Provided are an easy-to-handle thin diffraction type light-condensing film
exhibiting high light transmissivity and condensation ability, and a
planar light source device using the film. A hologram optical element
using diffraction/interference phenomena based on wave properties of
light is used instead of a conventional prism sheet using refraction. As
a result, the diffraction type light-condensing film and the planar light
source device have high light transmissivity and are thin. In the
diffraction type light-condensing film, dependence of bending angle on
wave length is low and light entering from an oblique direction is bent
in the vertical direction and emitted with spectral separation of white
light suppressed. High light-condensation impossible in a conventional
optical element is realized by suppressing angular variation in emission
light for angular variation in incident light.