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Method of making heteroepitaxial ridge overgrown laser

US4575919A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 24, 1984
Grant dateMar 18, 1986
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Expiry dateMay 24, 2004

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/095
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of making a ridge waveguide laser with the ridge being grown through a stripe opened in an oxide layer covering one of the cladding layers is described. In one embodiment, the cladding layer is corrugated and the ridge waveguide laser is a distributed feedback laser.

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