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Widely tunable swept source

US9774166B2 · kind B2 · utility

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30Claims

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Assignees

Praevium Research, Inc. · US
Thorlabs, Inc. · DE

Inventors

Vijaysekhar Jayaraman · Goleta, US
Christopher Burgner · Lompoc, US
Demis John · Goleta, US
Peter Heim · Jessup, US
Alex Ezra Cable · Newton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 14, 2014
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 20, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01S5/3095
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A high-speed, single-mode, high power, reliable and manufacturable wavelength-tunable light source operative to emit wavelength tunable radiation over a wavelength range contained in a wavelength span between about 950 nm and about 1150 nm, including a vertical cavity laser (VCL), the VCL having a gain region with at least one compressively strained quantum well containing Indium, Gallium, and Arsenic.

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