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Laser source apparatus and laser microscope

US9356413B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 2012
Grant dateMay 31, 2016
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/0092
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided is a laser source apparatus including a single laser source that emits an ultrashort-pulse laser beam; a wavelength conversion mechanism that generates a plurality of pulsed laser beams having different wavelengths by converting at least a part of wavelength of the ultrashort-pulse laser beam; a dispersion adjusting section that adjusts the amount of frequency dispersion for each of the pulsed laser beams; and an introducing optics that emits the plurality of pulsed laser beams whose frequency dispersion amounts are adjusted by the dispersion adjusting section. The dispersion adjusting section adjusts the amount of frequency dispersion for each of the pulsed laser beams so that each of the pulsed laser beams introduced to the irradiation optics of the optical apparatus from the introducing optics to excite a specimen is close to a substantially Fourier-transform-limited pulse.

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