Laser beam recording apparatus

摘要

A laser beam recording apparatus is provided with a semiconductor laser for producing a laser beam, and a beam scanning system for scanning the laser beam on a photosensitive material. A laser operation control circuit produces a light emission level instructing signal corresponding to an image signal and controls a drive current for the semiconductor laser over a natural light emission region and a laser oscillation region on the basis of the light emission level instructing signal, thereby to modulate the intensity of the laser beam. A device superimposes a radio-frequency current upon the drive current for the semiconductor laser only in a region in which the drive current exceeds a predetermined value.