Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Naoto Jikutani

Shunichi Sato

Takashi Takahashi

Akihiro Itoh

Kazuhiro Harasaka

Morimasa Kaminishi

Satoru Sugawara

Kazuma Izumiya

Kentaroh Hagita

Toshiyuki Ikeoh

Takuro Sekiya

Akira Sakurai

Kazuya Miyagaki

Atsuyuki Watada

Koei Suzuki

Ken Kanai

Shinji Satoh

Masayoshi Katoh

Hiroshi Motomura

Teruyuki Furuta

Shuuichi Hikichi

Tadashi Nakamura

Atsushi Sakai

Shuichi Suzuki

Toshihiro Ishii

Tsuyoshi Ueno

Yasufumi Yamada

Yasuhiro Higashi

Kazuhiko Adachi

Nobunari Tsukamoto

Masayuki Numata

Yusuke Okura

Nobuyuki Arai

Kei Hara

Shinichi Harada

Kengo Makita

Tsuyoshi Suzudo

Masaki Hiroi

Ryoichiro Suzuki

Takeshi Hino

Yoichi Ishikawa

Kenichi Hayakawa

Takatoshi Yamamoto

Shinya Umemoto

Yoshiaki Zenno

Yuzuru Sasaki

Masayuki Yanagihashi

Misaki Ishida

A surface emitting laser module includes a base substrate, a surface emitting laser substrate mounted on the base substrate, the surface emitting laser substrate including a surface emitting laser element, and the surface emitting laser substrate having a first face facing the base substrate and a second face facing away from the base substrate, and an optical member facing the second face and including an optical element configured to receive light emitted from the second face of the surface emitting laser element. The surface emitting laser element includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a first electrode provided on the first face and connected to the first semiconductor layer, and a second electrode provided on the first face and connected to the second semiconductor layer. The base substrate includes a third electrode connected to the first electrode and a fourth electrode connected to the second electrode.

Surface emitting laser module, optical device, and surface emitting laser substrate

A surface emitting laser includes a first reflecting mirror; a second reflecting mirror; an active region between the first reflecting mirror and the second reflecting mirror. The first reflecting mirror and the second reflecting mirror each include a plurality of low refractive-index layers having a first refractive index; and a plurality of high refractive-index layers having a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index. The plurality of low refractive-index layers and the plurality of high refractive-index layers are alternated one after another. The plurality of high refractive-index layers of the first reflecting mirror includes a first layer; and a second layer having a higher thermal diffusion property in an in-plane direction than the first layer.

Surface emitting laser, surface emitting laser device, light source device, and detection apparatus

An optical device includes a light source provided with a plurality of surface-emitting laser elements to emit a laser beam, a scanner to scan the laser beam emitted from the light source, and an optical system disposed in an optical path between the light source and the scanner and to guide the laser beam to the scanner. The optical system includes a first optical element to control a divergence angle of the laser beam emitted from the light source and a second optical element to concentrate the laser beam that has passed through the first optical element onto a to-be-scanned surface of the scanner.

Optical device, range sensor using optical device, and mobile object

A distance measuring apparatus includes a light source to emit light beams, an optical scanner to scan the light beams output from the light source over a predetermined range, a light receiver to receive reflected light obtained as a result of the light beams being reflected by a target object, and to output detection signals, and a control circuit to measure a distance to the target object based on the detection signals. The light source including a plurality of light-emitting device groups that are arranged in a scan direction of a scan performed by the optical scanner, and the control circuit being to make the plurality of light-emitting device groups emit light at respective different timings in a single scan, and to measure the distance to the target object based on a sum of the detection signals.

Distance measuring apparatus and mobile body including the same

Laser devices include a light source that emits a laser beam, an optical system that concentrates the laser beam emitted from the light source, an optical window through which the laser beam exited from the optical system passes, a housing that accommodates the optical system, and an optical window holding member fixed to the housing. The optical window holding member holds the optical window. In the first laser device, the optical window has a face or a protruding face through which the laser beam passes. When the optical window has the face, the face is flush with an edge of the optical window holding member and a film is formed on the face. When the optical window has the protruding face, the protruding face protrudes with reference to the edge of the optical window holding member and a film is formed on the protruding face.

Laser device and internal combustion engine

An ignition device configured to ignite a fuel included in an air-fuel mixture supplied to a main combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The ignition device includes a partition member that forms a precombustion chamber that encloses an ignition point of a fuel. The partition member has a plurality of communicating holes communicating between the main combustion chamber and the precombustion chamber. The ignition device further includes a first interference member that protrudes inward from an inner surface of the partition member.

Ignition device and internal combustion engine

A laser device includes a light source device including a semiconductor laser; and a laser cavity irradiated with light from the light source device and including a saturable absorber. A beam waist diameter r of the light that irradiates the laser cavity and an initial transmittance Tof the saturable absorber satisfy a relationship of 7.75&#xd7;T&#x2212;7.77&#xd7;T+3.13&#xd7;T+0.16&#xd7;T+0.74&#x2264;r&#x2264;2.62&#xd7;T+0.675.

