Surface-emission laser array, optical scanning apparatus apparatus and image forming apparatus
US8089498B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 27, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S5/3432
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A surface-emission laser array comprises a plurality of surface-emission laser diode elements arranged in the form of a two-dimensional array, wherein a plurality of straight lines drawn perpendicularly to a straight line extending in a first direction from respective centers of the plurality of surface emission laser diode elements aligned in a second direction crossing the first direction, are formed with generally equal interval in the first direction.
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