| abstract |
The invention provides a compact laser light source whose wavelength can be designed freely in a wavelength band in which the semiconductor laser has not been put to practical use by combining an efficient nonlinear optical crystal and high-power semiconductor lasers for optical communication. In one embodiment, the laser light source includes: a first laser for generating a laser beam of a wavelength λ 1 ; a second laser for generating a laser beam of a wavelength λ 2 ; and a nonlinear optical crystal that allows the laser beam of wavelength λ 1 and the laser beam of wavelength λ 2 as inputs and outputs a coherent beam having a wavelength λ 3 of a sum frequency that satisfies a relationship of 1/λ 1 +1/λ 2 =1/λ 3 . The wavelength λ 3 of the sum frequency is 589.3±2 nm that is equivalent to the sodium D line. |