Switched laser array modulation with integral electroabsorption modulator
US6922278B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 1, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S5/4087
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A photonic device including an array of lasers providing light to an array of electro-absorption modulators, both on a common substrate. In some embodiments the lasers are in a closely spaced array and lase at different wavelengths, providing with associated electro-absorption modulators a compact wavelength selectable laser.
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