Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light source configured for stabilization relative to external operating conditions
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Application No.: US14974184Application Date: 2015-12-18
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Publication No.: US09859676B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Karl Peter Welna , Edward Andrew Boardman , Tim Michael Smeeton , Valerie Berryman-Bousquet
- Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Main IPC: H01S3/109
- IPC: H01S3/109 ; H01S3/04 ; H01S3/08 ; H01S3/137 ; H01S3/0941

Abstract:
A laser device includes a light source that emits a source light having a first peak wavelength. A nonlinear optical component performs a frequency conversion process that converts the source light into output light having a second peak wavelength. A stabilization component minimizes a mismatch error constituting a difference between the first peak wavelength and a wavelength for which the frequency conversion process in the nonlinear optical component has a maximum value. The stabilization component may include a housing that is thermally conductive between the light source and the nonlinear optical component to minimize a temperature difference between the light source and the nonlinear optical component. The laser device may include a focusing optical component that focuses the source light to have a convergence half angle that is larger than a convergence half angle that gives maximum output power, thereby increasing an acceptable range of the mismatch error.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170179674A1 LIGHT SOURCE CONFIGURED FOR STABILIZATION RELATIVE TO EXTERNAL OPERATING CONDITIONS Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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