摘要 |
A scanning optical system is provided with a light source, a deflector that deflects a light beam emitted from the light source to scan in a main scanning direction, a scanning lens that converges the light beam deflected by the deflector on an imaging surface to form a spot which scans on the imaging surface in the main scanning direction, and a mirror arranged between the deflector and the imaging surface, the mirror bending an optical path of the laser beam between the deflector and the imaging surface. With this structure, the reflecting surface of the mirror has a diffraction surface to compensate for lateral chromatic aberration generated by the scanning lens.
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