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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2000
Keisuke Asami, Kanagawa, JP;
Ando Electric Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An external resonator type wavelength variable light source comprises a semiconductor laser formed on one end face with a antireflection coating , a lens for converting emitted light from the end face of the semiconductor laser formed with the antireflection coating into collimated light, a diffraction grating for selecting a wavelength of the collimated light provided through the lens and diffracting the light, and a mirror for reflecting the light diffracted through the diffraction grating and feeding back the light again diffracted through the diffraction grating into the semiconductor laser through the lens . A V-groove grating mirror having reflecting faces with an arrangement like a grating, of a plurality of V grooves each shaped like V at right angles in cross section in a base material with a reflection coating formed on the surface of each V groove is used as the mirror.