Light scanning device with polarizing device to make light transmission more uniform

摘要

A light scanning device comprising a light source portion equipped with a semiconductor laser, a deflecting system for deflecting light beam emitted by the light source portion, a scanning lens for imaging light beam deflected by the deflecting system on a subject to be scanned, and a polarizing device for changing a polarized state of light beam so that the vibrating plane of an electric field vector of light beam entering into the scanning lens does not become perpendicular to a plane of incidence which includes an optical axis of the scanning lens and an incident direction of the light beam.