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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscopic light guide which allows a secondary light source of a large light emitting area to be formed even when using a small-diameter optical fiber and allows class of safety standard of laser beam to be lowered, and to provide an endoscope having the endoscopic light guide.SOLUTION: The endoscopic light guide for guiding illumination light to an observation target includes: an optical fiber 11a; and a radiation mode inducing means (T, 64) for causing propagation mode light L1 to make side face radiation in the vicinity of an output facet of the optical fiber 11a, thereby converting the propagation mode light L1 to a radiation mode light L2 such that the radiation mode light L2 can be utilized as the illumination light.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mode synchronous laser apparatus which outputs ultrashort pulses, with high heat radiation characteristic, having a stable structure. SOLUTION: The mode synchronous laser apparatus 10 includes a resonator containing an SESAM (semiconductor saturable absorption mirror) 14 and a negative dispersion mirror 20 controlling group speed dispersion within the resonator, a solid laser medium 16 which is arranged in the resonator to output oscillation light when excitation light enters, an excitation optical system 12 which causes the excitation light to enter the solid laser medium 16, and a resonator holder 34 integrated with a first support body 35B, which is held between the SEASAM 14 and the solid laser medium 16 while supports the SEASAM 14 and the solid laser medium 16, and a second support body 35C protruding along the resonator axial direction from the first support body 35B. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endoscope apparatus which includes an insertion part to be inserted into the body and then to irradiate an internal observation site with special light, wherein when a light guiding part for guiding the special light from a light source is removed from the insertion part, excitation light emitted from an output end of the light guiding part can be prevented from entering a human eye to give a trauma.SOLUTION: The endoscope apparatus includes: an insertion part which is inserted into the body to irradiate an internal observation site with special light and then receive the light emitted from the observation site by radiating the special light; and a light guidance part which is optically connected with the insertion part to guide the special light emitted from a light source to the insertion part, wherein a diffusion part is prepared at the output end of the light guiding part to diffuse the special light guided by the light guiding part.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical connector which restrains a reduction in optical transmission efficiency due to expansion of a wavelength range of transmission light without causing increases in cost and the size of the device.SOLUTION: The present invention comprises an SI type light source side optical fiber 10 arranged at a light source side and an SI type light receiving side optical fiber 20 arranged at a light receiving side. In optically connecting the light source side optical fiber 10 and the light receiving side optical fiber 20 by arranging an edge face 11 of the light source side optical fiber 10 and an edge face 21 of the light receiving side optical fiber 20 opposite to each other, the light source side optical fiber 10 and the light receiving side optical fiber 20 are detachable and the light source side optical fiber 10 has a taper section 14 with a diameter of a core section 12 increasing towards the edge face 11 of the light source side optical fiber 10.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve detection accuracy of a subject in a photoacoustic measurement device.SOLUTION: First light is radiated to the subject from a laser light source 22, and photoacoustic signals generated inside the subject by radiating the subject with the first light are detected by an ultrasonic sensor 18. Prior to radiating the first light, second light for measuring the distance is emitted from a laser light source 19, and the reflected light of the emitted second light is detected by a reflected light detection means 20. A time measuring means 16 measures the time from emission of the second light to detection of the reflected light. For example, the distance between an ultrasonic probe 12 and the subject is measured based on the measured time, and a light radiation control means 17 controls the emission of the first pulse laser light based on the measured distance.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent noises from generating in an image signal in an optoacoustic imaging device in which a semiconductor laser is used as a pulsed light source for irradiation of pulsed light.SOLUTION: The optoacoustic imaging device is configured by using the semiconductor laser 102 as the pulsed light source for irradiating a subject with the pulsed light. Particularly in the optoacoustic imaging device 200 configured to constantly supply a low electric current less than an oscillation threshold to the semiconductor laser 102 during the operation of the device, a time filter 250 for cutting the light from the semiconductor laser 102 is arranged between the semiconductor laser 102 and the subject while the electric current less than the oscillation threshold is supplied to the semiconductor laser 102.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate position matching of a plurality of branched light and a plurality of optical fibers in photoacoustic imaging implemented by using the plurality of optical fibers and guiding laser beams.SOLUTION: A photoacoustic imaging device includes a light branching section 12 having a branch DOE 40 for branching one and another of two laser beams Lx and Ly respectively incident at different positions to a plurality of first branched beams Lxd and a plurality of second branched beams Lyd respectively according to a branching pattern; a first bundle fiber 14x including a plurality of first optical fibers 13x in which one end faces 13e thereof are arrayed while matching the branching pattern; and a second bundle fiber 14y including a plurality of second optical fibers 13y in which one end faces 14e thereof are arrayed while matching the branching pattern. The first plurality of branched beams Lxd are guided by the plurality of first optical fibers 13x, and the second plurality of branched beams Lyd are guided by the plurality of second optical fibers 13y.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mode synchronous laser device for outputting ultrashort pulses, which is reduced in size and cost, and improved in operation stability. SOLUTION: The mode synchronous laser device 10 is provided with: a resonator in which an SESAM (semiconductor saturable absorption mirror) 14 and a negative distribution mirror 20 for controlling group speed distribution within the resonator are arranged linearly; a solid laser medium 16 which is arranged in the resonator and outputs oscillation light when supplied with excitation light; an excitation optical system 12 which causes the excitation light to enter the solid laser medium 16; and a resonator holder 34 wherein a light incidence surface of SESAM 14 is attached on one end side, and the negative distribution mirror 20 is attached on the other end side. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a solid-state laser device which is small and low cost, has high stability and can achieve CW synchronous mode in the femtosecond region. SOLUTION: A solid-state laser medium 15 and a saturable absorbing mirror 16 are closely disposed at a distance of not more than twice the Rayleigh range. In addition, a depth ΔR of absorbing modulation of the saturable absorbing mirror 16 is set at ≥0.4%, an absolute value ¾D¾ (wherein D 2 and a reflectance of 97-99.5%, with respect to a light 18 having a predetermined wavelength is used as an output mirror. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a solid-state laser device which is small and low-cost, has high stability and can attain CW mode-lock in the femtosecond region. SOLUTION: A solid-state laser medium 15 and a saturable absorbing mirror 16 are disposed close to each other, at a distance of at most twice the Rayleigh length. In addition, a depth ΔR of absorbing modulation of the saturable absorbing mirror 16 is set at ≥0.4%; the absolute value ¾D¾(where D 2 to -600 fs 2 and a reflectance of 97%-99.5% for light 18, having a predetermined wavelength is used as an output mirror. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT