LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE

• Main Authors: SHIMOMAKI, Masaru, SUZUKI, Yasutaka, KATO, Shin
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.10.2024
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION; ELECTRICITY; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

A light source device includes: a fiber laser including an excitation light source and configured to output pulsed light generated according to excitation light from the excitation light source; a fiber amplifier configured to receive the pulsed light output from the fiber laser, amplify the pulsed light, and output the amplified pulsed light, a wavelength shift fiber configured to receive the pulsed light output from the fiber amplifier, shift a wavelength of the pulsed light, and output the pulsed light; an output fiber configured to receive the pulsed light output from the wavelength shift fiber, and output the pulsed light to an outside; a light detection element configured to detect, in the output fiber, the pulsed light having passed through at least the wavelength shift fiber; and a control unit configured to control a drive current of the excitation light source.