摘要:
A hyper-resolution optical device which can focus a beam of light to a diameter less than the diffraction limit. The optical device has an optical system disposed on a transmissive substrate. One component in the optical system is a hyper-resolution optical component which passes or reflects light and which has a central portion which does not pass or reflect light, respectively. The hyper-resolution optical component can be integrated with the transmissive substrate. Such optical devices are particularly suitable for optical pick-up devices, laser printers, sensors.
摘要:
A light wavelength converter which includes a laser beam source for radiating fundamental waves, a first optical waveguide formed on a substrate so as to convert the fundamental waves into harmonics which are radiated through the substrate, a grating coupler provided on the substrate so as to receive the harmonics propagated through the substrate, and a second optical waveguide formed on the substrate, the second optical guide being connected to the grating coupler so as to radiate the harmonics outside.
摘要:
The mechanical strength of stabilized zirconia is improved without lowering the ion conductivity by providing a solid electrolyte comprising stabilized zirconia and a metal oxide dispersed within grains or grain boundaries of stabilized zirconia, the metal oxide having an average submicron particle size and stabilized zirconia having an average particle size larger than 1 micron, typically larger than 10 .mu.m or even 100 .mu.m.
摘要:
Disclosed is an optical pumping-type solid-state laser apparatus in which a semiconductor laser device is used as a light source for optical pumping. The solid-state laser apparatus includes first and second photodetectors. The former detects the amount of light emitted from the semiconductor laser device, and the latter detects the amount of laser light transmitted through a filter plate which has the same light-absorbance characteristics as that of the solid-state laser. In accordance with the detected results, a driving circuit drives the semiconductor laser device to obtain a laser beam with an appropriate output level and a temperature regulator regulates the temperature of the semiconductor laser device so that the wavelength of the laser light to be emitted therefrom is accurately adjusted to be the same as that of the light to be efficiently absorbed by the solid-state laser. The laser beam with the accurately adjusted wavelength is used for optically pumping the solid-state laser.
摘要:
A light wavelength converter comprising a substrate that is made of a material attaining a non-linear effect; an optical waveguide that is formed within said substrate; a light source that irradiates said optical waveguide with a pair of lights having a fundamental waveguide, said pair of lights being propagated within said optical waveguide and intersecting each other within said optical waveguide to thereby generate a second harmonic light; and a light deflection means that changes the intersection angle between the pair of waveguiding lights based on an electric signal that is input into said light deflection means, whereby, the phase matching condition of a pair of incident laser beams can be readily satisfied and, even when the ambient temperature changes, the second harmonic light can be stably generated.
摘要:
A semiconductor laser device comprising a semiconductor substrate, an active layer having a refractive index greater than that of said substrate and having an energy gap smaller than that of said substrate, and a cladding layer having a conductivity type different from that of said substrate, in that order, resulting in a double-heterostructure, wherein two parallel grooves with a given distance therebetween are disposed in the double-heterostructure so as to reach said substrate and a first burying layer having the same conductivity type as said substrate, a second burying layer having a conductivity type different from that of said substrate and a third burying layer having the same conductivity type as said substrate are disposed outside of the two grooves in that order, and moreover a semiconductor layer with the flat surface having a conductivity type different from that of said substrate is disposed over the third burying layer and the area positioned between the two parallel grooves.
摘要:
A method for the formation of a diffraction grating on a substrate using a holographic technique and an etching technique, wherein the periodicity of the pattern of the diffraction grating can be changed at will by a change of the light-path length of one of the two light fluxes from a holographic exposing system.
摘要:
A semiconductor laser comprising a triple-layered structure composed of an active layer for laser oscillation and a pair of optical guiding layers sandwiching said active layer therebetween, wherein the refractive index of each of said optical guiding layers is smaller than that of said active layer, and the bandgap of each of said optical guiding layers is greater than that of said active layer, and moreover diffraction gratings with different pitches are positioned on the outer side of each of said optical guiding layers.
摘要:
A semiconductor laser device having a buried heterostructure which includes a multi-layered crystal structure, containing an active layer for laser oscillation, on a substrate, said multi-layered crystal structure having a striped mesa-portion, a multi-layered structure surrounding said mesa-portion and a burying layer disposed on an upper face of said striped mesa-portion. The unique structure results in a heterojunction at each side of the active layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor laser apparatus comprising a laser-oscillating area and a light-detecting area, both of which are formed on a single substrate, wherein said laser-oscillating area and said light-detecting area have a common semiconductor layer with a first polarity disposed on said substrate and a common active layer disposed on said semiconductor layer, and said layer-oscillating area of said laser-oscillating area and/or said light-detecting area has a cladding layer with a second polarity disposed on said active layer, said laser-oscillating area and said light-detecting area being separated by a groove formed from the upper face of said cladding layer to the region below said active layer, and the active layer of said laser-oscillation area being flat while the active layer of said light-detecting area is sloped.