Optics: measuring and testing – Material strain analysis
Patent
1995-06-13
1997-04-08
Rosenberger, Richard A.
Optics: measuring and testing
Material strain analysis
G01D 526
Patent
active
056193181
ABSTRACT:
The present invention comprises a compound cavity in which a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser and external mirror are combined, and the change in intensity of a laser beam or in mirror loss is detected by the detection unit. The detection unit includes a photodetector for directly detecting a variation in intensity of a laser beam, and PN junction potential difference detecting device for detecting a variation in mirror loss created due to a relative displacement between the external mirror and the vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser, based on a change in carrier density within the surface-emitting laser. The phase of the laser beam returning from the external mirror is determined by a relative displacement between the external mirror and the vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser, and the laser beam output varies at a period of a displacement amount corresponding to 1/2 of the wavelength of the laser beam. Such a displacement amount is calculated by the counting device and the operation device.
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Ito Masataka
Mihara Takashi
Yamamoto Eiji
Olympus Optical Co,. Ltd.
Rosenberger Richard A.
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