Abstract: A substance-in-blood concentration measurement device for measuring concentration of a substance in blood of a living body, including: a target placement unit on which the living body that includes a measurement target portion is placed; a light emission unit that irradiates the measurement target portion with a laser beam; a photodetector that receives reflected light from the measurement target portion and detects intensity of the reflected light; and a condenser lens disposed on an optical path of the reflected light between the measurement target portion and the photodetector. On the optical path from the measurement target portion to the photodetector, in a section from the target placement unit to the photodetector, the reflected light propagates through space, except where transmitted through the condenser lens, and the condenser lens forms an image of the reflected light on the photodetector.

Abstract: Provided is a laser device in which: a laser medium doped with ytterbium emits light upon absorption of excitation light; the light emitted by the laser medium is amplified to obtain output light; and the output light is outputted in the form of a plurality of pulses. In the laser device, a spatial filter is disposed in the optical path of the light emitted by the laser medium or is disposed in the optical path of the output light outputted from an optical resonator, the spatial filter being configured to filter out a portion of the light or of the output light around the optical axis.

Abstract: Provided is a laser device in which: a laser medium doped with ytterbium emits light upon absorption of excitation light; the light emitted by the laser medium is amplified to obtain output light; and the output light is outputted in the form of a plurality of pulses. In the laser device, a spatial filter is disposed in the optical path of the light emitted by the laser medium or is disposed in the optical path of the output light outputted from an optical resonator, the spatial filter being configured to filter out a portion of the light or of the output light around the optical axis.

Abstract: Provided is a biological imaging technique through which a biological tissue can be identified in a short time. The biological identification apparatus includes: a light source capable of irradiating a predetermined region of a biological tissue with a measurement light that includes mid-infrared light; and an imaging element which acquires a measurement image by imaging a part of the measurement light transmitted through the biological tissue or a part of the measurement light reflected at the biological tissue, which has a specific wavelength ?1 being a wavelength in the range of 2 ?m to 20 ?m. According to an edge analysis for the measurement image, focusing measures are calculated in a plurality of areas of the measurement image and identification for the biological tissue is performed on the basis of the focusing measures.

Abstract: A control section as a tissue identification device includes: an absorbance ratio calculating section configured to calculate the ratio of an absorbance indicated by a transmitted portion of first inspection light transmitted through biological tissue to an absorbance indicated by a transmitted portion of second inspection light transmitted through the biological tissue; and an identification information generating section configured to generate identification information indicative of the type or state of the biological tissue by determining within which of a plurality of preset numerical ranges the ratio falls.

Abstract: Provided is a laser device in which: a laser medium doped with ytterbium emits light upon absorption of excitation light; the light emitted by the laser medium is amplified to obtain output light; and the output light is outputted in the form of a plurality of pulses. In the laser device, a spatial filter is disposed in the optical path of the light emitted by the laser medium or is disposed in the optical path of the output light outputted from an optical resonator, the spatial filter being configured to filter out a portion of the light or of the output light around the optical axis.