Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
372290021 | Power | 28 |
20080240182 | Variable Attenuator Device and Method - A new and useful attenuating device and method for attenuating a polarized laser beam is provided. At least one attenuating optic is located along, and is rotatable about, a polarized laser beam axis, and is configured to transmit and to reflect portions of the polarized laser beam. The attenuating optic provides predetermined attenuation of the polarized laser beam by changing the ratio between transmission and reflection of the polarized laser beam as a function of the incidence of the polarized laser beam on one or more partially reflective surfaces of the attenuating optic. The attenuating optic is rotatable about the polarized laser beam axis to control the incidence of the polarized laser beam on the one or more partially reflective surfaces of the attenuating optic, thereby to control the ratio between transmission and reflection of the polarized laser beam and provide a range of attenuation of the polarized laser beam. | 10-02-2008 |
20080279236 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE AND MONITOR OPTICAL SIGNALS AND CONTROL POWER LEVELS THEREOF IN A PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUIT - Embodiments of an optical detection apparatus are disclosed which may include one or more of a waveguide, a trench formed in the waveguide, a reflective surface, and a photodetector. The waveguide may be formed in a semiconductor substrate to propagate an optical signal received at a first end of the waveguide. The trench may also be formed in the waveguide having a first sidewall and a second sidewall, the first and second sidewalls forming first and second angles with the waveguide's propagation direction. The second sidewall may include a reflective surface formed thereon. The photodetector may be configured to receive an optical signal propagated in the waveguide, through the first sidewall and reflected from the reflective surface on the second sidewall. | 11-13-2008 |
20090041072 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION MODULE AND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR LASER - An optical communication module includes a semiconductor laser drive circuit configured to supply a drive current to a semiconductor laser so as to output a laser beam; a drive control section configured to control the semiconductor laser drive circuit based on an ambient temperature of the semiconductor laser such that the output light beam has a predetermined light level, and the drive current falls within a predetermined range. A light quantity adjusting section removes a part of the laser beam to produce an output light beam from a remaining portion of the laser beam when the laser beam passes through the light quantity adjusting section, and a quantity of the removed apart of the laser beam depends on a wavelength of the laser beam and an ambient temperature of the semiconductor laser. | 02-12-2009 |
20090046751 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRECISE CONTROL OF LASER PROCESSING OF MATERIALS - The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for precise control of laser processing specifically for, but not limited to non-metallic substrate materials, said method comprising the steps of reading a constant and unbroken laser beam ( | 02-19-2009 |
20090086777 | OPTICAL DISK DRIVE AND LASER POWER CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an optical disk drive includes a monitor diode which monitors a laser output of a laser diode irradiating a laser beam to an optical disk, a detector which sets an output termination mode when a state that a monitor signal obtained from the monitor diode exceeds a first reference value continues over a predetermined period is detected from a deglitch, a switch section which terminates the laser output of the laser diode upon setting of the output termination mode, and a controller which supplying a drive signal for reducing a difference obtained as a comparison result between the monitor signal and a second reference value smaller than the first reference value. The controller serves as a software-based digital filter which realizes an equalizer function of making phase compensation of the comparison result. | 04-02-2009 |
20090103579 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING AND METHOD OF MAKING LEAF SPRING - A light source emits a laser beam to the object through an output end. An optical system is placed between the output end and the object. The optical system adjusts the energy of the laser beam emitted, through the output end, onto a unit area for a unit time. The energy of the beam spot on the object enables cutting or bending of the object. The optical system serves to adjust the energy of the laser beam irradiated to the object. The energy of the laser beam instantly changes as compared with the case where the energy of the laser beam is adjusted based on a driving voltage applied to a laser oscillator. The object is thus processed by using the laser beam with high accuracy. | 04-23-2009 |
