Princeton Lightwave, Inc.

Trumpf Photonics, Inc.

Louis Anthony DiMarco

John Charles Connolly

Dmitri Z Garbuzov

Viktor Borisovich Khalfin

A semiconductor laser diode and method are described, wherein the path of the current through the device between the positive and negative conductors is controlled. Lateral spread of the gain current in the active region is prevented by implanting protons in areas of the active layer flanking a desired gain region. The implanted regions become less conductive, and prevent lateral spread of the gain current. The position of the implanted regions can be selected so that the gain current only crosses a portion of the active layer that supports desired lateral modes of the laser light.

Control of current spreading in semiconductor laser diodes

A diode laser comprises a laser cavity defining a linear optical-path axis, and a current-pumped stripe region, said current-pumped stripe region being disposed within said laser cavity. The laser cavity includes an output surface perpendicular to the optical axis; and a reflection surface including a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) grating and being disposed at a non-perpendicular angle to the optical-path axis.

Wide stripe distributed bragg reflector lasers with improved angular and spectral characteristics

An apparatus includes a single-mode master-oscillator section and a power amplifier section. The single-mode master-oscillator section includes a waveguide defined by a first end and a second end, the first end including a first distributed Bragg reflector mirror, and the second end including a second distributed Bragg reflector mirror. The single-mode-master-oscillator section also has a first longitudinal axis. The power amplifier section is a broad-contact amplifier coupled to the single-mode-master-oscillator section by a coupling grating that is contained in the waveguide of the single-mode-master-oscillator section. The broad contact amplifier section includes a reflection side, an output side and a second longitudinal axis, the second longitudinal axis being at an angle approximately (90&deg;&minus;&bgr;) to said first longitudinal axis, &bgr; being in a range between 0&deg; and approximately 20&deg;.

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