Patent 8027101 was granted and assigned to Olympus Group on September, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to an optical element fixing component having a hollow portion which includes an optical element. The optical element fixing component is made from a non-crystalline alloy, and a ratio of a linear expansion coefficient of the optical element fixing component toward a linear expansion coefficient of the optical element is 1.5 or less.