Abstract: A structure is a structure of a quartz crystal substrate having a slit. The structure includes, as an inner wall of the slit, a first side surface, a second side surface, a first end surface, and a second end surface. The first side surface extends along a first direction which is a longitudinal direction of the slit, and the second side surface extends along the first direction. The first end surface is continuous with the first side surface and extends along a first crystal plane of the quartz crystal substrate, and the second end surface is continuous with the second side surface and extends along a second crystal plane of the quartz crystal substrate. In a plan view of the quartz crystal substrate, an intersection point where a first straight line corresponding to the first end surface and a second straight line corresponding to the second end surface intersect each other is located inside the quartz crystal substrate.

Abstract: A physical quantity detection element includes a first base portion and a second base portion, a pair of vibrating beams extending between the first base portion and the second base portion, and a plurality of excitation electrodes provided in surfaces of the pair of vibrating beams. The vibrating beam includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region is located between the second region and the first base portion, and the third region is located between the second region and the second base portion. The excitation electrode provided in the first region is disposed such that a distance from the first base portion is 2.5% or more and 12.3% or less of a total length of the vibrating beam, and the excitation electrode provided in the third region is disposed such that a distance from the second base portion is 2.5% or more and 12.3% or less of the total length of the vibrating beam.

Abstract: A cantilever section as a substrate for a sensor includes: a base section; a movable section connected to the base section; an arm portion as a support portion extending along the movable section from the base section when viewed in a planar view as viewed from a thickness direction of the movable section; and a gap portion formed to have a predetermined gap between the movable section and the arm portion when viewed in the planar view, in which a ridge portion formed as an etching residue having a top portion on the side facing the gap portion is provided on each of facing surfaces of the movable section and the arm portion in the gap portion, and the predetermined gap is a gap between a top portion of a first ridge portion which is the ridge portion formed at one of the movable section and the arm portion, and a top portion of a second ridge portion which is the ridge portion formed at the other of the movable section and the arm portion.

Abstract: A vibration analyzing apparatus includes a vibration detecting unit set in a building where a person can reside and configured to detect vibration and output a detection signal based on the detected vibration, a mode determining unit configured to determine presence or absence of vibration of the building caused by an earthquake, and a control unit including a vibration analyzing unit configured to analyze the vibration on the basis of the detection signal, the control unit setting an analysis mode of the vibration analyzing unit. The control unit sets one of a normal time analysis mode for causing the vibration analyzing unit to analyze a vibration waveform indicated by the detection signal on the basis of a first condition and obtaining information concerning residence of the person and an earthquake analysis mode for obtaining information concerning deformation of the building.

Abstract: A resonator device includes a base including a fixed section and a movable section connected to the fixed section, a resonator element including a first base section, a second base section, and a vibration arm, one end of which is connected to the first base section and the other end of which is connected to the second base section, the first base section being fixed to the fixed section and the second base section being fixed to the movable section, a weight section connected onto the movable section, and a stress relaxing section provided between a connection region of the weight section and the vibration arm.

Abstract: A cantilever section as a substrate for a sensor includes: a base section; a movable section connected to the base section; an arm portion as a support portion extending along the movable section from the base section when viewed in a planar view as viewed from a thickness direction of the movable section; and a gap portion formed to have a predetermined gap between the movable section and the arm portion when viewed in the planar view, in which a ridge portion formed as an etching residue having a top portion on the side facing the gap portion is provided on each of facing surfaces of the movable section and the arm portion in the gap portion, and the predetermined gap is a gap between a top portion of a first ridge portion which is the ridge portion formed at one of the movable section and the arm portion, and a top portion of a second ridge portion which is the ridge portion formed at the other of the movable section and the arm portion.

Abstract: A vibration analyzing apparatus includes a vibration detecting unit set in a building where a person can reside and configured to detect vibration and output a detection signal based on the detected vibration, a mode determining unit configured to determine presence or absence of vibration of the building caused by an earthquake, and a control unit including a vibration analyzing unit configured to analyze the vibration on the basis of the detection signal, the control unit setting an analysis mode of the vibration analyzing unit. The control unit sets one of a normal time analysis mode for causing the vibration analyzing unit to analyze a vibration waveform indicated by the detection signal on the basis of a first condition and obtaining information concerning residence of the person and an earthquake analysis mode for obtaining information concerning deformation of the building.

Abstract: A resonator device includes a base including a fixed section and a movable section connected to the fixed section, a resonator element including a first base section, a second base section, and a vibration arm, one end of which is connected to the first base section and the other end of which is connected to the second base section, the first base section being fixed to the fixed section and the second base section being fixed to the movable section, a weight section connected onto the movable section, and a stress relaxing section provided between a connection region of the weight section and the vibration arm.

Abstract: A quarter wave plate that is a crystal plate made of an inorganic material having birefringence and optical rotatory power and has an optical axis, includes an incident surface positioned on one surface of the crystal plate; and an emitting surface positioned on another surface, which is opposed to the incident surface, of the crystal plate. In the quarter wave plate, linearly-polarized light incident from the incident surface is converted into circularly-polarized light so as to be emitted from the emitting surface, and circularly-polarized light incident from the incident surface is converted into linearly-polarized light so as to be emitted from the emitting surface.

Abstract: A half-wave plate includes a single crystal plate made of an inorganic material having a birefringent property and rotatory power, wherein a polarization plane of linearly polarized light entering from an entrance surface of the crystal plate is rotated and then output from an exit surface of the crystal plate.

Abstract: A supporting frame section of a diaphragm layer and a fixing section of a pressure sensor are joined using a first joining material. A pair of bases of a pressure sensitive element layer and a pair of supporting sections are joined using a second joining material having a melting point higher than the melting point of the first joining material.

