Patent ID: 8817162

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device comprising a pixel comprising: a photoelectric conversion unit for converting light of a wavelength band into an electrical signal; an optical waveguide comprising a core member and a clad member and provided on an light incident side of the photoelectric conversion unit, the optical waveguide being configured so that light entering from a first direction is converted into a first waveguide mode and is guided and light entering from a second direction, which is different from the first direction, is converted into a second waveguide mode and is guided; and a light blocking member provided in the optical waveguide and formed of a material which is opaque to light in the wavelength band, for reducing more light in the second waveguide mode which is guided to the photoelectric conversion unit than light in the first waveguide mode which is guided to the photoelectric conversion unit, wherein the light entering from the first direction is light which passes through a first exit pupil region on a surface of an exit pupil of an optical system for forming a subject image for the solid-state imaging device, and the light entering from the second direction is light which passes through a second exit pupil region that is on the surface of the exit pupil of the optical system, said second exit pupil region being symmetrical with the first exit pupil region with respect to a center of the exit pupil.