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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1986
Shozi Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A stabilized laser apparatus includes a semiconductor laser, a photodetector for detecting an output laser beam from the semiconductor laser, a differential amplifier for comparing the laser detection signal with a first or second reference signal, a window comparator for comparing a threshold range with an output from the differential amplifier, an up/down counter operated in response to an output from the window comparator, and a driving circuit for supplying a drive current to the semiconductor laser in accordance with a count of the up/down counter. A servo loop from the photodetector to the up/down counter is operated in response to an operation instruction signal or an adjustment instruction signal. The drive current is adjusted to coincide with a reference value before operation, and the adjusted drive current is stored in the up/down counter.