IP Library Granted Patent US 10,422,696
Granted Patent B2
US 10,422,696 · App. 16/072,634 · Granted Sep 24, 2019

Optical module

Inventors: Yoshihisa Warashina (Hamamatsu, JP); Tomofumi Suzuki (Hamamatsu, JP); Kohei Kasamori (Hamamatsu, JP); Ryosuke Okumura (Hamamatsu, JP); Kyosuke Kotani (Hamamatsu, JP)
Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
G01J3/4535G01B11/00G01B11/02G01J3/02G01J3/45G02B26/06
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Patent No.
US 10,422,696
App. No.
16/072,634
Granted
Sep 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical module includes an actuator that includes a movable part to be moved along a predetermined direction; a first interference optical system that includes a first movable mirror, a first stationary mirror, and a first beam splitter; and a second interference optical system that includes a second movable mirror, a second stationary mirror, and a second beam splitter. The first interference optical system is adapted so that first light reciprocates m times (m is a natural number) between the first beam splitter and the first movable mirror along the predetermined direction. The second interference optical system is adapted so that second light reciprocates n times (n is a natural number greater than m) between the second beam splitter and the second movable mirror along the predetermined direction.

Claims (30)

1. An optical module comprising:

an actuator that includes a movable part to be moved along a predetermined direction;

a first interference optical system that includes a first movable mirror provided on the movable part and a first stationary mirror and a first beam splitter of which positions are fixed, and obtains an interference wave of first light; and

a second interference optical system that includes a second movable mirror provided on the movable part and a second stationary mirror and a second beam splitter of which positions are fixed, and obtains an interference wave of second light,

wherein the first interference optical system is adapted so that the first light reciprocates m times (m is a natural number) between the first beam splitter and the first movable mirror along the predetermined direction, and

the second interference optical system is adapted so that the second light reciprocates n times (n is a natural number greater than m) between the second beam splitter and the second movable mirror along the predetermined direction.

2. The optical module according to claim 1 ,

wherein m is 1 and n is 2.

3. The optical module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second light is a laser light.

4. The optical module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first movable mirror is provided at one end portion of the movable part in the predetermined direction, and

the second movable mirror is provided at the other end portion of the movable part in the predetermined direction.

5. The optical module according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a first light incident part that allows the first light to be incident;

a first light-emitting part that emits the interference wave of the first light;

a second light incident part that allows the second light to be incident; and

a second light-emitting part that emits the interference wave of the second light.

6. The optical module according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a light-emitting element that outputs the second light; and

a light-receiving element that detects the interference wave of the second light.

7. The optical module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first movable mirror and the second movable mirror are provided at an end portion of the movable part in the predetermined direction, and share at least a part thereof.

8. The optical module according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a first light incident part that allows the first light to be incident;

a second light incident part that allows the second light to be incident; and

a light-emitting part that emits the interference wave of the first light and the interference wave of the second light.

9. The optical module according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a light-emitting element that outputs the second light; and

a light-receiving element that detects the interference wave of the first light and the interference wave of the second light.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2018
From: WARASHINA, YOSHIHISA; SUZUKI, TOMOFUMI; KASAMORI, KOHEI; OKUMURA, RYOSUKE; KOTANI, KYOSUKE
To: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-017956 · Feb 2, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190033136A1 · Jan 31, 2019