Abstract: A laminated wave plate includes a first wave plate with a phase difference of ?1=180° with respect to a designed wavelength ?0 and a second wave plate with a phase difference of ?2=180°, in which the first wave plate and the second wave plate are arranged and laminated so that optical axes thereof intersect each other, the laminated wave plate converting an incident linearly-polarized beam into a linearly-polarized beam obtained by rotating a polarization plane of the incident linearly-polarized beam by a predetermined angle ? and outputting the converted linearly-polarized beam. When in-plane bearing angles formed by the polarization plane of the incident linearly-polarized beam and optical axes of the first and second wave plates are represented by ?1 and ?2 and an optical axis adjustment amount is represented by a, the following expressions are satisfied: ?1=?/4+a; and ?2=3?/4?a.

Abstract: A laminated half-wave plate includes: first and second wave plates having optical axes intersecting each other, wherein when phase differences of the first and second wave plates with respect to a wavelength ? are represented by ?1 and ?2, in-plane bearing angles formed by a polarization plane of a linearly-polarized beam incident on the laminated half-wave plate and the optical axes of the first and second wave plates are represented by ?1 and ?2, an angle formed by the polarization directions of the linearly-polarized beams incident on and emitted from the laminated half-wave plate is represented by ?, and an optical axis adjustment amount is represented by a, the following expressions are satisfied: ?1=180°+n×360°; ?2=180°+n×360° (where n in ?1 and ?2 is a non-negative integer); ?1=?/4+a; and ?2=3?/4?a.

Abstract: [Problems to be Solved] To obtain a laminated quarter-wave plate having a bandwidth of a plurality of wavelengths to be a phase difference of 90 degrees broadened [Means to Solve the Problem] A laminated wave plate of the present invention includes a first wave plate having a phase difference of ?1 and a second wave plate having a phase difference of ?2 with respect to a wavelength ?, the first wave plate and the second wave plate being bonded together so that an optical axis of the first wave plate and an optical axis of the second wave plate are intersected each other to function as a quarter-wave plate as a whole, the laminated wave plate comprising following equations from (1) to (6): ?1=360×(n1+1) . . . (1); ?2=90×(2×n2+1) . . . (2); ??1=(?12a??11a)/(?12??11) . . . (3); ??2=(?12b??11b)/(?12??11) . . . (4); cos 2?1=1?(1?cos ??F)/2(1?cos ??1) . . . (5); and ?2=45°±5° . . .

Abstract: First and a second wave plates using quartz crystal having birefringence are laminated together in such a manner that their optical axes intersect to form a laminated wave plate functioning as a half-wave plate as a whole. Phase differences of the first and the second wave plates relative to an ordinary ray and an extraordinary ray with respect to a predetermined wavelength ? are set to be ?1 and ?2, an order of a high-mode order is set to be a natural number n, whereby the high-order mode laminated half-wave plate is formed so as to satisfy: ?1=180°+360°×n; and ?2=180°+360°×n.

Abstract: A laminated wave plate that corresponds to a plurality of wavelengths including at least two wavelengths of ?A and ?B, and includes a first wave plate disposed on an incident side and a second wave plate disposed on an emitting side, the first wave plate and the second wave plate being laminated in such a manner that their optical axes are intersected each other, includes the following equations from (1) to (5): ?A1=360°+360°×2NA??(1); ?A2=180°+360°×NA??(2); ?B1=360°×2NB??(3); ?B2=360°×NB??(4); and NB=(?nB/?nA)×(?A/?B)×(0.

Abstract: A first and a second wave plates using quartz crystal having birefringence are laminated together in such a manner that their optical axes intersect to form a laminated wave plate functioning as a half-wave plate as a whole. Phase differences of the first and the second wave plates relative to an ordinary ray and an extraordinary ray with respect to a predetermined wavelength ? are set to be ?1 and ?2, an order of a high-mode order is set to be a natural number n, whereby the high-order mode laminated half-wave plate is formed so as to satisfy: ?1=180°+360°×n; and ?2=180°+360°×n.

Abstract: A laminated wave plate of the present invention includes a first wave plate having a phase difference of ?1 and a second wave plate having a phase difference of ?2 with respect to a wavelength ?, the first wave plate and the second wave plate being bonded together so that an optical axis of the first wave plate and an optical axis of the second wave plate intersect each other to function as a quarter-wave plate as a whole, the laminated wave plate comprising following equations from (1) to (6): ?1=360×(n1+1) . . . (1); ?2=90×(2×n2+1 . . . (2); ??1=(?12a??11a)/(?12??11) . . . (3); ??2=(?12b??11b)/(?12??11) . . . (4); cos 2?1=1?(1?cos ??2)/{2×(1?cos ??1)}. . . (5); and ?2=45°±5°. . . (6), wherein ?1 is an optic axis orientation of the first wave plate, ?2 is an optic axis orientation of the second wave plate, and each of ?11????12, n1, and n2 is a natural number starting from 1.

Abstract: First and a second wave plates using quartz crystal having birefringence are laminated together in such a manner that their optical axes intersect to form a laminated wave plate functioning as a half-wave plate as a whole. Phase differences of the first and the second wave plates relative to an ordinary ray and an extraordinary ray with respect to a predetermined wavelength ? are set to be ?1 and ?2, an order of a high-mode order is set to be a natural number n, whereby the high-order mode laminated half-wave plate is formed so as to satisfy: ?1=180°+360°×n; and ?2=180°+360°×n.

Abstract: A half-wave plate includes a single crystal plate made of an inorganic material having a birefringent property and rotatory power, wherein a polarization plane of linearly polarized light entering from an entrance surface of the crystal plate is rotated and then output from an exit surface of the crystal plate.