Abstract:
In a fiber laser device equipped with at least a pumping source, a rare-earth element doped fiber and a resonator, there is provided the fiber laser device equipped with a pumping source protecting device that is between the pumping source and the resonator, that prevents a laser light generated by the resonator from being incident on the pumping source, and that has no isolator function.
Abstract:
A glass includes (a) a matrix containing a compound of at least one nonmetallic element; and (b) a particle selectively formed in the matrix. This particle is made of the at least one nonmetallic element. A process for producing such glass includes (a) providing a blank glass containing a compound of at least one nonmetallic element; (b) condensing a pulsed laser beam to a focal point in the blank glass such that a particle is selectively formed in the blank glass at a position corresponding to the focal point, the particle being made of the at least one nonmetallic element dissociated from the compound; and (c) moving the focal point in the blank glass to produce a pattern of the particle. The glass is suitable for optical functional elements.
Abstract:
A first light source device using a transition element-doped optical waveguide as a light emitter, which is characterized in that a light output end and an excitation light source to excite the transition element-doped optical waveguide are connected to one end of the transition element-doped optical waveguide through an optocoupler and a reflector is connected to the other end of the transition element-doped optical waveguide through a variable attenuator, thereby changing a coherence length of light that is output from the light output end, is provided.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a 1.4-1.52 &mgr;m-band optical amplifier. This optical amplifier includes (a) a first pumping source for a first pumping light in a wavelength range defined as being not less than 0.65 &mgr;m and being less than 0.77 &mgr;m; (b) a second pumping source for a second pumping light in a wavelength range of from 1.0 to 1.2 &mgr;m; (c) an optical multiplexer for combining said first and second pumping lights with a signal light, to produce a combined light; and (d) a light amplifying optical waveguide for amplifying said signal light by receiving said combined light, said optical waveguide comprising a core doped with Tm. The optical amplifier is highly efficient.
Abstract:
There is provided a light source apparatus including at least a excitation light source and a photocoupler, a light source medium formed of one kind of a single, rare-earth element doped fiber that is excited by the excitation light source and has two terminals, and an output end formed of an optical fiber, the light source apparatus being characterized in that an optical component having at least one of reflection, branching or attenuation function is provided in anywhere of an optical circuit from the light source medium to the output terminal and that it is possible to output lights of different wavelengths derived from different spontaneous emission light peaks that are generated from rare-earth element ions added to the rare-earth element doped fiber, and that at least one of the lights to be obtained is visible light.
Abstract:
There is provided, in a light source having at least an excitation light source, a rare-earth doped, fluoride optical waveguide, a multiplexing means and an optical fiber for output, an ASE light source characterized in that an ASE light that has a wavelength shorter than an excitation light and that has been generated by an up-conversion process generated in an inside of the rare-earth doped, optical waveguide is outputted to outside via at least one long-wavelength cut-off device provided inside or outside of an apparatus.
Abstract:
This invention is related to a discernment card which is resistant to bending and high heat, and capable of preventing unauthorized copying of recorded identity information leakage of personal information and deletion of identity information, and to a discernment card business system for preventing unauthorized use of identity information. The discernment card (1) comprises a card main body (10) integrally formed by a high strength alloy and at least one identity information recording portion (20) comprising specific identity information inscribed on the card main body, wherein plural cells (30) are inscribed at predetermined positions of identity information recording portion of the card main body and specific identity information of the identity information recording portion is specified by one or more of inscribed depth, inscribed width and inscribed shape of the cells. The discernment card can be used in the discernment card business system to accomplish a transaction such as an Automated-Teller-Machine (ATM) or a social security-related transaction.
Abstract:
Pulsed light is irradiated to an amorphous base material, to produce therein one or more single crystals or polycrystals having nonlinear characteristic advantageous for light communication and laser technique. An external field such as electric field or magnetic field may be applied to the amorphous material, or a seed crystal or crystalline substrate may be used to promote crystallization from a contact interface between the amorphous material and the seed crystal or crystalline substrate.
Abstract:
An optical fiber preform includes a core made from a fluoride glass which is doped with a rare earth, and a cladding surrounding the core. The cladding is made from one of an oxide glass and a fluoroxide glass. The core has a characteristic of amplification at 1.3 .mu.m-band. The cladding does not have absorption at 1.3 .mu.m-band. The preform is useful as a material for a fiber optical amplifier in optical communication systems.
Abstract:
[Problem to be Solved] Method for removing a toxic substance to remove the toxic substances such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and the particulate matter is provided without using a catalyst by the rare metal from the gas which an internal combustion engine and an incinerator exhausted.[Means for Solution] A method for removing toxic substance from gas comprising: primary step B for releasing the gas from which an internal combustion engine and an incinerator (A) exhausted in liquid S which contained a microbe comprising the cell body group including the photosynthesis bacteria and a microbe comprising the cell body group including the yeast fungus and a microbe comprising the cell body group including the lactic acid bacterium and thus carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide and particulate matter are removed therefrom; residual toxic substance removing step C for removing particulate matter from the gas further; secondary step D for contacting the gas with burned substance which contained at least a microbe comprising the cell body group including the photosynthesis bacteria, a microbe comprising the cell body group including the yeast fungus and a microbe comprising the cell body group including the lactic acid bacterium to remove carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from the gas further; and deodorizing step E for deodorizing the gas by deodorizing means.