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Tunable semiconductor laser

US4920542A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 22, 1989
Grant dateApr 24, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/1228
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A tunable multisection laser of the invention includes an active layer (C2) which is thicker in a phase tuning section (S3) and in a grating section (S2) including a Bragg distributed reflector (R) having a controllable equivalent pitch than it is in a light amplification section (S1). The invention is particularly applicable to making components for telecommunications by means of optical fibers.

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