A subject of the invention is to reduce the temperature dependence of an etalon
as a wavelength locker for a semiconductor laser device and so forth. Concretely,
it is to restrict the lowering of the wavelength locking performance of the etalon
dependent on the temperature variation. A means to solve the subject is the use
of an air gap etalon. Concretely, the means is provided with a media plate and
parallel plane plates on both sides of the media plate. The two parallel plane
plates and the space between them constitute the air gap etalon.