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The present invention relates to bar code reading systems and particularly to a bar code reader which is adapted for portable operation by conserving the electrical power utilized to operate the reader while at the same time limiting output optical power in the form of laser radiation to those prescribed by governmental regulation.
The invention is especially suitable for use in laser bar code readers and scanners (the term reader including scanners which scan a light beam across the bar code). However, the invention may also be utilized in fixed station bar code systems where radiation level limitation and efficiency of operation is desired.
Limitation of laser radiation is subject to regulatory restrictions in output power. Present regulations in the United States by the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) require the output power of a practical (i.e., Class II) laser bar code scanner operating in the visible region of the spectrum to an average of 1 milliwatt (mw). Visible laser diode scanners which are presently available exhibit cw output power of 3 to 5 mw. 3 mw output power is obtained from model TLD 9200 manufactured by the Toshiba Corporation of Japan. CW power output of laser diodes may shortly exceed 10 mw. These governmental restrictions and other approaches for their accommodation in bar code systems are discussed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,639,606 entitled "Bar Code Scanner Laser Radiation Limit Control System", issued to John Boles and Jay Eastman on Jan. 27, 1987.
In a typical laser diode bar code scanner as shown in FIG. 1, a DC voltage reference 10 serves as an input to a laser regulator circuit 12. The regulator powers the laser diode 14 in a cw manner. The output from the laser is shaped by suitable optics (not shown) and scanned across the bar code by a scanning mechanism (not shown). Scattered light from the bar code is detected by a photodetector 16, ac coupled by a capacitor 18 and amplified by a band limited preamplifier 20. The preamplifier typically utilizes high and low pass filters that surround the frequencies present in the analogue bar code signal. The preamplifier also commonly contains an automatic gain control function (AGC). The output from the preamplifier is presented to a digitizer circuit 22 that converts the analogue signal corresponding to the bar code to a digital representation of the bar code. This digitized bar code signal may be decoded by bar code decoder equipment. Such a system operates in a cw mode. The optical power is limited to the level (1 mw) specified by regulatory restrictions.
It has been discovered in accordance with the invention that the operating current applied to the laser may be substantially reduced without degradation in the reading performance of the system and power consumption (i.e., current consumption) may likewise be reduced thereby specially benefitting portable battery powered devices, such as hand held bar code scanners. Such power conservation and radiation limiting advantages are obtained by operating the light source (laser) in a pulse mode rather than a cw mode but in a portion of the optical power vs operating current characteristic of the light source which obtains the power conservation and radiation limitation (without degradation in reading performance) advantages.
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A nonlinear relation between current and voltage for schottky resonant tunneling diode is used. A general form of equation similar to VanDer Pol equation is obtained. A Resonant tunneling diode(RTD) has a negative differential resistance that means when the voltage increases the current decreases. This property is very useful for oscillators manufacture. Nonlinear transmission lines is considered to show that it canbe used in oscillators and to show that it can reshape the sinusoidal signals to othershapes by using OrCad and mathematica programming. Author: ElKhozondar, Hala J./ ElKhozondar, Rifa J./ Abo Ireban, Ibtisam Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 Publication Date: 2011/07/12 Language: English Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.19 inches
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The Polaris is the world s most powerful visiblewavelength blue portable laser. Cuttingedge 447nm laser diode technology brings power levels previously only possible using benchtop blue lasers that cost tens of thousands of dollars into the palm of your hand at a fraction of the cost. Its ground breaking 447nm wavelength is not only captivating but can also produce fluorescence effects in some materials. Diode technology means energy efficiency allowing this laser to operate three times as long as DPSS blue portable lasers. Available in power levels from >50mW to >1W sustained output with a 100 duty cycle. >500mW and higher models include free laser safety goggles. With its unmatched power and brilliant blue wavelength the Polaris Blue Portable Laser is truly a guide star for the future of lasers.
The Polaris is the world s most powerful visiblewavelength blue portable laser. Cuttingedge 447nm laser diode technology brings power levels previously only possible using benchtop blue lasers that cost tens of thousands of dollars into the palm of your hand at a fraction of the cost. Its ground breaking 447nm wavelength is not only captivating but can also produce fluorescence effects in some materials. Diode technology means energy efficiency allowing this laser to operate three times as long as DPSS blue portable lasers. Available in power levels from >50mW to >1W sustained output with a 100 duty cycle. >500mW and higher models include free laser safety goggles. With its unmatched power and brilliant blue wavelength the Polaris Blue Portable Laser is truly a guide star for the future of lasers.
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How exactly does a DPSS 473nm blue laser work?
I'm looking for a fairly detailed answer. I haven't really found anything useful on google except for ads selling them (for very high prices).
I know that 532nm green DPSS lasers basically have an 808nm IR diode that pumps a solid state Nd:YAG crystal to produce 1.064um IR lasing, which is then frequency doubled in a second harmonic crystal and hence produces 532nm green light. That's the sort of detail I'm looking for (preferably with types of crystal) for 473nm blue lasing action! Thanks!
Perfect answer thanks!
This comes from Sam's Laser FAQ - Solid State Lasers page
http://members.misty.com/don/laserssl.htm#ssldps0
Hope it is of some help!
What is the Difference Between Green and Blue DPSSFD Lasers?
(From: Bob.)
Well, a little, and a lot, depending on how you look at it. Green lasers are doubling the 1064 nm transition of Nd:YAG or Nd:YVO4, or some other similar host medium. The 946 nm line is what is being doubled in blue lasers, and 473 nm light is the result. Often, the choice for a Non-Linear Optical (NLO) crystal is different for the two lines. KTP is the crystal of choice normally for green, and LBO for blue. Also, the 946 nm line has a much smaller cross section for emission. This means lower efficiency and the 1064 line and even the weak 1319 nm line will try to compete with it, stealing energy. On top of that, the 946 line is self absorbing making the device a lot trickier to generate (like ruby, this is a case where the laser medium is actually somewhat opaque to the frequency of light the laser is trying to operate at, where as YAG is almost perfectly transparent at 1064 nm).
So, they start out with pretty much the same structure: High power laser diodes at 808 nm pump a Nd host which lases at 948 nm, and this is inter-cavity doubled. But upon closer examination there are a lot of differences between the mechanisms operating in each laser.
For some of the reasons mentioned above, the brightest commercial source for 473 nm light that I know of is limited to 400 mW, where as you can get a 10 W CW, or higher 532 nm DPSSFD laser with a pulsed beam. (Actually at least 10 times this now. --- Sam.)
Note that to get any sort of efficiency (as these things go) at the 946 nm line requires cooling the YAG rod (but for certain other lines like 1319 nm, ambient temperature is fine). In fact, if you cool YAG enough there are many other lines that will lase, some that can be doubled to nice shades of yellow and orange.
(From: Jo.)
The doubling crystal is KNBO3 (KN). Temperature stabilization is a big problem for blue DPSS laser. We use modules where YAG and KN are bonded together. The modules are coated ready to use. With TE-control on both the crystal module and laser diode, a very stable beam is possible at about 5 to 15 mW. I think there will be better materials and components next year. Many companies (we too) are working at developing blue lasers.
You can try a KTP-crystal. For extra cavity doubling, output power will maybe not be very high. Better to use the KN crystal. This will cost about $220 at Goldbridge, which is a manufacturer in China or Taiwan. I'ms also developing a range of blue and green lasers. Currently, I get 160 mW CW green when pumping a Nd:YVO4+KTP using 1.5 W of pump power at 808 nm. At the moment I'ms working at temperature control for better stability.
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