Abstract: An optical pulse pair generator is configured to generate an optical pulse pair including a first pulse beam and a second pulse beam having respective central wavelengths that are separated by a predetermined wavelength difference from each other and having target time waveforms that are substantially the same as each other. The optical pulse pair generator provided includes a splitter section configured to split an incident pulse beam into two, a first shaping section configured to shape one of the pulse beams split by the splitter section by shaping into the target time waveform and setting a central frequency so as to configure the first pulse beam, and a second shaping section configured to shape the other of the pulse beams split by the splitter section by shaping into the target time waveform so as to configure the second pulse beam.

Abstract: There is provided a light detecting device including: a laser light source generating light source pulse beam; a splitting section splitting the light source pulse beam into excitation beam, first probe beam and second probe beam; a first modulating section executing optical path length modulation that modulates a relative optical path length difference between the excitation beam, and the first probe beam and the second probe beam; a second modulating section phase-modulating the first probe beam; and a detecting section illuminating combined beam, in which the excitation beam, the first probe beam and the second probe beam are multiplexed, onto a sample, and detecting a stimulated Raman scattering signal that is generated.

Abstract: Provided is a light detection device having a laser light source, a splitting unit, a first modulation unit, a second modulation unit, a first detection unit and a second detection unit that detect light, and a control unit.

Abstract: An optical pulse pair generator is configured to generate an optical pulse pair including a first pulse beam and a second pulse beam having respective central wavelengths that are separated by a predetermined wavelength difference from each other and having target time waveforms that are substantially the same as each other. The optical pulse pair generator provided includes a splitter section configured to split an incident pulse beam into two, a first shaping section configured to shape one of the pulse beams split by the splitter section by shaping into the target time waveform and setting a central frequency so as to configure the first pulse beam, and a second shaping section configured to shape the other of the pulse beams split by the splitter section by shaping into the target time waveform so as to configure the second pulse beam.

Abstract: There is provided a measurement apparatus including a control unit configured to control an on/off state of illumination that does not contribute to acquisition of measurement data on the basis of an acquisition time period of the measurement data.

Abstract: There is provided a measurement apparatus including a control unit configured to control an on/off state of illumination that does not contribute to acquisition of measurement data on the basis of an acquisition time period of the measurement data.

Abstract: There is provided a measurement apparatus including a control unit configured to control an on/off state of illumination that does not contribute to acquisition of measurement data on the basis of an acquisition time period of the measurement data.

Abstract: Provided is a laser scanning observation device including: a window unit provided in a partial area of a casing and configured to be in contact with or close to an observation target; an objective lens configured to collect laser light on the observation target through the window unit; an optical path changing element configured to change a direction of travel of the laser light guided within the casing toward the window unit; an astigmatism correction element provided in a front stage of the window unit and configured to correct astigmatism occurring upon the collection of the laser light on the observation target; and a rotation mechanism configured to allow at least the optical path changing element to rotate about a rotation axis perpendicular to a direction of incidence of the laser light on the window unit to scan the observation target with the laser light.

Abstract: There is provided a measurement apparatus including a control unit configured to control an on/off state of illumination that does not contribute to acquisition of measurement data on the basis of an acquisition time period of the measurement data.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a temperature of a heating member heated by a heat source to fix a developer image on a recording sheet is detected by a temperature sensor disposed apart from the heating member. A controller controls the heat source based upon a temperature determined mathematically by application of a specific function to the temperature detected by the temperature sensor. In the controller, the specific function is switched among a plurality of functions according to a control mode which is switchable among a plurality of modes and in which operation of the heat source is regulated.

Abstract: In a printer, a scanner unit is formed into a taper shape having a thinner thickness on a side of a pick-up roller in a removing direction of a process unit, to allow the process unit to be removed from the printer. A part of a sheet feeding path is formed in an area between the process unit and a sheet cassette. An image forming position on the sheet feed path is set lower than an upper end of the pick-up roller. Thus, removal of the process unit can be readily performed. Further, the height of the printer at a position of the pick-up roller can be reduced as compared with a case where the scanner unit is not formed into a taper shape.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a recording and reproducing device including: a light source; an intensity modulating section; a polarization beam splitter; a selective polarization direction controlling section; a linearly polarized light/circularly polarized light converting section; and a driving controlling section.

