A polarization splitting section has a structure in that a polarization
splitting layer is formed of a light reflecting grid member which is
arranged in a grid-shaped pattern on an optically-transparent substrate,
and an optically-transparent medium is filled between the grid member and
the substrate in contact with the grid member surface and the substrate
surface, and the grid member and the filled optically-transparent medium
are bonded to the substrate with another adhesive agent or tackiness
agent formed of an optically-transparent medium interposed. The
polarization splitting layer is partly protruded externally from the
surfaces of prism materials.