摘要:
A laser beam oscillating apparatus which includes a plurality of semiconductor laser beam oscillators (21, 22, 23) oscillating laser beams of a different wavelength from each other, an optical waveguide (12) formed on a substrate (11) so that the oscillated laser beams propagate therein and are then emitted in the same direction from the output end thereof and an optical coupler (13) to introduce the laser beams into the optical waveguide, thus allowing simultaneous introduction of these semiconductor laser beams of different wavelengths into the optical waveguide and simultaneous output of them in the same direction from the output end thereof.
摘要:
A grating coupler comprising an optical waveguide and a grating formed on the optical waveguide in which light is propagated for optically coupled light rays inside and outside of the optical waveguide, wherein the coupling coefficient of the grating coupler is gradually changed in the direction of propagation of guided light in the optical waveguide, whereby the intensity distribution of light rays inside or outside of the optical waveguide agrees with the coupling efficiency distribution of the grating coupler, so the coupling efficiency of the grating coupler can be greatly improved.
摘要:
An optical information processing apparatus including a substrate of a transparent material, first and second optical waveguides formed on opposite faces of said transparent substrate, a light introducing device for introducing reflected light from an information writing medium into the first and second optical waveguides, and a detecting device for detecting reproduction signal, tracking error signal and focusing error signal based on the reflected light introduced into the first and second optical waveguides.
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:
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 device for the changing of the wavelength of light comprising a non-linear optical crystal, first and second optical waveguides that are formed in the non-linear optical crystal, and an introducing means that is positioned adjacent to the second optical waveguide, the light being incident upon the first optical waveguide and propagated within the first optical waveguide, resulting in harmonic light that satisfies the phase-matching conditions, and the harmonic light being introduced, by the introducing means, into the second optical waveguide from which the harmonic light is output.
摘要:
A light wavelength converter which includes a light source for emitting fundamental waves having a desired wavelength, a first loop-shaped optical waveguide for converting the fundemental waves into harmonics, and a second optical waveguide for receiving the light from the source, wherein the two waveguides are coupled by an optical directional coupler.
摘要:
A light wavelength converter comprising a substrate that is made of a material with a non-linear optical effect, and a loop-shaped optical waveguide that is formed on the substrate, whereby a second harmonic wave or a sum wave emanates from a fundamental wave that has been propagated in a specific area of the optical waveguide and part of the fundamental wave that has not been converted to the second harmonic wave or the sum wave is returned to the specific area of the optical waveguide, so that a fundamental wave with a relatively low output can be efficiently converted to a second harmonic wave and a high-output second harmonic wave can be obtained.