Abstract: A biometric authentication apparatus having a simple configuration, able to easily focus on a fingerprint or a vein or other blood vessel pattern and able to clearly capture an image of the same, able to prevent forgery, and in addition able to realize high precision authentication, which biometric authentication apparatus 100 having a transparent plate 110 formed by for example glass or plastic for placement of the finger of the authenticated person, that is, the inspected specimen OBJ, downward in the figure (surface where fingerprint is located facing downward), a fingerprint capturing use illumination apparatus 120, a vein capturing use illumination apparatus 130, and an image capturing apparatus 140, which image capturing apparatus 140 has an imaging lens apparatus capturing a dispersed image of an object passing through the optical system and phase plate, an image processing apparatus generating a dispersion-free image signal from a dispersed image signal from the imaging element, and an object approxim

Abstract: A light reflector which can be manufactured easily by using a plastic base material that is light weight and low cost and has high reflectivity, and a method for manufacturing the same. The light reflector comprises a plastic base material 50 of which thermal deformation temperature is 130° C. or higher, and a reflecting film 52 containing silver and formed on the surface of the base material, wherein said plastic base material 50 is a molded article of thermosetting resin and the reflecting film has a smooth surface with PV (peak-to-valley) roughness of 0.5 ?m or less without sharp protrusions and reflectivity of the reflecting film is 96% or more.

Abstract: The metal film of the present invention is a dense film of a single crystal that has very low surface roughness and very good crystal orientation because an arithmetic mean roughness of the surface is not larger than 2 nm and a (111) peak intensity of X-ray diffraction is not less than 20 times the sum of all other peaks. Also the metal oxide film of the present invention is a dense film that includes less oxygen defects and almost no voids therein because a content of a non-oxidized metal is not higher than 1 mole % of a metal component that constitutes the metal oxide and a packing density is 0.98 or higher.

Abstract: The metal film of the present invention is a dense film of a single crystal that has very low surface roughness and very good crystal orientation because an arithmetic mean roughness of the surface is not larger than 2 nm and a (111) peak intensity of X-ray diffraction is not less than 20 times the sum of all other peaks. Also the metal oxide film of the present invention is a dense film that includes less oxygen defects and almost no voids therein because a content of a non-oxidized metal is not higher than 1 mole % of a metal component that constitutes the metal oxide and a packing density is 0.98 or higher.

Abstract: The metal film of the present invention is a dense film of a single crystal that has very low surface roughness and very good crystal orientation because an arithmetic mean roughness of the surface is not larger than 2 nm and a (111) peak intensity of X-ray diffraction is not less than 20 times the sum of all other peaks. Also the metal oxide film of the present invention is a dense film that includes less oxygen defects and almost no voids therein because a content of a non-oxidized metal is not higher than 1 mole % of a metal component that constitutes the metal oxide and a packing density is 0.98.or higher.

Abstract: The metal film of the present invention is a dense film of a single crystal that has very low surface roughness and very good crystal orientation because an arithmetic mean roughness of the surface is not larger than 2 nm and a (111) peak intensity of X-ray diffraction is not less than 20 times the sum of all other peaks. Also the metal oxide film of the present invention is a dense film that includes less oxygen defects and almost no voids therein because a content of a non-oxidized metal is not higher than 1 mole % of a metal component that constitutes the metal oxide and a packing density is 0.98 or higher.

Abstract: The metal film of the present invention is a dense film of a single crystal that has very low surface roughness and very good crystal orientation because an arithmetic mean roughness of the surface is not larger than 2 nm and a (111) peak intensity of X-ray diffraction is not less than 20 times the sum of all other peaks. Also the metal oxide film of the present invention is a dense film that includes less oxygen defects and almost no voids therein because a content of a non-oxidized metal is not higher than 1 mole % of a metal component that constitutes the metal oxide and a packing density is 0.98 or higher.

Abstract: An antimicrobial agent for animals is disclosed. The agent comprises as an effective component a racemate of a 3S-type compound of a pyrido[1,2,3-de][1,4]benzoxazine derivative represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R is a C.sub.1-6 alkyl group, provided that R cannot be a methyl group when the pyrido[1,2,3-de][1,4]benzoxazine derivative is a racemate, or a salt or a hydrate thereof. The compounds possess a low toxicity, are safe antimicrobial agents for animals, have a broader antimicrobial spectrum, and are effective against various infectious diseases of animals.

Abstract: The metal film of the present invention is a dense film of a single crystal that has very low surface roughness and very good crystal orientation because an arithmetic mean roughness of the surface is not larger than 2 nm and a (111) peak intensity of X-ray diffraction is not less than 20 times the sum of all other peaks. Also the metal oxide film of the present invention is a dense film that includes less oxygen defects and almost no voids therein because a content of a non-oxidized metal is not higher than 1 mole % of a metal component that constitutes the metal oxide and a packing density is 0.98 or higher.