Abstract: The invention provides a laser scanner, which comprises a light source unit, a light receiving unit, a distance measuring unit, an angle measuring unit, a telescope unit capable of rotating in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, a rotation driving unit, a directional angle detector, and a control arithmetic unit, wherein the light source unit is an MOPA type and has an oscillator control circuit, a main oscillator, and an optical amplifier, wherein the oscillator control circuit has a repetition frequency setting component, a pulse peak output setting component, a pulse width setting component and an amplification factor calculating component and oscillates the main oscillator corresponding to a measured distance, and wherein the amplification factor calculating component calculates an amplification factor based on a repetition frequency, a pulse peak output, and a pulse width and amplifies the optical amplifier based on a calculated amplification factor.

Abstract: Provided is a surveying system comprising a flying vehicle system which is configured to perform a remote control and include a flying vehicle and a measuring instrument, a position measuring instrument configured to measure a position of the flying vehicle system, and a remote controller configured to control the flying of the flying vehicle system and to wirelessly communicate with the flying vehicle system and the position measuring instrument, in which the remote controller is configured to fly the flying vehicle system to a desired structure, measure an object surface by the measuring instrument, and convert a measurement result of the object surface into a measurement result with reference to the position measuring instrument.

Abstract: A surveying instrument comprises a projection optical system for irradiating a distance measuring light which is a linearly-polarized light to an object to be measured, a light receiving optical system for receiving a reflected distance measuring light from the object to be measured, a polarization selecting module for selecting a polarization of the reflected distance measuring light received by the light receiving optical system and an arithmetic control module for controlling a distance measurement based on a light receiving result of the reflected distance measuring light, wherein the arithmetic control module is configured to give a material information to a distance measurement result of the object to be measured based on a change in light receiving amounts caused due to a selection of the polarization by the polarization selecting module.

Abstract: Provided is a surveying system including a flying vehicle system which is configured to includes a flying vehicle, a position measuring instrument configured to measure a position of the flying vehicle, and a remote controller configured to control the flying of the flying vehicle and to wirelessly communicate with the flying vehicle system and the position measuring instrument, in which the flying vehicle includes a track ball configured to have a reference position and a reference direction, a shaft configured to extend downward from the track ball and to support such that the shaft becomes tiltable in an arbitrary direction, an infrared sensor configured to project an infrared light to the track ball, and a control device configured to calculate an attitude of the flying vehicle relative to the reference position and the reference direction of the track ball based on the infrared light reflected by the track ball.

Abstract: A surveying instrument comprises a projection optical system for irradiating a distance measuring light which is a linearly-polarized light to an object to be measured, a light receiving optical system for receiving a reflected distance measuring light from the object to be measured, a polarization selecting module for selecting a polarization of the reflected distance measuring light received by the light receiving optical system and an arithmetic control module for controlling a distance measurement based on a light receiving result of the reflected distance measuring light, wherein the arithmetic control module is configured to give a material information to a distance measurement result of the object to be measured based on a change in light receiving amounts caused due to a selection of the polarization by the polarization selecting module.

Abstract: The invention provides a laser scanner, which comprises a light source unit, a light receiving unit, a distance measuring unit, an angle measuring unit, a telescope unit capable of rotating in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, a rotation driving unit, a directional angle detector, and a control arithmetic unit, wherein the light source unit is an MOPA type and has an oscillator control circuit, a main oscillator, and an optical amplifier, wherein the oscillator control circuit has a repetition frequency setting component, a pulse peak output setting component, a pulse width setting component and an amplification factor calculating component and oscillates the main oscillator corresponding to a measured distance, and wherein the amplification factor calculating component calculates an amplification factor based on a repetition frequency, a pulse peak output, and a pulse width and amplifies the optical amplifier based on a calculated amplification factor.

