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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
C. Harry Knowles, Hanover, NH (US);
Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, NJ (US);
Timothy Good, Clementon, NJ (US);
Tao Xian, Bensalem, PA (US);
Anatoly Kotlarsky, Churchville, PA (US);
Michael Veksland, Marlton, NJ (US);
Mark Hernandez, Bridgeton, NJ (US);
John Gardner, Mullica Hill, NJ (US);
Steven Essinger, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Patrick Giordano, Blackwood, NJ (US);
Sean Kearney, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Mark Schmidt, Williamstown, NJ (US);
John A. Furlong, Woodbury, NJ (US);
Nicholas Ciarlante, Woolwich Township, NJ (US);
Yong Liu, Suzhou, CN;
Jie Ren, Suzhou, CN;
Xi Tao, Suzhou, CN;
Jibin Liu, Suzhou, CN;
Ming Zhuo, Suzhou, CN;
Duane Ellis, Medford, NJ (US);
C. Harry Knowles, Hanover, NH (US);
Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, NJ (US);
Timothy Good, Clementon, NJ (US);
Tao Xian, Bensalem, PA (US);
Anatoly Kotlarsky, Churchville, PA (US);
Michael Veksland, Marlton, NJ (US);
Mark Hernandez, Bridgeton, NJ (US);
John Gardner, Mullica Hill, NJ (US);
Steven Essinger, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Patrick Giordano, Blackwood, NJ (US);
Sean Kearney, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Mark Schmidt, Williamstown, NJ (US);
John A. Furlong, Woodbury, NJ (US);
Nicholas Ciarlante, Woolwich Township, NJ (US);
Yong Liu, Suzhou, CN;
Jie Ren, Suzhou, CN;
Xi Tao, Suzhou, CN;
JiBin Liu, Suzhou, CN;
Ming Zhuo, Suzhou, CN;
Duane Ellis, Medford, NJ (US);
Metrologic Instruments, Inc., Blackwood, NJ (US);
Abstract
A laser beam generation system having an integrated coherence reduction mechanism. The system includes: a flexible circuit having a first end portion and a second end portion; a laser diode mounted on the first end portion of the flexible circuit, for producing a laser beam having a central characteristic wavelength; diode current drive circuitry for producing a diode drive current to drive the laser diode and produce said laser beam; and high frequency modulation (HFM) circuitry also mounted on the first end portion of the flexible circuit, for modulating the diode drive current at a sufficiently high frequency to cause the laser diode to produce a laser beam having a spectral side-band components about the central characteristic wavelength, and thereby reducing the coherence as well as coherence length of the laser beam.