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Semiconductor laser array with nonplanar diffraction region

US4868839A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 1988
Grant dateSep 19, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/4081
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An array of semiconductor lasers formed in a single substrate and having parallel waveguides that terminate in a wide diffraction region fabricated with the array structure. The diffraction region has a curved reflective surface selected to achieve a desired degree of coupling among the elements of the array, and to enhance and stabilize a preferred lateral mode of oscillation.

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