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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
May. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Vixar, Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Dummer, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Klein Johnson, Orono, MN (US);
Mary Brenner, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
Vixar Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/12 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); H01S 5/022 (2006.01); H01S 5/183 (2006.01); H01S 5/42 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); H01S 5/065 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/022 (2013.01); H01S 5/02296 (2013.01); H01S 5/1835 (2013.01); H01S 5/18388 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48091 (2013.01); H01S 5/02212 (2013.01); H01S 5/02276 (2013.01); H01S 5/02292 (2013.01); H01S 5/0653 (2013.01); H01S 5/18394 (2013.01); H01S 5/423 (2013.01); H01S 2301/02 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01);
Abstract
A VCSEL array having a plurality of VCSELs, each having more than two modes, and the optical emission from each of the VCSELs overlaps in a far field of the VCSELs. A VCSEL array having a plurality of VCSELs, each having an aperture size of at least about 6 μm, and the optical emission from each of the VCSELs overlaps in a far field of the VCSELs. A VCSEL array having a plurality of VCSELs, wherein the spectral width of each VCSEL is at least about 0.5 nm, and the optical emission from each of the VCSELs overlaps in a far field of the VCSELs.