direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis. The image formed on an image surface is movable in a direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis by moving the movable group of the fifth lens group in the direction substantially orthogonal to the optical axis. The fifth lens group is satisfied predetermined conditions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a zoom lens including a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a fourth lens group, and a fifth lens group. The zoom lens satisfies following conditional expressions (1) and (2), 0.03<H1?/f1<0.3??(1) 0.3<|f2|/?(fw·ft)<0.65??(2) where H1? is an interval from a vertex of a surface nearest to the image side in the first lens group to a principal point on the image side of the first lens group (? denotes the object side, and + denotes the image side), f1 is focal length of the first lens group, f2 is focal length of the second lens group, fw is focal length of an entire lens system at a wide-angle end, and ft is the focal length of the entire lens system at a telephoto end.

Abstract: A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a positive refractive, fixed first lens unit; a negative refractive second lens unit movable mainly for zooming; a positive refractive, fixed third lens unit; a positive refractive fourth lens unit movable for focal-position correction and focusing performed in response to zooming; and a positive refractive fifth lens unit. The fifth lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative refractive, fixed sub-unit; and a positive refractive sub-unit movable substantially perpendicularly to an optical axis. An image formed on an image surface is movable substantially perpendicularly to the optical axis by moving the movable sub-unit substantially perpendicularly to the optical axis. An aperture stop is provided on the object side of the third lens unit. The third lens unit includes a positive refractive sub-unit and a negative refractive sub-unit.

Abstract: A zoom lens includes first to fifth lens groups respectively having positive, negative, positive, positive, and negative refractive powers in that order from the object side. Zooming is performed by moving the second lens group and the fourth lens group in an optical-axis direction. The first lens group includes a front lens group having a negative refractive power, an optical member for bending an optical path, and a rear lens group having a positive refractive power in that order from the object side. The front lens group is a cemented lens in which a first lens having a negative refractive power is bonded to a second lens having a positive refractive power in that order from the object side to the image side.