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Planar laser

US6944192B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateJun 6, 2003
Grant dateSep 13, 2005
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Expiry dateNov 6, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/2036
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical device (10) includes a broad area laser (72) for lasing at a first wavelength (64), a multimode active-doped tapered waveguide laser (6); and a multimode passive planar mode transformer (118) coupling and tapering from the broad area laser (72) to the multimode active-doped tapered waveguide laser (6).

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