The invention relates to an
exposure device and an image forming apparatus, the
exposure device comprises a polygon mirror (71), reflective mirrors (74, 75) and a first lens (72a). The polygon mirror (71) enables a plurality of light beams (L1, L2, L3, L4) sent by a plurality of light sources to perform the deflecting scan facing to two directions opposite to a plane relatively containing a
spinning axis, the reflective mirrors (74, 75) are arranged between the polygon mirror (71) and photoconductors (2Y, 2M, 2C, 2K) to guide the deflected light beams toward the photoconductors (2Y, 2M, 2C, 2K), the first lens (72a) is arranged on each light path and has f theta characteristic to concentrate the light beams (L1, L2, L3, L4) onto the photoconductors (2Y, 2M, 2C, 2K). The first lens (72a) has four optical surfaces A, B, C, D on a sub-scanning cross section, two light beams pass through the
optical surface. The
exposure device can not be influenced by an incident mode of a reflecting plane on which the light beams deflect toward a light deflecting device, and the freedom degrees of the scanning lens and the return parts configuring can be improved, and the invention is corresponding to the body
miniaturization.