Abstract:
A lens unit includes a guided portion that includes a first bearing portion and a second bearing portion disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a direction X and is slidably supported by a guide shaft, and a lens holding member. A first distance between the center of a fixing portion of the lens holding member and the center of the first bearing portion in the direction X is set to be longer than a second distance between the center of the fixing portion and the center of the second bearing portion in the direction X. A first tilt-preventing member having a linear expansion coefficient lower than that of the lens holding member is fixed to a region, which is closer to the first bearing portion than the center of the fixing portion, of a portion of the guided portion positioned between the first and second bearing portions.
Abstract:
There is provided a lens barrel that can stably support movable lens groups with compact configuration and accurately detect the positions of the movable lens groups. A first main shaft (48) and a first sub-shaft (50) that guide the movement of a third front lens group (G3a), a second main shaft (58) and a second sub-shaft (60) that guide the movement of a fourth lens group (G4), a hall element (84) that is used to detect the position of the third front lens group (G3a), and an MR sensor (94B) that is used to detect the position of the fourth lens group (G4) are disposed on a straight line passing through an optical axis (Z) in a cross section orthogonal to the optical axis (Z). The first main shaft (48) and the first sub-shaft (50) are disposed on the radially inner side than the second main shaft (58) and the second sub-shaft (60). The first main shaft (48) and the second main shaft (58) are disposed so as to overlap each other in a direction of the optical axis. In a drive unit for each lens group, a plurality of drive magnets are arranged symmetrically with respect to the straight line.
Abstract:
The light irradiation range of a probe for a photoacoustic measurement apparatus is increased. The probe for a photoacoustic measurement apparatus includes a light transmission unit that irradiates a subject with light, and a photoacoustic wave detector 52 that detects a photoacoustic wave generated from the subject. The light transmission unit includes light propagation part 51 for propagating light, and a light transmission member 55. Further, the light transmission member 55 includes an inner peripheral surface 55a that is formed in the shape of a curved concave surface and an outer peripheral surface 55b that has a radius of curvature larger than the radius of curvature of the inner peripheral surface 55a and is formed in the shape of a curved convex surface. The outer peripheral surface 55b is disposed so that the light L emitted from the light propagation part 51 is incident on the inner peripheral surface 55a.
Abstract:
An object of the invention is to reduce the size of a probe for a photoacoustic measurement device. A light guide 71 is arranged such that one of a two side surfaces 71a is closer to a probe axis C which faces a subject than the other side surface and a light emission end surface 71c is closer to the probe axis C than a light incident end surface 71b when the probe is used. When a refractive index of the light guide 71 with respect to the light is n1 and a refractive index of a medium around the light guide with respect to the light during photoacoustic measurement is n2 (n2