Abstract: In a printer, a scanner unit is formed into a taper shape having a thinner thickness on a side of a pick-up roller in a removing direction of a process unit, to allow the process unit to be removed from the printer. A part of a sheet feeding path is formed in an area between the process unit and a sheet cassette. An image forming position on the sheet feed path is set lower than an upper end of the pick-up roller. Thus, removal of the process unit can be readily performed. Further, the height of the printer at a position of the pick-up roller can be reduced as compared with a case where the scanner unit is not formed into a taper shape.

Abstract: There is provided a light illuminating apparatus including: a light source allowing light to illuminate a hologram-recording medium having a recording layer, where information is recorded by an interference fringe of a signal light and a reference light, and a cover layer on an upper-layer side thereof; a spatial light-modulator performing spatial light-modulation on the light from the light source to generate the signal light and/or the reference light; and a light illuminating unit allowing the light, which is subject to the spatial light-modulation by the spatial light-modulator, as a recording/reproduced light to illuminate the hologram-recording medium through an objective lens, wherein a focus position of the recording/reproduced light is set so that a distance from a surface of the hologram-recording medium to the focus position of the recording/reproduced light is smaller than a distance from the surface to a lower-layer side surface of the recording layer.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a temperature of a heating member heated by a heat source to fix a developer image on a recording sheet is detected by a temperature sensor disposed apart from the heating member. A controller controls the heat source based upon a temperature determined mathematically by application of a specific function to the temperature detected by the temperature sensor. In the controller, the specific function is switched among a plurality of functions according to a control mode which is switchable among a plurality of modes and in which operation of the heat source is regulated.

Abstract: A fixing unit of an image-forming device having a heating roller, a pressure roller disposed in confrontation with the heating roller, and a case that rotatably supports the heating roller on both longitudinal ends thereof and covers the heating roller from the side opposite the pressure roller, while leaving the pressure roller exposed. A pair of pressure roller support plates, one end of which is supported on the case, rotatably supports both ends of the pressure roller. With this construction, a more compact fixing unit can be achieved than when the case is configured to cover the heating roller and pressure roller entirely. The fixing unit includes a temperature fuse for restraining abnormal temperature rises in the heating roller, and a temperature fuse cover that extends from an inner wall of the case to provide insulation between the temperature fuse and the heating roller.

Abstract: A reproduction apparatus includes: a wavelength-tunable light source that outputs light illuminating a hologram recording medium such that a wavelength is variable; an optical system that illuminates through an objective lens the hologram recording medium with the reference light generated on the basis of light emitted from the wavelength-tunable light source and that includes a power changing section which changes a zoom power of the reference light incident on the objective lens; a temperature detecting section that detects a temperature of the hologram recording medium; and a control section that, when setting the zoom power of the reference light and the wavelength of the wavelength-tunable light source in response to a result of the temperature detected by the temperature detecting section, performs control such that the zoom power of the reference light and the wavelength of the wavelength-tunable light source satisfy a condition [ ? ? ? m = ? ? ? ? ? W ] .

Abstract: In a printer, a scanner unit is formed into a taper shape having a thinner thickness on a side of a pick-up roller in a removing direction of a process unit, to allow the process unit to be removed from the printer. A part of a sheet feeding path is formed in an area between the process unit and a sheet cassette. An image forming position on the sheet feed path is set lower than an upper end of the pick-up roller. Thus, removal of the process unit can be readily performed. Further, the height of the printer at a position of the pick-up roller can be reduced as compared with a case where the scanner unit is not formed into a taper shape.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a recording and reproducing device including: a light source; an intensity modulating section; a polarization beam splitter; a selective polarization direction controlling section; a linearly polarized light/circularly polarized light converting section; and a driving controlling section.

Abstract: A fixing unit is disposed at a position closer to a rear side wall than to a front side wall of a casing. A top wall is formed with a depressed portion depressed toward inside the casing. The depressed portion serves as a sheet discharge tray for receiving a recording medium that has passed through the fixing unit. The sheet discharge tray includes a tray member detachably disposed at the top wall. The rear side wall is formed with an opening through which the fixing unit is removed. When the tray member is disposed at the top wall, the tray member is positioned above and adjacent to the fixing unit and overlaps the fixing unit when viewed through the opening, thereby preventing the fixing unit from being removed from the casing. The fixing unit is removable through the opening when the tray member is detached from the top wall.