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Tetsuo Nishida

Tsuyoshi Kaneko

Yuji Kurachi

Hajime Onishi

Takayuki Kondo

Yoshiyuki Maki

Hiroto Tomioka

Hijime Onishi

An atomic oscillator includes a semiconductor laser housed in a container, an atom cell housing alkali metal atoms and irradiated with a light output from the semiconductor laser, a light receiving element that detects an intensity of the light transmitted through the atom cell and outputs a detection signal, a temperature sensor housed in the container, a first temperature control element housed in the container and controlled based on output of the temperature sensor, and a second temperature control element housed in the container and controlled based on the detection signal. A distance between the second temperature control element and the semiconductor laser is smaller than a distance between the first temperature control element and the semiconductor laser.

Atomic oscillator and frequency signal generation system

A quantum interference device (atomic oscillator) includes a light source unit as a coherent light source, a unit that superimposes microwave on the light source unit to generate a side band, an atom cell in which an alkali metal gas is enclosed, and a light receiving unit that detects light transmitted through the atom cell, wherein the light source unit is a surface-emitting laser that outputs a zero-order mode light and a plurality of higher-order mode lights, and a mode filter that cuts the higher-order mode lights is placed between the light source unit and the atom cell.

Quantum interference device, atomic oscillator, electronic apparatus, and moving object

An encoder includes an optical scale that is so provided as to be pivotable around a pivotal axis and includes a polarizing portion having a polarization characteristic, a light outputting portion that outputs linearly polarized light toward the polarizing portion, and a light detecting portion that detects the linearly polarized light from the optical scale. The light outputting portion includes a vertical cavity surface emitting laser, and light emitted from the vertical cavity surface emitting laser spreads at an angle greater than or equal to 5&#xb0; but smaller than or equal to 20&#xb0;.

Encoder and robot having an optical scale with a polarizing portion

A quantum interference device (atomic oscillator) includes: an atom cell that encapsulates an alkali metal; a first light source portion that emits light including a resonance light pair, the resonance light pair being circularly polarized in the same direction and causing the alkali metal to resonate; a second light source portion that emits light including adjustment light, the adjustment light being circularly polarized in a direction opposite to the resonance light pair and causing the alkali metal to resonate; and a light receiving portion that receives the resonance light pair having passed through the atom cell, in which the adjustment light is FM-modulated.

Quantum interference device, atomic oscillator, electronic apparatus, and moving object comprising FM-modulated adjustment light

A vertical cavity surface emitting laser includes: a substrate; and a laminated body which is provided over the substrate, wherein the laminated body includes a first mirror layer provided over the substrate, an active layer provided over the first mirror layer, and a second mirror layer provided over the active layer, in a plan view, the laminated body includes a first portion having a first width, a second portion having a second width, and a third portion which is provided between the first portion and the second portion and has a third width wider than the first width or the second width, and a resin layer which covers at least one portion of the first portion is provided.

Vertical cavity surface emitting laser and atomic oscillator

An atomic oscillator includes a gas cell having alkali metal atoms sealed therein; alight source that irradiates the gas cell with light; and a light detecting unit that detects the quantity of light transmitted through the gas cell. The light source includes an optical oscillation layer having a first reflective layer, an active layer, and a second reflective layer laminated therein in this order, an electrical field absorption layer having a first semiconductor layer, a quantum well layer, and a second semiconductor layer laminated therein in this order, and a heat diffusion layer that is disposed between the optical oscillation layer and the electrical field absorption layer and has a higher thermal conductivity than that of the second reflective layer.

Atomic oscillator

A vertical cavity surface emitting laser includes: a substrate; a first mirror layer; an active layer; a second mirror layer; a current constriction layer; a first area connected to the first mirror layer and including a plurality of oxide layers; and a second area connected to the second mirror layer and including a plurality of oxide layers. The first mirror layer, the active layer, the second mirror layer, the current constriction layer, the first area, and the second area configure a laminated body. The laminated body includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion between the first portion and the second portion. When a width of the oxide area is Wand a width of an upper surface of the first portion is W, W/W&#x2266;3.3.

A vertical cavity surface emitting laser includes: a substrate; a laminated body which is provided over the substrate; and a resin layer which is provided on at least a side surface of the laminated body, wherein the laminated body at least includes a first mirror layer provided over the substrate, an active layer provided over the first mirror layer, and a second mirror layer provided over the active layer, in a plan view, a length of the laminated body in a first direction is greater than a length of the laminated body in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and in the plan view, a length of the resin layer in the first direction is greater than a length of the resin layer in the second direction.

An atomic oscillator using a quantum interference effect, includes: a first light source unit emitting first light which includes a resonant light pair having two different wavelengths; a gas cell sealed with alkali metal atoms; a first light detection unit detecting a light intensity of the first light which is transmitted through the gas cell; a second light source unit emitting second light towards the gas cell; and a control unit changing a light intensity of the second light which is emitted from the second light source unit to compensate a change in the light intensity detected by the first light detection unit.

A light emitting device includes a first semiconductor multilayer film mirror of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor multilayer film mirror of a second conductivity type that is different from the first conductivity type, an active layer formed between the first semiconductor multilayer film mirror and the second semiconductor multilayer film mirror, a third semiconductor multilayer film mirror of a semi-insulating type formed between the first semiconductor multilayer film mirror and the active layer, and a contact layer of the first conductivity type formed between the third semiconductor multilayer film mirror and the active layer, and the third semiconductor multilayer film mirror is formed of a material having a bandgap energy higher than an energy of light generated in the active layer.

Light emitting device and atomic oscillator

An optical module for an atomic oscillator using a quantum interference effect includes a light source part to emit resonant light having two different wavelengths, a gas cell in which an alkali metal atom gas is enclosed and to which the resonant light is irradiated, a light detection part to detect an intensity of the resonant light transmitted through the gas cell, and a gas-flow generation part to generate a flow of the alkali metal atom gas.

Optical module for atomic oscillator and atomic oscillator

An optical module for an atomic oscillator using a quantum interference effect includes a first light source unit that emits first resonance light, a gas cell in which an alkali metal atom is sealed, a first light detection unit that detects the intensity of the first resonance light having passed through the gas cell, a determination unit that determines whether or not the first light source unit has failed, a second light source unit that irradiates the gas cell with second resonance light when the determination unit determines that the first light source unit has failed, and a second light detection unit that detects the intensity of the second resonance light having passed through the gas cell, and the optical path length of the first resonance light in the gas cell and the optical path length of the second resonance light in the gas cell are equal to each other.

Interference filter, optical module, and electronic apparatus

A vertical cavity surface emitting laser includes: a substrate; a first mirror layer; an active layer; a second mirror layer; a first electrode which is electrically connected to the first mirror layer; a second electrode which is electrically connected to the second mirror layer; and a pad which is electrically connected to the second electrode, in which the first mirror layer, the active layer, and the second mirror layer configure a laminated body, the laminated body includes a resonance portion, an insulation layer is provided on a side surface of the laminated body, in a plan view, the insulation layer has a shape line-symmetrical with respect to a virtual straight line passing through a center of the resonance portion, the pad is provided over the insulation layer, and in the plan view, the pad is only provided on one side of the virtual straight line.

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Tetsuo Nishida