Abstract: The invention provides a laser scanner, which comprises a light source unit, a light receiving unit, a distance measuring unit, an angle measuring unit, a telescope unit capable of rotating in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, a rotation driving unit, a directional angle detector, and a control arithmetic unit, wherein the light source unit is an MOPA type and has an oscillator control circuit, a main oscillator, and an optical amplifier, wherein the oscillator control circuit has a repetition frequency setting component, a pulse peak output setting component, a pulse width setting component and an amplification factor calculating component and oscillates the main oscillator corresponding to a measured distance, and wherein the amplification factor calculating component calculates an amplification factor based on a repetition frequency, a pulse peak output, and a pulse width and amplifies the optical amplifier based on a calculated amplification factor.

Abstract: The invention provides a laser scanner, which comprises a light source unit, a light receiving unit, a distance measuring unit, an angle measuring unit, a telescope unit capable of rotating in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, a rotation driving unit, a directional angle detector, and a control arithmetic unit, wherein the light source unit is an MOPA type and has an oscillator control circuit, a main oscillator, and an optical amplifier, wherein the oscillator control circuit has a repetition frequency setting component, a pulse peak output setting component, a pulse width setting component and an amplification factor calculating component and oscillates the main oscillator corresponding to a measured distance, and wherein the amplification factor calculating component calculates an amplification factor based on a repetition frequency, a pulse peak output, and a pulse width and amplifies the optical amplifier based on a calculated amplification factor.

Abstract: The invention provides a laser light emitting device, which comprises a laser light emitter for emitting a pump light, a resonator for emitting a laser beam by oscillating and amplifying the pump light and a multi-mode fiber for guiding the pump light emitted from the laser light emitter to the resonator, wherein a mode scrambler is provided on the multi-mode fiber, the pump light propagating the multi-mode fiber is stirred and a light intensity distribution is unified by the mode scrambler, and the pump light is entered to the resonator.

Abstract: The invention provides a laser surveying device, which comprises a light emitting unit for emitting a pulsed distance measuring light, a photodetection unit for receiving a reflected pulsed distance measuring light and a control arithmetic unit for controlling the light emitting unit and for calculating a distance to an object to be measured based on a photodetection signal from the photodetection unit, wherein the light emitting unit has a pump laser source for emitting a pump laser beam, a spot diameter changing means for changing a spot diameter of the pump laser beam, and an optical cavity for emitting the pump laser beam entering via the spot diameter changing means as the pulsed distance measuring light.

Abstract: A laser oscillation device comprises a light emitting unit for projecting a pump laser beam, a laser medium for absorbing the pump laser beam and for emitting a spontaneous emission light, a saturable absorber for absorbing the spontaneous emission light and for emitting a pulsed light, and a holder for holding the laser medium in a close contact state, wherein a portion of the holder as appressed against at least one surface of the laser medium is made of a metal and the pump laser beam is projected to an edge portion of the laser medium as appressed against the holder.

Abstract: A laser oscillation device comprises a light emitting unit for projecting a pump laser beam, a laser medium for absorbing the pump laser beam and for emitting a spontaneous emission light, a saturable absorber for absorbing the spontaneous emission light and for emitting a pulsed light, and a holder for holding the laser medium in a close contact state, wherein a portion of the holder as appressed against at least one surface of the laser medium is made of a metal and the pump laser beam is projected to an edge portion of the laser medium as appressed against the holder.

Abstract: The invention provides a laser surveying device, which comprises a light emitting unit for emitting a pulsed distance measuring light, a photodetection unit for receiving a reflected pulsed distance measuring light and a control arithmetic unit for controlling the light emitting unit and for calculating a distance to an object to be measured based on a photodetection signal from the photodetection unit, wherein the light emitting unit has a pump laser source for emitting a pump laser beam, a spot diameter changing means for changing a spot diameter of the pump laser beam, and an optical cavity for emitting the pump laser beam entering via the spot diameter changing means as the pulsed distance measuring light.

