The present invention provides an optical member having excellent
anti-reflection properties, capable of being produced inexpensively as
compared with conventional optical members having anti-reflection
properties and of being mass-produced with quality kept constant. An
optical member 1 has a plane of incidence 3 and a plane of emergence 5.
The plane of emergence 5 has, as an optical element, prisms 2 by which
the optical path of incident light (see symbol X) is changed. The plane
of incidence 3 has a plurality of minute concavities 4 (see FIG. 2) by
which reflection of incident light is prevented.