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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress parasitic oscillation due to polarization other than desired polarization in outputting linear converted waves, and to prevent increase of the number of components to simplify the configuration of a device. SOLUTION: This laser light source device includes an excitation light source 1, and a pair of resonator mirrors 5 and 11, and is provided with a laser medium 6 and a wavelength conversion element 10 in a resonator 20 composed of the resonator mirrors 5 and 11. The laser medium 6 is excited by light having a lateral multi-mode pattern, and the wavelength conversion element 10 is irradiated with linear fundamental waves provided by oscillation of the laser medium 6 to output linear converted waves. A reflecting part 8 folding back an optical path is formed in a resonance optical path between the laser medium 6 and the wavelength conversion element 10, an end surface of the laser medium 6 or the wavelength conversion element 10 is formed into an inclined surface other than a Brewster angle, and a polarization film 7 is formed on the inclined surface. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a laser light source device which reduces the number of components and stabilizes a power output. SOLUTION: The laser light source device includes an exciting light source 1, and a resonator 30 containing at least a laser medium 6 and a wavelength conversion element 10. The wavelength conversion element 10 has a wavelength converting portion 11 converting a wavelength through pseudo phase matching on the part of the wavelength conversion element 10 on an incident/emission end face and a reflective portion 13 at least reflecting a converted wave on an end face opposite to the incident/emission end face. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a laser light source device which suppresses interference by harmonic light caused by wavelength conversion to stabilize output. SOLUTION: A laser medium 6 and a wavelength conversion element 9 are incorporated in a resonator 30 composed of an excitation light source 1 and resonator mirrors 5 and 10. One of two harmonics generated at the wavelength conversion element 9 is extracted out of the resonator 30, shifted spacially by a return reflection unit 11, and then returned to the wavelength conversion element 9. The resonator suppresses spacial interference to stabilize output and beam profile. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high-power and high-efficiency one-dimensional illumination apparatus which is effective for speckle effect reduction, and provide an imaging apparatus. SOLUTION: A one-dimensional transverse multimode laser is used for a one-dimensional illumination apparatus 1. A pumping light source 2, laser medium 4 in a resonator 3, and a wavelength transducer 5 (nonlinear optical crystal or a nonlinear optical device) are disposed. The nonlinear optical crystal or the nonlinear optical device is irradiated with a line beam obtained by exciting the laser medium 4 in an elliptic transverse mode pattern. Then, a one-dimensional light modulation device 7 is irradiated with the wavelength-converted line beam, and scanning with the beam modulated by the device is conducted to produce a two-dimensional image. For example, in a green illumination optical system, in the case where the nonlinear optical device for obtaining visible rays through second harmonic generation from near-infrared light oscillated by a solid-state laser medium has a periodical poling inversion structure, stoichiometric composition periodical poling inversion lithium tantalate having been subjected to vapor transport equilibration is used, whereby reliability is enhanced and a reduction in cost can be achieved through mass production. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide laser equipment which is low in cost and excellent in coupling efficiency, and further, can obtain a laser beam having high luminance, a laser-beam multiplexing method, an image display, a coupling element, and a manufacturing method of the coupling element. SOLUTION: In the laser equipment, two or more laser beams B1-B5 emitted from light sources are condensed by at least one condensing means, and optical axes of one or more laser beams B2-B4 among the laser beams are displaced spatially near their beam waists by at least one coupling elements 2, and further, the two or more laser beams B1-B5 are so emitted that their optical axes are approximated to one another. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To overcome the problem that because an optical fiber, in particular, an optical fiber having a double clad structure composed of a large number of low refractive index regions disposed as extended in the longitudinal direction of the fiber, has such a structure that the peripheral form of the first clad has regularity such as a circle, a part of light introduced into the fiber generates a skewed beam, and the absorption efficiency of excitation light in the core can not be improved over a certain degree. SOLUTION: In a large number of the low refractive index regions such as holes in an optical fiber, at least part of the regions are formed to have a different cross-sectional figure or cross sectional area from each other as required. For example, an optical fiber having a double clad structure is constituted in such a manner that: at least part of a large number of low refractive index regions located in the innermost circumference part of the secondary clad are formed to have a different cross-sectional figure or cross sectional area from each other; or the distance from the fiber center to at least part of a large number of low refractive index regions located in the innermost circumference part of the secondary clad differs from each other. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the follow problems: a laser beam to be amplified propagating a core is decreased due to displacement of the laser beam to be amplified and the core at a fiber incident end in a fiber laser, and as a result, a sufficient amplification output can not be obtained at a fiber exit end, and for a double clad fiber, as the beam leaking from the core propagates a first clad and is emitted from a fiber exit end, it is difficult to identify the component propagating the core. SOLUTION: A position adjustment means arranged at either of a polarized-surface-preservation laser beam amplification fiber 1 having the double clad structure and receiving an excitation laser beam, or at an optical system which introduces to the laser beam amplification fiber 1 the laser beam to be amplified from the laser beam source 110 to be amplified to be optically amplified by the laser beam amplification fiber 1, adjusts a positional relationship between the incident end of the laser beam to be amplified at the core of the laser beam amplification fiber and the optical system at the laser beam source 110 side to be amplified. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry out wavelength conversion for a semiconductor laser beam effectively with a simple low-cost configuration. SOLUTION: The external resonance type laser includes a laser oscillator 1 for casting a laser beam with a prescribed wavelength and an external resonator for wavelength conversion of a laser beam cast from the laser oscillator 1. A photopolymer volume hologram 3 and a non-linear optical crystal 5 are provided in the resonator. The laser beam cast from the oscillator 1 is diffracted by the photopolymer volume hologram and cast into the non-linear optical crystal 5. At the same time, the laser beam converted in wavelength is transmitted selectively through the photopolymer volume hologram and cast outside.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a measuring apparatus and a measuring method which can measure further microstructure of an object to be measured and structure in the depth direction. SOLUTION: A UV laser beam is generated by the wavelength conversion of a laser beam from a solid-state laser beam source. Through heterodyne detection or homodyne detection using the UV laser beam, structure of an object 2 to be measured is measured. Thereby microstructure can be measured. Alternatively, a laser beam is divided into a plurality of laser lights, and frequency shift is so performed that the laser beams have different frequencies. The respective laser beams are made to form images at different positions of focal point, and heterodyne detection is performed. Obtained heterodyne signals are subjected to frequency band isolation, so that the structures of the object to be measured corresponding to the respective imaging points are measured. Thereby the structure also in the depth direction of the object to be measured can be measured.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an output from being reduced concerning an optical system for generating an external resonator type second higher harmonic or sum frequency through continuous oscillation by inclining the normal of the incident plane or reflection plane of a non-linear optical crystal in respect to an optical axis. SOLUTION: When converting a basic wave to be amplified to the second higher harmonic through a non-linear optical crystal (BBO) 5, reflected light from the incident plane or emission plane of the crystal (BBO) 5 is resonated inside an external resonator at the time of wave length conversion. When green light is used as the basic wave in this case, for example, the output of green light pulled into the external resonator is lowered depending on the crystal in comparison with the case that the reflected light does not resonate. Then, the normal direction of the incident lane or emission plane of the optical crystal 5 is inclined from an optical axis resonating with the external resonator. Thus, the reflected light from the incident plane or emission plane of the optical crystal 5 is prevented from being resonated inside the external resonator so that the reduction of output can be prevented.