GB2007015A - Control apparatus - Google Patents

Control apparatus

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GB2007015A
GB2007015A GB7840816A GB7840816A GB2007015A GB 2007015 A GB2007015 A GB 2007015A GB 7840816 A GB7840816 A GB 7840816A GB 7840816 A GB7840816 A GB 7840816A GB 2007015 A GB2007015 A GB 2007015A
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laser
emission
amplifier
wavelength
photodiode
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/10—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
    • H01S3/13—Stabilisation of laser output parameters, e.g. frequency or amplitude
    • H01S3/136—Stabilisation of laser output parameters, e.g. frequency or amplitude by controlling devices placed within the cavity
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/06—Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium
    • H01S5/068—Stabilisation of laser output parameters
    • H01S5/0683—Stabilisation of laser output parameters by monitoring the optical output parameters
    • H01S5/0687—Stabilising the frequency of the laser
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/10—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
    • H01S3/13—Stabilisation of laser output parameters, e.g. frequency or amplitude
    • H01S3/136—Stabilisation of laser output parameters, e.g. frequency or amplitude by controlling devices placed within the cavity
    • H01S3/137—Stabilisation of laser output parameters, e.g. frequency or amplitude by controlling devices placed within the cavity for stabilising of frequency
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/06—Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium
    • H01S5/068—Stabilisation of laser output parameters
    • H01S5/0683—Stabilisation of laser output parameters by monitoring the optical output parameters
    • H01S5/06837—Stabilising otherwise than by an applied electric field or current, e.g. by controlling the temperature

Abstract

This invention relates to stabilising the emission intensity and wavelength of a semi-conductor laser 1. The laser driver 5 is connected in a feedback loop comprising a beam-splitter 6, a photodiode 8 and an amplifier 19, which loop controls the driver 5 to maintain the intensity of the laser emission constant. The emission is also sampled by a beam-splitter 7 and a photodiode 9, which is made frequency- dependent by a filter 10 interposed in the path of the beam. The outputs of the matched photodiodes 8 and 9 are fed via amplifiers 11 and 13 to the positive and negative inputs of a subtractor amplifier 12, the output of which is therefore dependent only upon the emission wavelength. This output is fed as negative feedback to an amplifier 15 for controlling at 14 an operating parameter (such as the temperature) of the laser 1 to maintain the wavelength constant. <IMAGE>
GB7840816A 1977-10-26 1978-10-17 Control apparatus Expired GB2007015B (en)

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GB4457277 1977-10-26
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GB2007015A true GB2007015A (en) 1979-05-10
GB2007015B GB2007015B (en) 1982-03-17

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Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2122022A (en) * 1979-05-08 1984-01-04 Canon Kk A semiconductor laser device and an image recording apparatus using the same
GB2154787A (en) * 1984-01-17 1985-09-11 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Laser stabilisation circuit
GB2181885A (en) * 1983-05-06 1987-04-29 Coherent Inc Power output control of laser
DE3715101A1 (en) * 1986-05-13 1987-11-19 Litton Systems Inc CONTROL OF INTENSITY AND WAVELENGTH OF A LASER DIODE
US4842358A (en) * 1987-02-20 1989-06-27 Litton Systems, Inc. Apparatus and method for optical signal source stabilization
EP0604931A2 (en) * 1992-12-28 1994-07-06 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Medical laser apparatus and diagnosing/curing apparatus using the medical laser apparatus
US6214033B1 (en) 1992-12-28 2001-04-10 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Medical laser apparatus and diagnostic/treatment apparatus using the medical laser apparatus
GB2360628A (en) * 2000-03-25 2001-09-26 Marconi Comm Ltd A stabilised radiation source

Cited By (16)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2122022A (en) * 1979-05-08 1984-01-04 Canon Kk A semiconductor laser device and an image recording apparatus using the same
GB2181885A (en) * 1983-05-06 1987-04-29 Coherent Inc Power output control of laser
GB2154787A (en) * 1984-01-17 1985-09-11 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Laser stabilisation circuit
DE3715101A1 (en) * 1986-05-13 1987-11-19 Litton Systems Inc CONTROL OF INTENSITY AND WAVELENGTH OF A LASER DIODE
GB2190783A (en) * 1986-05-13 1987-11-25 Litton Systems Inc Laser diode intensity and wavelength control
US4792956A (en) * 1986-05-13 1988-12-20 Litton Systems, Inc. Laser diode intensity and wavelength control
GB2190783B (en) * 1986-05-13 1989-12-13 Litton Systems Inc Laser diode intensity and wavelength control
US4842358A (en) * 1987-02-20 1989-06-27 Litton Systems, Inc. Apparatus and method for optical signal source stabilization
EP0604931A2 (en) * 1992-12-28 1994-07-06 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Medical laser apparatus and diagnosing/curing apparatus using the medical laser apparatus
EP0604931A3 (en) * 1992-12-28 1995-01-25 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Medical laser apparatus and diagnosing/curing apparatus using the medical laser apparatus.
US6214033B1 (en) 1992-12-28 2001-04-10 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Medical laser apparatus and diagnostic/treatment apparatus using the medical laser apparatus
US6383175B1 (en) 1992-12-28 2002-05-07 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Medical laser apparatus and diagnostic/treatment apparatus using the medical laser apparatus
US7016718B2 (en) 1992-12-28 2006-03-21 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Medical laser apparatus and diagnostic/treatment apparatus using the medical laser apparatus
GB2360628A (en) * 2000-03-25 2001-09-26 Marconi Comm Ltd A stabilised radiation source
WO2001073904A1 (en) * 2000-03-25 2001-10-04 Marconi Communications Limited Stabilised radiation source
US6933485B2 (en) 2000-03-25 2005-08-23 Marconi Lik Intellectual Property Ltd. Stabilizing power and wavelength of output radiation from a stabilized radiation source in optical communications systems

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732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
PE20 Patent expired after termination of 20 years

Effective date: 19981016