Patent · US Expired

Vertical laser diode with means for beam profile forming

US6990127B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Karl Joachim Ebeling · Ulm, DE
Thomas Knödl · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 15, 2002
Grant date	Jan 24, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 23, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

A vertical laser diode includes a vertical resonator and a device for shaping the beam profile of the laser diode. The shaping device has at least one decoloring absorber. The configuration provide a vertical laser diode structure that permits stable beam profile shaping.

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