Patent ID: 11889989
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  F  G  H

Claim 8:
9. The light source apparatus for endoscope according to claim 1, further comprising:
an optical fiber holding member which holds the optical fiber by gluing at least apart of the clad of the optical fiber by an adhesive, the optical fiber having a core which guides light, and a clad disposed around an outer peripheral portion of the core and the clad has a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the core, wherein
the light shielding member, out of the light from the light source, allows light incident at a desired angle at a desired position on an incident end of the optical fiber to be transmitted as the transmitted light, and shields and absorbs light other than the transmitted light, and
the transmitted light is incident on the core and the clad.