Abstract: In an optical system, the scanning center axis of a scanning lens, the principal ray of a laser beam applied to the scanning lens, and the rotational axis of a polygon mirror are in one plane. By forming a thin film layer on the deflecting facets, the exposure quantity of a photo conductor, which decreases as the incident angle to the deflecting facet increases, is corrected. The thin film layer has the increasing ratio of the reflectance that increases as the incident angle, which principal ray of the laser beam forms with the normal line to the deflecting facet of the polygon mirror, increases.

Abstract: Laser beams LK and LY are respectively emitted from laser diodes 51K and 51Y and incident on a mirror face of a polygon mirror 55 via collimator lenses 52K, 52Y and first cylindrical lenses 53K, 53Y. The laser beams LK and LY are reflected off the polygon mirror 55 and deflected. Incidence angles of the laser beams LK and LY are set so that the laser beams LK and LY intersect with each other at a position P which is located before the polygon mirror 55.

Abstract: A laser beam scanning optical apparatus which images and scans a laser beam emitted from a laser diode on a photo-sensitive drum through a focusing lens, a polygon mirror and an f.theta. lens. An SOS photosensor detects the scanned laser beam and generates a detection signal. The laser diode is controlled to perform pulse emission a specified time after the generation of the detection signal. The pulse beam is incident to a beam detector which adopts a knife edge method, and the amount of a focal shift is detected. The focusing lens is moved along the optical axis in accordance with the detected amount of a focal shift to correct the position of the image point.

Abstract: A laser beam scanning optical apparatus which has Moire fringes generating elements which is located near a position optically equivalent to a scanning surface and modulates a laser beam emitted from a laser source to generate Moire fringes. The Moire fringes generating elements comprises, for example, a first filter which has spatial grating and a second filter which has spatial grating which slants slightly with respect to the spatial grating of the first filter, the first filter and the second filter being arranged upstream and downstream respectively in an optical path. The laser beam scanning optical apparatus further has a light receiving element for receiving the Moire fringes generated by the Moire fringes generating elements. Focusing means for correcting a position of an image point of the laser beam is driven in accordance with an output of the light receiving element.

Abstract: A scanning lens system forms into an image a deflected beam having its object point in the main scanning direction located at a finite distance to scan a scanned surface. The fourth surface is parallelly decentered in the main scanning direction relative to the optical axis passing the center of a main scanning direction scanning width on the scanned surface. The third and fourth surfaces are rotatively decentered relative to the optical axis about an axis parallel to the sub scanning direction.