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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 43 ; 372 44 ; 372 25 ; 372 30 ;
Abstract
A method for selecting a semiconductor laser is provided which contributes to improved productivity of a highly reliable semiconductor laser of prolonged lifetime, and which includes the steps of: (a) measuring highest peak intensity, Ia, and next highest peak intensity, Ib, of an interference fringes pattern of laser radiation of each semiconductor laser using an interferometer to find a damping ratio of visibility of the interference fringes pattern, .gamma.=Ib/Ia; and (b) selecting a semiconductor exhibiting self-pulsation by selecting a semiconductor laser which emits laser radiation whose damping ratio of visibility, .gamma., is 0.5 or less.