A multilaser arrangement includes: a housing including a base plate, a housing cap fastened on the base plate, and a transparent element, the base plate including a bottom face, the housing cap including an opening with the transparent element assigned to the opening for the passage of electromagnetic radiation; lasers, each being arranged inside the housing at a distance from the bottom face of the base plate, the housing cap including an upper wall and a side wall, which includes a lower edge and a surface, is formed integrally with the upper wall, and ends with the lower edge fastened on the base plate, the side wall having a first thickness and a second thickness, the first thickness being measured in a direction perpendicular to the surface, the second thickness being measured at the lower edge and being less than or equal to the first thickness.

An apparatus comprises an array of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. Each of the vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers is configured to be a source of light. The apparatus also comprises an optical arrangement configured to receive light from a plurality of the vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and to output a plurality of light beams.

An apparatus comprises an array of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers. Each of the vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers is configured to be a source of light. The apparatus also comprises an optical arrangement configured to receive light from a plurality of the vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and to output a plurality of light beams.

A plurality of light sources such as vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are configured to emit non-visible light through emission apertures. Optics are formed over the emission apertures of the plurality of light sources. The optics may provide different tilt angles or divergence angles to the non-visible light emitted by the light sources in the plurality of light sources.

A quantum cascade laser device includes a QCL element; a lens; and a lens holder having a small-diameter hole, a large-diameter hole, and a counterbore surface. At least a part of a side surface of the lens is fixed to an inner surface of the large-diameter hole in a state where an edge portion of an incident surface of the lens is in contact with the counterbore surface. A central axis of the small-diameter hole is eccentric from that of the large-diameter hole. The side surface of the lens is positioned with respect to the inner surface of the large-diameter hole along a direction from the central axis of the large-diameter hole toward the central axis of the small-diameter hole. A central axis of the lens is disposed at a position closer to the central axis of the small-diameter hole than to the central axis of the large-diameter hole.

A quantum cascade laser device includes a QCL element; a lens; and a lens holder having a small-diameter hole, a large-diameter hole, and a counterbore surface. At least a part of a side surface of the lens is fixed to an inner surface of the large-diameter hole in a state where an edge portion of an incident surface of the lens is in contact with the counterbore surface. A central axis of the small-diameter hole is eccentric from that of the large-diameter hole. The side surface of the lens is positioned with respect to the inner surface of the large-diameter hole along a direction from the central axis of the large-diameter hole toward the central axis of the small-diameter hole. A central axis of the lens is disposed at a position closer to the central axis of the small-diameter hole than to the central axis of the large-diameter hole.

The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a diffusion cover that diffuses and transmits light from a semiconductor light-emitting element. The method includes the steps of preparing a base member having an obverse surface and a reverse surface that face away from each other in a thickness direction; forming a lens material on the obverse surface, the lens material containing a photosensitive transparent resin; and removing a portion of the lens material by performing grayscale exposure and development, and forming a lens having a plurality of lens members. Such a configuration can provide a diffusion cover suitable for reducing the manufacturing cost.

A light emission device includes: a base part; a semiconductor laser device disposed on the base part; a frame body fixed to the base part and provided around the semiconductor laser device; a lid bonded to an upper surface of the frame body; and a first electrical conduction member bonded to an outer surface of the base part or an outer surface of the frame body, the first electrical conduction member having a first conductive region and a second conductive region that are electrically connected to the semiconductor laser device. In a top plan view, the first electrical conduction member includes a first portion overlapping the frame body and a second portion not overlapping the frame body, the first conductive region being contained in the first portion, and the second conductive region being contained in the second portion.

A light emitting device includes: a plurality of light emitting elements including a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element; a case enclosing the light emitting elements and comprising a light-transmissive region; a plurality of main lenses, each covering a portion of the light-transmissive region, the plurality of main lenses including a first main lens configured to collimate or converge light emitted from the first light emitting element and a second main lens configured to collimate or converge light emitted from the second light emitting element; and a plurality of sub-lenses disposed in the case, the plurality of sub-lenses including a first sub-lens located in an optical path between the first light emitting element and the first main lens, and a second sub-lens located in an optical path between the second light emitting element and the second main lens.

A light emitting device includes: a plurality of light emitting elements including a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element; a case enclosing the light emitting elements and comprising a light-transmissive region; a plurality of main lenses, each covering a portion of the light-transmissive region, the plurality of main lenses including a first main lens configured to collimate or converge light emitted from the first light emitting element and a second main lens configured to collimate or converge light emitted from the second light emitting element; and a plurality of sub-lenses disposed in the case, the plurality of sub-lenses including a first sub-lens located in an optical path between the first light emitting element and the first main lens, and a second sub-lens located in an optical path between the second light emitting element and the second main lens.