Abstract: The invention provides a laser light emitting device, which comprises a laser light emitter for emitting a pump light, a resonator for emitting a laser beam by oscillating and amplifying the pump light and a multi-mode fiber for guiding the pump light emitted from the laser light emitter to the resonator, wherein a mode scrambler is provided on the multi-mode fiber, the pump light propagating the multi-mode fiber is stirred and a light intensity distribution is unified by the mode scrambler, and the pump light is entered to the resonator.

Abstract: A technique for selecting two or more wavelengths of output light by a simpler structure is provided. A laser apparatus includes a laser oscillation portion for oscillating laser light; a nonlinear crystal inputting the laser light from the laser oscillation portion as a fundamental wave, the nonlinear crystal converting the fundamental wave into a second harmonic wave and changing conversion efficiency according to a temperature thereof, the nonlinear crystal having a periodically poled structure; and a ratio control means for controlling a ratio of the fundamental wave and the second harmonic wave outputting from the nonlinear crystal by controlling the temperature of the nonlinear crystal.

Abstract: A distance measuring apparatus for measuring a distance to a target point in a target area comprises a laser oscillator for generating a laser beam having a first wavelength, a nonlinear crystal into which the laser beam having the first wavelength generated by the laser oscillator enters, the nonlinear crystal generating a laser beam having a second wavelength, a collimator lens at which the laser beam having the first wavelength generated by the laser oscillator and the laser beam having the second wavelength generated by the nonlinear crystal are concentrated and are transformed into parallel light flux, a laser device provided with the laser oscillator, the nonlinear crystal, and the collimator lens, an output unit for outputting the laser beam having the first wavelength and the laser beam having the second wavelength at the same time, which are emitted by the laser device, while scanning the target area, a selective reflective mirror for selectively reflecting the laser beam having the first wavelength

Abstract: A technique for selecting two or more wavelengths of output light by a simpler structure is provided. A laser apparatus includes a laser oscillation portion for oscillating laser light; a nonlinear crystal inputting the laser light from the laser oscillation portion as a fundamental wave, the nonlinear crystal converting the fundamental wave into a second harmonic wave and changing conversion efficiency according to a temperature thereof, the nonlinear crystal having a periodically poled structure; and a ratio control means for controlling a ratio of the fundamental wave and the second harmonic wave outputting from the nonlinear crystal by controlling the temperature of the nonlinear crystal.

Abstract: A technique for not causing a gap of the central beam axes depending on wavelengths of emitted light is provided. A laser apparatus includes a laser oscillation portion for oscillating laser light; a nonlinear crystal inputting a first output light from the laser oscillation portion, the nonlinear crystal outputting the first output light and a second output light which is a second harmonic wave of the first output light and has a central beam axis not corresponding to a central beam axis of the first output light; a central beam axis bending means for bending at least one central beam axis of the first output light and the second output light; and a optical fiber in which the edge is in a position or a neighborhood in which the central beam axes of the first output light and the second output light intersects.

Abstract: A distance measuring apparatus for measuring a distance to a target point in a target area comprises a laser oscillator for generating a laser beam having a first wavelength, a nonlinear crystal into which the laser beam having the first wavelength generated by the laser oscillator enters, the nonlinear crystal generating a laser beam having a second wavelength, a collimator lens at which the laser beam having the first wavelength generated by the laser oscillator and the laser beam having the second wavelength generated by the nonlinear crystal are concentrated and are transformed into parallel light flux, a laser device provided with the laser oscillator, the nonlinear crystal, and the collimator lens, an output unit for outputting the laser beam having the first wavelength and the laser beam having the second wavelength at the same time, which are emitted by the laser device, while scanning the target area, a selective reflective mirror for selectively reflecting the laser beam having the first wavelength

Abstract: A method for joining optical members, comprising a step of forming one dielectric thin film on a joining surface of one optical member, a step of forming another dielectric thin film on a joining surface of another optical member, and a step of making contact without scattering light between the one dielectric thin film and the another dielectric thin film together, wherein optical wavelength property as required can be obtained by joining the another dielectric thin film with the one dielectric thin film.