A lens module is provided. The lens module includes at least one refractive index distribution lens; and a lens barrel configured to accommodate the at least one refractive index distribution lens, wherein the at least one refractive index distribution lens is composed of a single layer, and includes a plastic material.

An imaging lens system includes eight lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a seventh lens element and an eighth lens element. Each of the eight lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. At least one lens element of the imaging lens system has at least one lens surface having at least one inflection point. The imaging lens system has a total of eight lens elements.

Optical systems including a partial reflector, a reflective polarizer, and a retarder disposed between the partial reflector and the reflective polarizer are described. The reflective polarizer is curved about two orthogonal axes and includes at least one layer that is substantially optically uniaxial at at least one location. The optical system is adapted to provide an adjustable focus.

An optical lens comprises: a first lens (L1) having a negative focal power; a second lens (L2); a third lens (L3); a fourth lens (L4); a fifth lens (L5), wherein the fourth lens (L4) and the fifth lens (L5) forms an achromatic lens group; and a sixth lens (L6), wherein the first lens (L1), the second lens (L2), the third lens (L3), the fourth lens (L4), the fifth lens (L5), and the sixth lens (L6) are sequentially disposed along a direction from an object side to an image side, wherein the first lens (L1) has at least one object surface (S1) facing the object side, and the object surface (S1) of the first lens (L1) is convex, and wherein the second lens (L2) has at least one image surface (S4) facing the image side, and the image surface (S4) of the second lens (L2) is convex so as to facilitate forming a concentric circle structure.

An imaging apparatus having high resolution and high optical performance and reduced in size is provided. A camera module 1, which is an imaging apparatus incorporated in an optical apparatus, such as a camera 60, includes a plurality of optical systems UL, which each include a primary reflection mirror 12, which is a first reflector, and a secondary reflection mirror 13, which is a second reflector, sequentially arranged from the object side along the optical path and form images of an object, image sensors 14, which capture the images formed by part of the plurality of optical systems UL, and a light source 70, which projects light toward the object via the optical system different from the part of the plurality of optical systems UL.

A camera lens is provided, including, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens having a positive refractive power; a second lens; and a third lens. An equivalent length TL of an actual propagation distance of a principal ray from an object side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane in the air and an entrance pupil diameter EPD of the camera lens satisfy: 3.5<TLEPD<4.0.

Imaging systems and methods are provided for taking high-magnification photographs confined to a small physical volume. In some embodiments the system is composed of at least one lens, one or more partially reflective elements, and a sensor. The partial reflectors reflect a portion of the light back and forth between them to allow a long path length for a portion of the light from the lens to the sensor which enables a high magnification.

The present disclosure relates to an imaging lens, a camera module and an electronic device including the same. The imaging lens according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a catadioptric lens on which light is incident from an object side, and through which light is reflected and emitted from the inside; and a lens group including a plurality of lenses for transmitting the light emitted from the catadioptric lens to an image surface, wherein the catadioptric lens includes: an incident surface on which light is incident from the object side; a second mirror surface which is formed concave toward the object side, and reflects the light incident on the incident surface to a first mirror surface in the object side; the first mirror surface which is formed, at a central portion of the incident surface, convex toward an image side, and reflects the light reflected from the second mirror surface toward the image side; and an exit surface through which the light reflected from the first mirror surface is emitted, wherein all of the lens group is disposed between the first mirror surface and the second mirror surface based on an optical axis. Accordingly, it is possible to increase the brightness of the lens, increase resolution, suppress an increase in thickness, and reduce tolerance due to mirror assembly.

The disclosure provides a collimating lens, a projecting module, and a mobile phone. An object side of the collimating lens is defined as adjacent to a laser transmitter, an image side of the collimating lens is defined as adjacent to an object to be measured. Along an optical axis from the object side to the image side, the collimating lens sequentially includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a stop. An object side surface of the first lens is convex, an object side surface of the second lens is concave surface, an object side surface of the third lens is convex, and an image side surface of the third lens is convex. The stop is positioned between the third lens and the object to be measured. The material of each of the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens is plastic.

An imaging lens includes a light blocking sheet that includes an inner ring surface, a plurality of tapered light blocking structures, and a nanostructure layer. The inner ring surface surrounds an optical axis and defines a light passage opening. The tapered light blocking structures are disposed on the inner ring surface, and each tapered light blocking structure protrudes from the inner ring surface and tapers off towards the optical axis. The tapered light blocking structures are periodically arranged to surround the optical axis. The contour of each tapered light blocking structure has a curved part in a view along the optical axis. The curved part forms a curved surface on the inner ring surface. The nanostructure layer is disposed on the curved surface and has a plurality of ridge-like protrusions that extend non-directionally, and the average structure height of the nanostructure layer ranges from 98 nanometers to 350 nanometers.