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Microcavity surface emitting laser

US6266357A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1999
Grant dateJul 24, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S2301/166
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A three-dimensional waveguiding structure for a microcavity surface-emitting laser is described in which native aluminum oxide layers provide control of intracavity waveguiding and the laser optical mode structure of the emitted beam. Microcavity lasers described herein account for the blueshift of the emission wavelength as the laser lateral dimensions are reduced to or below the emission wavelength.

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