Patent ID: 8537445

Claim:
An optical synthesis element comprising: a transmission type optical element including; a first hologram having a first surface and a second surface; and a second hologram having a third surface and a fourth surface; the first surface of the first hologram and the third surface of the second hologram being oppositely disposed so as to make a light beam having a first wavelength enter the first hologram from the side of the second surface at an angle that does not allow the first hologram to diffract the light beam having the first wavelength, be transmitted through the first hologram, exit the first hologram from the side of the first surface, enter the second hologram from the side of the third surface, be diffracted by the second hologram, exit the second hologram from the side of the third surface at an angle that allows the first hologram to diffract the light beam having the first wavelength, enter the first hologram from the side of the first surface, be diffracted by the first hologram, exit the first hologram from the side of the first surface at an angle that does not allow the second hologram to diffract the light beam having the first wavelength, enter the second hologram from the side of the third surface, be transmitted through the second hologram and exit the second 30 hologram from the side of the fourth surface; and a wavelength selective reflector for selectively reflecting a light beam having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength; wherein the transmission type optical element is arranged on the surface of the wavelength selective reflector; and the exiting direction of the light beam having the second wavelength and reflected by the wavelength selective reflector and the exiting direction of the light beam having the first wavelength and diffracted by the transmission type optical element are same.