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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce thermal effect by controlling an excitation distribution of a solid state laser medium appropriately when a solid state laser is excited using an excitation light source of such a structure as stacking a large number of unit light sources. SOLUTION: The excitation distribution controller 10 has a moving unit 40, a measuring section 50 and a control section 60 in addition to a solid state laser medium 31 and an excitation light source 32. The moving unit can alter the distance between the solid state laser medium and the excitation light source by moving the excitation light source. The measuring section measures an excitation distribution of the solid state laser medium. The control section regulates the distance between the solid state laser medium and the excitation light source by driving the moving unit depending on the excitation distribution thus measured. When a plurality of unit light sources 33 are stacked in the excitation light source, intensity distribution of exciting light of the solid state laser medium depends on the distance between the solid state laser medium and the excitation light source. Consequently, thermal effect can be reduced by regulating that distance and controlling excitation distribution of the solid state laser medium appropriately. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a low price optical mask which can further reduce optical intensity peak resulting from diffraction. SOLUTION: The optical mask 14 is formed by stacking a first mask 141 and a second mask 142. The first mask 141 and the second mask 142 are respectively cerated aperture masks. The aperture 141a of the first mask 141 and the aperture 142a of the second mask 142 are respectively formed almost in the rectangular shapes and are respectively identical. The circumferential edge for defining the aperture 141a of the first mask 141 is formed in the sawtooth shape, while the circumferential edge for defining the aperture 142a of the second mask 142 is also formed in the sawtooth shape. In the optical mask 14, the first mask 141 and the second mask 142 are stacked so that the sawtooth is alternately disposed in the sawtooth shape of the circumferential edges for defining the aperture 141a of the first mask 141 and the aperture 142a of the second mask 142. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid state laser apparatus which can improve durability. SOLUTION: In the solid state laser apparatus 1, a main pipe 11 for circulating cooling water to a solid state laser medium 3 is equipped with a heat exchanger 14 for cooling the cooling water, thereby preventing the temperature rise of the laser medium 3. When the cooling water becomes acidic or alkaline, a controller 24 controls a flow control valve 23 and increases the flow rate of the cooling water flowing into a bypass pipe 21 equipped with a pure water filter 22, so that acidity or alkalinity of the cooling water can be weakened. As a result, deterioration of the predetermined portion of the laser apparatus which is to be caused by the cooling water can be prevented, so that the durability of the solid state laser apparatus 1 can be improved. Further, the pure water filter 22 is installed in the bypass pipe 21 connected in parallel with a part of the main pipe 11, so that decrease of the flow rate of cooling water circulating the main pipe 11 is restrained, and decrease of cooling efficiency of the laser medium 3 can be prevented. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a waste produce treating device for decomposing and gasifying organic matters and converting to substance capable of being reutilized. SOLUTION: This device is constituted so that the organic matters is thermally decomposed and gasified. In this case, this device is provided with a reaction furnace 10 consisting at least a portion of it of a transparent material, and a semiconductor laser 16 arranged at the vicinity of the reaction furnace 10, and the organic matters in the reaction furnace 10 are irradiated with laser light radiated from the semiconductor 16 via the portion of the reaction furnace 10 consisting of the transparent material.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a laser amplifier which can amplify seed light efficiently in a laser medium part.SOLUTION: The laser amplifier comprises a seed light source outputting seed light L1, an excitation light source outputting excitation light L2, a laser medium part 5 amplifying and outputting the seed light L1 when the seed light L1 is input in a state where the excitation light L2 is input, and a saturable absorber 6 the light transmittance of which increases when the seed light L1 is input. The saturable absorber 6 is juxtaposed to the laser medium part 5 along the optical path of the seed light L1.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Faraday isolator that maintains satisfactory extinction characteristics with respect to return light beam even when used in a laminated semiconductor laser array.SOLUTION: A Faraday isolator 3 comprises: a plurality of heat sink substrates 12 composed of non-magnetic material that are arranged so as to be parallel to each other; multiple layers of Faraday rotators 10 placed on respective multiple layers of the heat sink substrates 12; a magnet 9 for applying a magnetic field to the multiple layers of the Faraday rotators 10 in a direction along the surfaces of the heat sink substrates 12; a first and second polarization plate 5, 8 that are arranged in the direction of the magnetic field with respect to the multiple layers of the Faraday rotators 10, and placed so as to sandwich the multiple layers of the Faraday rotators 10; and heat sink support plates 11 composed of non-magnetic material that are connected to end surfaces 12a of the multiple layers of the heat sink substrates 12 to support the heat sink substrates 12.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve high efficiency in efficiently cooling a whole laser medium, and also miniaturize a device. SOLUTION: A solid-state laser device 1 having a solid-state laser medium 7 includes: a cooling medium container 5 for storing the solid-state laser medium 7, where an opening 37 is formed so as to pass excitation lights L1, L2 with respect to the solid-state laser medium 7 and an output light from the solid-state laser medium 7; and a fixing member 25 for fixing the solid-state laser medium 7 with respect to the opening 37 of the cooling medium container 5. The fixing member 25 is configured to clog the opening 37 from the inner side of the cooling medium container 5 by pressing the solid-state laser medium 7 toward the inner surface of the cooling medium container 5. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid-state laser amplifier which is capable of achieving uniformed temperature distribution of a solid-state laser medium in a simple configuration. SOLUTION: A solid-state laser amplifier 1 has a solid-state laser medium 3 which amplifies the light incoming from an incidence plane by irradiation of the excitation light to emit the resulting light from an outgoing plane, and a heating element 5 provided on any plane other than the incidence plane and outgoing plane of the solid-state laser medium 3, wherein the heating element 5 heats itself by absorbing the spontaneous emission light generated in the solid-state laser medium 3. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polarization control element capable of efficiently reducing the influence of a thermal effect due to the increase of output of an incident light beam. SOLUTION: The polarization control element 1 is provided with: two opieces of Pockels cells 3a, 3b each of which comprises a medium 5 composed of electrooptical material having the Pockels effect and a pair of planar electrodes 6 joined to the surface of the medium 5 so as to hold the medium 5 therewith, and which are disposed in series along the incident direction of the incident light beam O in ; and a 90° quartz rotator 4 which is disposed between the two Pockels cells 3a, 3b and rotates a polarizing surface of the incident light beam O in which propagates between the two pieces of Pockels cells 3a, 3b by 90°. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a laser beam peening device and a laser beam peening method capable of performing the consistent peening on a workpiece placed in a liquid. SOLUTION: The laser beam peening device 1 has a guide body 6 with its incident surface 6b being arranged so as to be in contact with the atmosphere, and its light emitting surface 6c being arranged so as to be in contact with a liquid 2. By guiding laser beams L via the guide body 6, a surface of a workpiece P can be irradiated with the laser beams L without directly passing the laser beam through a liquid surface 2a of the liquid 2 with the workpiece P arranged therein. Thus, the laser beam peening device 1 is capable of irradiating the laser beams L on the workpiece P without being affected by the flicker of the liquid surface 2a or the reflection by the liquid surface 2a, suppressing any fluctuation of the irradiation position and the irradiation intensity of the laser beams L with respect to the workpiece P arranged in the liquid 2, and performing the consistent peening. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT