Abstract: A laser interferometer includes: a laser light source configured to emit laser light; an optical modulator including a vibrator driven by a drive signal and configured to superimpose a modulation signal on the laser light using the vibrator; a photodetector configured to receive the laser light including a sample signal superimposed thereon due to reflection by an object and the laser light including the modulation signal, and output a light receiving signal; a calculation unit configured to perform a calculation on the light receiving signal based on a reference signal; and a signal generation unit configured to output the drive signal and the reference signal.

Abstract: A laser interferometer includes: a laser light source configured to emit first laser light; an optical modulator including a vibration element and configured to modulate the first laser light using the vibration element and generate second laser light including a modulation signal; a light receiving element configured to receive third laser light including a sample signal generated by the first laser light being reflected by an object and the second laser light, and output a light reception signal; a demodulation circuit configured to demodulate the sample signal from the light reception signal; and a correction circuit configured to detect a force acting on the vibration element from a change in vibration of the vibration element and correct the light reception signal based on the force.

Abstract: A laser interferometer includes a light source that emits first laser light, an optical modulator that includes a vibrator and modulates the first laser light by using the vibrator to generate second laser light including a modulated signal, a photodetector that receives interference light between third laser light including a sample signal generated by reflecting the first laser light on an object and the second laser light to output a light reception signal, a demodulation circuit that demodulates the sample signal from the light reception signal based on a reference signal, and an oscillation circuit that outputs the reference signal to the demodulation circuit, and the vibrator is a signal source of the oscillation circuit.

Abstract: In a particle beam irradiation system, upon receipt of a signal to stop irradiation of a charged particle beam, the signal outputted from a scanning controller, an accelerator and transport system controller stops emission of the charged particle beam from a charged particle beam generation unit to the irradiation unit, the scanning controller determines, according to an irradiation dose of the charged particle beam at one of a plurality of spots that has been irradiated with the charged particle beam until immediately before the accelerator and transport system controller stops the emission, the irradiation dose measured by the irradiation dose monitor from when the signal to stop the irradiation is outputted, whether or not to skip the irradiation of the charged particle beam at another one of the plurality of spots subsequent to the one of the plurality of spots, so as to control the accelerator and transport system controller.

Abstract: Provided is a radiation detecting element that has high adhesion between electrode portions and a substrate and does not suffer from performance failures due to insufficient insulation between the electrode portions, even if a distance between the electrode portions is narrower in order to obtain a high-definition radiation drawn image. The radiation detecting element includes: a plurality of electrode portions; and an insulating portion provided between the electrode portions on a surface of a substrate made of a compound semiconductor crystal containing cadmium telluride or cadmium zinc telluride, wherein an intermediate layer containing tellurium oxide is present between each of the electrode portions and the substrate, and wherein tellurium oxide is present on an upper portion of the insulating portion, and the tellurium oxide on the upper portion of the insulating portion has a maximum thickness of 30 nm or less.

Abstract: A laser interferometer includes: a laser light source configured to emit first laser light; an optical modulator including a vibration element that generates a vibration component in a direction intersecting an incident surface of the first laser light, and configured to modulate the first laser light by using the vibration element to generate second laser light including a modulation signal; a photodetector configured to receive the second laser light and third laser light that includes a sample signal generated by the first laser light being reflected by an object, and output a light reception signal; a demodulation circuit configured to demodulate the sample signal from the light reception signal based on a reference signal; and an oscillation circuit configured to operate using the vibration element as a signal source and output the reference signal to the demodulation circuit.

Abstract: A laser interferometer includes a light source that emits first laser light, an optical modulator that includes a vibrator and modulates the first laser light by using the vibrator to generate second laser light including a modulated signal, a photodetector that receives interference light between third laser light including a sample signal generated by reflecting the first laser light on an object and the second laser light to output a light reception signal, a demodulation circuit that demodulates the sample signal from the light reception signal based on a reference signal, and a signal generator that outputs the reference signal input to the demodulation circuit and outputs a drive signal input to the optical modulator, in which Vd/Vr<10, where Vr is a voltage of the reference signal and Vd is a voltage of the drive signal.

Abstract: A laser interferometer includes: a laser light source configured to emit first laser light; an optical modulator that includes a resonator and that is configured to modulate the first laser light using the resonator and to generate second laser light including a modulation signal; a photodetector configured to receive the second laser light and third laser light including a sample signal generated by reflecting the first laser light from an object to be measured, and to output a light reception signal; an optical coupler that has a function of splitting the first laser light and a function of splitting combined light of the second laser light and the third laser light; a first collimator configured to collimate the first laser light split by the optical coupler; a second collimator configured to collimate the first laser light split by the optical coupler; a first optical wiring; a second optical wiring; a third optical wiring; and a fourth optical wiring.

Abstract: A battery whose reliability is suitably enhanced and a manufacturing method of the battery are provided. The manufacturing method of the battery herein disclosed includes a fitting step for abutting at least a portion of an outer package and a sealing plate, and deforming the outer package and/or the sealing plate so as to fit the outer package and the sealing plate, and a joining step for joining the outer package and the sealing plate.

Abstract: A frequency shift light modulator includes a resonator and a diffraction grating including a plurality of grooves arranged in parallel in a displacement direction of the resonator, and the diffraction grating is provided on the resonator. By providing the diffraction grating on the resonator, it is easy to realize miniaturization and increase in accuracy of the frequency shift light modulator. Further, it is easy to realize application to a high frequency region in a MHz band, that is, high frequency modulation. It is possible to efficiently obtain an effect based on a combination of the resonator and the diffraction grating.

Abstract: A frequency shift light modulator includes a resonator and a diffraction grating including a plurality of grooves arranged in parallel in a displacement direction of the resonator, and the diffraction grating is provided on the resonator. By providing the diffraction grating on the resonator, it is easy to realize miniaturization and increase in accuracy of the frequency shift light modulator. Further, it is easy to realize application to a high frequency region in a MHz band, that is, high frequency modulation. It is possible to efficiently obtain an effect based on a combination of the resonator and the diffraction grating.

Abstract: A laser interferometer includes: a laser light source; a collimator configured to generate collimated light; an optical modulator configured to modulate the collimated light into reference light having a different frequency; and a light receiving element configured to receive object light and the reference light and output a light receiving signal, in which when an optical axis of the collimated light is a first optical axis, when return light is generated, an optical axis of the return light is a second optical axis, a position at which the collimated light is generated is a reference position, the following equation (A) is satisfied: K 2 + 1 2 ? ( R + 2 ? L R ? ? ) ? ? ? y ( A ) in which ?y is a shift width between the first optical axis and the second optical axis at the reference position, ? is an effective diameter of the collimator, R is a light diameter of the collimated light, L is a distance between the reference position and the optical modulator, and ? is a wav

Abstract: A laser interferometer includes: a laser light source configured to emit laser light; a light shielding element having an opening through which the laser light passes; an optical modulator configured to modulate the laser light into reference light having a different frequency; and a light receiving element configured to receive object light generated by reflecting the laser light by an object to be measured and the reference light and output a light receiving signal. 0.10??pin?10.0, in which ?pin [mm] is a diameter of the opening.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide automated lamination method and device that can efficiently perform automated lamination by using a thin-layer tape. A thin-layer tape automated lamination device 1 includes a provisional formation unit 2 configured to form lamination tapes having thicknesses different from each other by laminating a plurality of thin-layer tapes each having a thickness of 5 ?m to 80 ?m, and a lamination-shaping unit 3 configured to laminate and shape each formed lamination tape in a lamination region of a basal body surface.

Abstract: A communication apparatus capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus includes a reception unit that receives a predetermined instruction, an output unit that outputs a predetermined two-dimensional code based on the received predetermined instruction, a control unit that, based on the received predetermined instruction, causes the communication apparatus to start an operation in a predetermined mode for receiving predetermined information for connecting to an external access point that is external to the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus from the information processing apparatus having read the predetermined two-dimensional code, and a connection unit that, in a case that the predetermined information is received from the information processing apparatus having read the predetermined two-dimensional code, connects the external access point and the communication apparatus to each other based on the predetermined information.

Abstract: Provided is a cadmium zinc telluride (CdZnTe) single crystal including a main surface that has a high mobility lifetime product (?? product) in a wide range, wherein the main surface has an area of 100 mm2 or more and has 50% or more of regions where the ?? product is 1.0×10?3 cm2/V or more based on the entire main surface, and a method for effectively producing the same.

Abstract: A moisture-permeable waterproof fabric includes: a porous moisture-permeable waterproof membrane on at least one surface of a fabric. Polyurethane forming the moisture-permeable waterproof membrane is synthesized using a polyol including a polycarbonate diol having a plant-derived component.

Abstract: A laser interferometer that includes a light source configured to emit laser light, an optical divider configured to divide the laser light into a first optical path and a second optical path, an optical modulator being provided on the first optical path or the second optical path, including an oscillator that oscillates when a current is applied, and being configured to modulate the laser light by using the oscillator, a photoreceptor configured to receive the laser light and output a photoreception signal, the laser light being reflected by an object to be measured that is provided on the first optical path or the second optical path, and a demodulation circuit configured to demodulate, from the photoreception signal, a Doppler signal derived from the object to be measured, based on a reference signal and a modulation signal derived from the optical modulator, wherein Iq/f?1×10?7 is satisfied, where an amplitude value of the current applied to the oscillator that is oscillating is Iq [A] and an oscillation

Abstract: A ceramic honeycomb structure includes: an outer peripheral wall; and a partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells to form a fluid flow path extending from one end face to other end face. The honeycomb structure contains: 1) particles including one or more selected from silicon carbide, silicon nitride and aluminum nitride; and 2) silicon doped with a dopant. The dopant is a Group 13 element or a Group 15 element. The honeycomb structure has a silicon content (B) of from 20 to 80% by mass, and the honeycomb structure has a porosity of 30% or less.

Abstract: A semiconductor laser element includes a semiconductor-containing part, an electrode and at least one metal film. The semiconductor-containing part has first and second main surfaces, a light emitting end surface, a light reflecting end surface, and an optical waveguide. A distance between the first main surface and the optical waveguide is greater than a distance between the second main surface and the optical waveguide. The electrode is provided on the first main surface. The metal film is provided on the first main surface at a position spaced apart from the electrode. The metal film is in contact with a first side of an outer edge of the first main surface on a side of the light emitting end surface. The metal film is arranged at a position that does not overlap the optical waveguide in a plan view seen along a normal direction of the first main surface.