Patent ID: 9563001
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. A light source apparatus comprising: a light source having a light-emitting surface; an optical fiber having a light-receiving surface; a tube configured to hold the optical fiber; and a positioner configured to position the light source and the optical fiber such that the light-emitting surface and the light-receiving surface face each other, the positioner comprising: a planar position adjuster configured to adjust a position of the optical fiber in a direction along the light-emitting surface; an axial line position adjustment sleeve holding the tube and configured to adjust the position of the optical fiber in a direction intersecting with the light-emitting surface, and comprising a screw located on the sleeve and configured to tighten against the tube in a diameter direction of the tube to fix the tube in the direction intersecting with the light-emitting surface; and a pair of slip rings defining a channel therebetween such that the screw can slide within the channel, the pair of slip rings positioned along the axis direction of the optical fiber between an outer circumferential surface of the tube and an inner circumferential surface of the axial line position adjustment sleeve, the pair of slip rings configured to hold the optical fiber such that an axis direction of the optical fiber is fixed in a predetermined intersecting direction with respect to the light-emitting surface.