20090141755 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LASER POWER OF AN OPTICAL PICKUP UNIT - A method for controlling laser power of an optical pickup unit (OPU) includes: providing a first relationship between the laser power and a driving parameter, wherein the driving parameter is utilized for driving a laser diode (LD) of the OPU, and the first relationship corresponds to a first temperature; utilizing a temperature-related model to convert the first relationship into a second relationship between the laser power and the driving parameter, wherein the second relationship corresponds to a second temperature; and storing the first relationship for being utilized at the first temperature, and storing the second relationship for being utilized at the second temperature. | 06-04-2009 |
20090154512 | Method And Device For Monitoring Light - A method for monitoring laser light launched into a core of a single mode fiber includes launching a portion of light directly into the cladding about the core. The cladding launched light is a known fraction of the core launched light and can be monitored by placing a detector about the cladding. Detected light including light that was launched into the cladding and has leaked through the cladding is used as a known fraction of light in the core and can be used to control the laser light source. This can be done with a straight section of single mode optical fiber and does not require bending the fiber. Advantageously, most of the core launched light remains in the core as guided light. | 06-18-2009 |
20090161708 | Optical Communication Light Source Unit and Wavelength Monitoring Control Method - In the present invention, the extremely complicated setting and control and an extremely expensive optical component (wavelength locker) are not required, and optical output wavelength and optical output power can simply be set and controlled at a moderate price. At least one value for determining a dependence of the optical output wavelength on drive current and device temperature and at least one value for determining a dependence of the optical output power on drive current and device temperature in a light emitting device constituting first means | 06-25-2009 |
20090190617 | LASER LIGHT INTENSITY CONTROL DEVICE, LASER LIGHT INTENSITY CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed laser light intensity control device includes a semiconductor laser configured to scan a photoconductor by emitting laser beams and form an electrostatic latent image, a temperature detection circuit configured to detect a temperature of the semiconductor laser, a light intensity detection circuit configured to detect a light intensity of the laser beams emitted from the semiconductor laser, a first drive circuit configured to supply the semiconductor laser with a first current that drives the semiconductor laser, a second drive circuit configured to supply the semiconductor laser with a second current that is superimposed on the first current, and a control circuit configured to control the first drive circuit and the second drive circuit. | 07-30-2009 |
20090201956 | LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING APPARATUS AND LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING METHOD - A light source driving apparatus, which adjusts a bias current to be supplied so as to control intensity of a light source, comprises a power source which outputs a variable reference voltage; a light receiving unit which receives light output from the light source and converts the light into an electric signal; a bias supply unit which supplies a bias current, which is based on an intensity control signal according to the electric signal converted by the light receiving unit and the reference voltage output from the power source, to the light source; and a voltage control unit which acquires information about intensity characteristics with respect to the intensity control signal of the light source and controls the reference voltage according to the acquired information about the intensity characteristics. | 08-13-2009 |
20100040098 | LASER DIODE ILLUMINATOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY CONDITIONING THE LIGHT BEAM EMITTED BY THE SAME - A laser diode illuminator device and a method for optically conditioning the output beam radiated from such a device, so that highly-demanding illumination application requirements that call for high output powers within a specified field of illumination can be addressed. At the heart of the device is a two-dimensional stack of laser diode bars wherein the linear array of beamlets radiated by each laser diode bar is optically conditioned through its passage in a refractive-type micro-optics device followed by a cylindrical microlens. The micro-optics device performs collimation of the linear array of beamlets along the fast axis of the bars, and it also acts as a beam symmetrization device by interchanging the divergences of the laser beamlets along the fast and slow axes. The cylindrical microlens is for collimation of the beamlets along the slow axis. The optical conditioning is performed individually for each linear array of beamlets so that the radiance or brightness of the laser diode illuminator can be optimized while any specified field of illumination can be filled with an excellent uniformity of the radiant intensity. | 02-18-2010 |
