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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
May. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yukihiro Inoue, Tucson, AZ (US);
Hideo Iwase, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G01B 9/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/65 (2006.01); G01J 3/44 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01); G01J 3/10 (2006.01); G02F 1/35 (2006.01); G02F 1/39 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02091 (2013.01); G01B 9/02009 (2013.01); G01B 9/02044 (2013.01); G01J 3/10 (2013.01); G01J 3/44 (2013.01); G01N 21/4795 (2013.01); G01N 21/65 (2013.01); G02F 1/3536 (2013.01); G02F 1/3544 (2013.01); G02F 1/395 (2013.01); A61B 5/0033 (2013.01); A61B 5/0066 (2013.01); A61B 5/0071 (2013.01); G01N 2021/653 (2013.01); G01N 2021/655 (2013.01); G02B 21/16 (2013.01); G02F 2001/3528 (2013.01); G02F 2203/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
One or more light source apparatuses, one or more information acquisition apparatuses and related method(s) are discussed herein. At least one embodiment of a light source apparatus includes a light source that generates first pulsed light and a nonlinear optical medium that generates second pulsed light having a wavelength different from that of the first pulsed light due to incidence of the first pulsed light. The light source may be configured so that the center wavelength of the first pulsed light is variable across the zero dispersion wavelength of the nonlinear optical medium.