V-groove grating mirror and external resonator type wavelength variable light source using the mirror
US6597507B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S5/141
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An external resonator type wavelength variable light source comprises a semiconductor laser 5 formed on one end face with a antireflection coating 5a, a lens 6 for converting emitted light from the end face of the semiconductor laser 5 formed with the antireflection coating 5a into collimated light, a diffraction grating 7 for selecting a wavelength of the collimated light provided through the lens 6 and diffracting the light, and a mirror for reflecting the light diffracted through the diffraction grating 7 and feeding back the light again diffracted through the diffraction grating 7 into the semiconductor laser 5 through the lens 6. A V-groove grating mirror 8 having reflecting faces with an arrangement like a grating, of a plurality of V grooves 2 each shaped like V at right angles in cross section in a base material 1 with a reflection coating 3 formed on the surface of each V groove is used as the mirror.
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