20100103967 | CORRECTION OF POWER VARIATIONS IN LASER SOURCES - The present invention relates generally to semiconductor lasers and laser projection systems. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of correcting output power variations in a semiconductor laser is provided. According to the method, an output power feedback loop is utilized to generate optical intensity feedback signals representing actual output power of the laser source for discrete portions V | 04-29-2010 |
20100215068 | Frequency Converted Laser Sources and Methods for Operating Frequency Converted Laser Sources - A method for operating a frequency converted laser source comprising at least one semiconductor laser and a wavelength conversion device optically coupled to at least one semiconductor laser may include operating the frequency converted laser source to produce a frequency converted output beam from the wavelength conversion device and intermittently heating the wavelength conversion device above a recovery threshold temperature T | 08-26-2010 |
20100226397 | POWER STABILIZIED LASER DIODE ARRAY - A system for controlling optical-power stability of emitting laser diodes ( | 09-09-2010 |
20100272137 | LASER AMPLIFIER SYSTEM AND LASER AMPLIFIER METHOD - A laser amplification arrangement comprising a laser medium for producing an amplified laser emission as output signal from a useful signal to be amplified and a pump source has a switching component for coupling the useful signal into the laser medium. Laser medium and switching component are formed and arranged so that a division of an input signal (ES) into the useful signal and a background signal is effected, the background signal being passed through the laser medium at a time immediately before and/or after the coupling-in of the useful signal to be amplified. | 10-28-2010 |
20100322272 | Minimizing power variations in laser sources - The present invention relates generally to semiconductor lasers and laser projection systems. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a projected laser image is generated utilizing an output beam of the semiconductor laser. A gain current control signal is generated by a gain current feedback loop to control the gain section of the semiconductor laser. Wavelength fluctuations of the semiconductor laser are narrowed by incorporating a wavelength recovery operation in a drive current of the semiconductor laser and by initiating the wavelength recovery operations as a function of the gain current control signal or an optical intensity error signal. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 12-23-2010 |
20110032960 | HANDHELD LOW-LEVEL LASER THERAPY APPARATUS - A laser therapy device, including: a laser diode that is adapted to produce a monochromatic laser beam; a lens that is adapted to receive the beam directly from the laser diode and exploit the natural divergence of the laser diode to form an essentially coherent monochromatic, collimated beam; wherein the formed beam is adapted to form on a plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the beam an elongated illuminated area in which the length of the illuminated area is at least twice the size of the width of the illuminated area; a controller that is adapted to control activation of the laser diode; an encasement enclosing the laser diode, the lens and the controller; wherein the encasement is adapted to be hand held by the user. | 02-10-2011 |
20110116521 | TRACKING INJECTION SEEDING POWER BASED ON BACK FACET MONITORING (BFM) OF AN INJECTION SEEDED LASER - A method of estimating an injection power of seed light injected into an injection-seeded transmitter. A back face monitoring (BFM) response of the injection-seeded transmitter is determined, and data representative of the BFM response stored in a memory. During run-time, a controller of the injection-seeded transmitter, detects a temperature of the injection-seeded transmitter and an instantaneous BFM current. BFM response data is obtained from the memory based on the detected temperature, and the seed light injection power estimated based on the obtained data and the detected instantaneous BFM current. | 05-19-2011 |
