摘要:
A semiconductor laser module comprising, a semiconductor laser element, an electronic cooling element configured to allow heat from the semiconductor laser element to be transmitted thereto, a heat sink configured to allow the heat which is transmitted to the electronic cooling element to be released, an optical system configured to conduct a laser beam which is emitted from the semiconductor laser element to an optical fiber cable, and a heat resistance section configured to transmit the heat of the optical system to the electronic cooling element, having a heat resistance greater than a heat resistance when the heat of the semiconductor laser element is transmitted to the electronic cooling element.
摘要:
A laser light output apparatus comprises a semiconductor laser which has a suitable operating temperature, a driving section which supplies a driving current to the semiconductor laser, a temperature sensing section which senses the temperature of the semiconductor laser, an electronic temperature control section which controls the temperature of the semiconductor laser to the suitable operating temperature on the basis of the temperature sensed by the temperature sensing section in a state where at least the semiconductor laser is being driven, and a driving current control section which sets the driving current to an initial value smaller than a steady value at the suitable operating temperature at the start time of the driving of the semiconductor laser and changes the driving current to the steady value as the temperature of the semiconductor laser changes to the suitable operating temperature under the control of the electronic temperature control section.
摘要:
An optical fiber, having a fiber cladding and a fiber core doped with laser active material, is embedded in an optical waveguide core having a refractive index almost equal to that of the optical fiber cladding, and pumping light is guided, in a side pumping manner, from the semiconductor laser via the light-guiding section. The guided pumping light is absorbed by the laser active material, as it propagates and moves around in the optical waveguide core in a fixed direction. Because the optical waveguide core is ring-shaped and enclosed by the optical waveguide cladding having a low refractive index, the rest of the guided pumping light propagates and moves around in the optical waveguide core again. Therefore, a laser active material in the optical fiber core can be pumped efficiently.