Laser device, ignition device, and internal combustion engine

A laser device and an internal combustion engine. The laser device includes a light source configured to emit light, an optical system configured to concentrate the light emitted from the light source, a housing configured to accommodate the optical system, and a window disposed to the housing, to which the light passed through the optical system is incident. The window includes an optical window through which the light exited from the optical system passes, an optical window holding member configured to hold the optical window, a joint configured to join the optical window to the optical window holding member, and a protective layer disposed to a face of the joint. The internal combustion engine includes the laser device according to claim, and a combustion chamber configured to burn fuel to produce inflammable gas. In the internal combustion engine, the fuel is ignited by the laser device.

A surface-emitting laser array includes a plurality of light emitting parts. Each light emitting part includes a reflection mirror including aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) where x is greater than 0.95 but less than or equal to 1; an active layer; and an electrode surrounding an emission region, from which laser light is emitted, the electrode covering a region between adjacent light emitting parts in the plurality of light emitting parts.

Surface-emitting laser array, laser apparatus, ignition device and internal combustion engine

A surface-emitting laser includes an active layer on which a spacer layer is disposed, and a reflection mirror disposed on the spacer layer, including a current constriction layer that is a selectively-oxidized layer having been selectively oxidized. The current constriction layer is disposed at a position of a node of a standing-wave of an electric field of light oscillated at the active layer and is disposed away from an interface between the spacer layer and the reflection mirror by an optical distance of one-fourth of an oscillation wavelength at the active layer. The selectively-oxidized layer is made of AlGaAs. The reflection mirror includes at least one AlGaInP layer contacting the selectively-oxidized layer.

Surface-emitting laser, surface-emitting laser array, laser device, ignitor, internal combustion engine, optical scanner, image forming apparatus, light transmission module, and light emission system

A surface-emitting laser apparatus includes a surface-emitting laser substrate; a microlens substrate; and an adhesion agent. The surface-emitting laser substrate includes a semiconductor substrate; and a surface-emitting laser and plural first adhesion fixing regions formed on a first face of the semiconductor substrate. The microlens substrate includes a microlens configured to receive light emitted by the surface-emitting laser; plural pier portions protruding toward a side of the first face of the semiconductor substrate; and plural second adhesion fixing regions, formed at positions corresponding to the first adhesion fixing regions on surfaces of the pier portions. The adhesive agent causes the first adhesion fixing regions and the second adhesion fixing regions to adhere to each other. A restoring force acts on the adhesive agent in a case where the adhesive agent is melted. The surface-emitting laser substrate and the microlens substrate are self-aligned with each other according to the restoring force.

Surface-emitting laser apparatus and manufacturing method thereof

A laser device is provided including a surface emitting laser array configured to emit light, an optical system disposed in an optical path of light that is emitted from the surface emitting laser, a laser resonator which the light passed through the optical system enters, where the optical system includes a first optical element configured to collimate the light emitted from the surface emitting laser, and a second optical element configured to collect and condense the light collimated by the first optical element.

Laser device, ignition system, and internal combustion engine

An optical device includes a semiconductor element configured to emit emission light or to receive incident light, including a first fitting part including a portion having a convex shape in a first region; an optical member arranged on an optical path of the emission light emitted from the semiconductor element or the incident light entering the semiconductor element, including a second fitting part fitted to at least a part of the portion having the convex shape, the first region being opposed to the optical member; and a joint part that joins the semiconductor element and the optical member, arranged between the first fitting part and the second fitting part.

Optical device and light irradiation apparatus

A disclosed vertical cavity surface emitting laser device emits light orthogonally in relation to a substrate and includes a resonator structure including an active layer; and semiconductor multilayer reflectors disposed in such a manner as to sandwich the resonator structure between them and including a confinement structure which confines an injected current and transverse modes of oscillation light at the same time. The confinement structure has an oxidized region which surrounds a current passage region. The oxidized region is formed by oxidizing a part of a selective oxidation layer which includes aluminum and includes at least an oxide. The selective oxidation layer is at least 25 nm in thickness. The semiconductor multilayer reflectors include an optical confinement reducing section which reduces optical confinement in a transverse direction. The optical confinement reducing section is disposed on the substrate side in relation to the resonator structure.

Vertical cavity surface emitting laser device, vertical cavity surface emitting laser array, optical scanning apparatus, image forming apparatus, optical transmission module and optical transmission system

A surface-emitting laser device configured to emit laser light in a direction perpendicular to a substrate includes a p-side electrode surrounding an emitting area on an emitting surface to emit the laser light; and a transparent dielectric film formed on an outside area outside a center part of the emitting area and within the emitting area to lower a reflectance to be less than that of the center part. The outside area within the emitting area has shape anisotropy in two mutually perpendicular directions.

Surface-emitting laser device, surface-emitting laser array, optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus

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