20110158270 | Tunable Quantum Cascade Lasers And Photoacoustic Detection Of Trace Gases, TNT, TATP and Precursors Acetone And Hydrogen Peroxide - Methods and apparatus for broad tuning of single wavelength quantum cascade lasers and the use of light output from such lasers for highly sensitive detection of trace gases such as nitrogen dioxide, acetylene, and vapors of explosives such as trinitrotoluene (TNT) and triacetone triperoxide (TATP) and TATP's precursors including acetone and hydrogen peroxide. These methods and apparatus are also suitable for high sensitivity high selectivity detection of other chemical compounds including chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals. A quantum cascade laser (QCL) system that better achieves single mode, continuous, mode-hop free tuning for use in L-PAS (laser photoacoustic spectroscopy) by independently coordinating gain chip current, diffraction grating angle and external cavity length is described. An all mechanical method that achieves similar performance is also described. Additionally, methods for improving the sensor performance by critical selection of wavelengths are presented. | 06-30-2011 |
20110182307 | TRACKING INJECTION SEEDING POWER BASED ON BACK FACET MONITORING (BFM) OF AN INJECTION SEEDED LASER - A method of estimating an injection power of seed light injected into an injection-seeded transmitter. A back face monitoring (BFM) response of the injection-seeded transmitter is determined, and data representative of the BFM response stored in a memory. During run-time, a controller of the injection-seeded transmitter, detects a temperature of the injection-seeded transmitter and an instantaneous BFM current. BFM response data is obtained from the memory based on the detected temperature, and the seed light injection power estimated based on the obtained data and the detected instantaneous BFM current. | 07-28-2011 |
20110243165 | LASER DEVICE THAT STABLY CONTROLS VERY LOW LASER POWER - A laser device comprises: first and second laser excitation regions that are disposed in series each other; a first power supply unit (PSU | 10-06-2011 |
20120014400 | OUTPUT POWER STABILIZATION FOR LASER DIODES USING THE PHOTON-COOLING DEPENDENT LASER VOLTAGE - It is an object of the invention to simplify the power stabilization of laser diodes. For this purpose, a laser device comprising a die and thereon a first laser diode and a second laser diode is provided. The second laser diode has a structure or element that avoids lasing if a supply voltage is applied that is sufficient for the first semiconductor laser cavity to emit laser light. | 01-19-2012 |
20130170513 | LASER BEAM ENERGY STABILIZING APPARATUS, PULSE TEMPORAL WAVEFORM CONTROL APPARATUS, LASER BEAM ENERGY STABILIZING METHOD, AND PULSE TEMPORAL WAVEFORM CONTROL METHOD - The present invention provides a laser beam control apparatus including: beam optical systems | 07-04-2013 |
20130195130 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING OPTICAL POWER, FOR POWER-NORMALIZING LASER MEASUREMENTS, AND FOR STABILIZING POWER OF LASERS VIA COMPLIANCE VOLTAGE SENSING - A method is disclosed for power normalization of spectroscopic signatures obtained from laser based chemical sensors that employs the compliance voltage across a quantum cascade laser device within an external cavity laser. The method obviates the need for a dedicated optical detector used specifically for power normalization purposes. A method is also disclosed that employs the compliance voltage developed across the laser device within an external cavity semiconductor laser to power-stabilize the laser mode of the semiconductor laser by adjusting drive current to the laser such that the output optical power from the external cavity semiconductor laser remains constant. | 08-01-2013 |
20140036945 | SHARED THRESHOLD/UNDERSHOOT LASER OUTPUT DRIVER - A laser driver apparatus, system, and method include a single laser driver. One or more threshold levels and one or more undershoot levels can be digitally combined into a single output with respect to the single laser driver to reduce the output capacitance of the single laser driver and minimize circuit power, resulting in a faster and higher fidelity signal thereof. A decoder (e.g., thermometer decoding) can also be provided, wherein the threshold level(s) and the undershoot level(s) are thermometer decoded via the decoder. | 02-06-2014 |
20150103852 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COLLOCATED MULTIPLE WAVELENGTH TUNED LASERS - Systems and methods are disclosed herein for controlling laser beams for a plurality of collocated laser assemblies. The laser beams are optimized by controlling outputs of a primary power source (current for generating a laser beam) and a secondary power source (heating device) for each of the respective laser assemblies. The states of the power supply may be cycled and modulated to provide optimal performance. | 04-16-2015 |
20160099548 | External cavity with a pair of two Fiber Bragg gratings at the front and back facet of a laser diode - A semiconductor laser chip is placed in between two Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs), which are used as external cavities for the laser, to stabilize its center wavelength and to reduce its bandwidth. | 04-07-2016 |