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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
May. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Stc.unm, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Steven R. J. Brueck, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Sanjay Krishna, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Daniel P. Dapkus, Fullerton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/00 (2006.01); H01S 5/12 (2006.01); H01S 5/042 (2006.01); H01S 5/026 (2006.01); H01S 5/02 (2006.01); H01S 5/022 (2006.01); H01S 5/04 (2006.01); H01S 5/40 (2006.01); H01S 3/13 (2006.01); H01S 5/50 (2006.01); H01S 5/343 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01); G01N 21/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/1218 (2013.01); H01S 5/0085 (2013.01); H01S 5/021 (2013.01); H01S 5/0268 (2013.01); H01S 5/02248 (2013.01); H01S 5/041 (2013.01); H01S 5/042 (2013.01); H01S 5/0421 (2013.01); H01S 5/1212 (2013.01); H01S 5/4087 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1704 (2013.01); G01N 2021/394 (2013.01); G01N 2021/399 (2013.01); H01S 3/1303 (2013.01); H01S 5/02208 (2013.01); H01S 5/0425 (2013.01); H01S 5/34306 (2013.01); H01S 5/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tunable laser device includes a laser structure and a plurality of individually addressable, separated contact stripes disposed on the laser structure. The laser structure includes a substrate, an active portion disposed on the substrate, and a chirped distributed feedback (DFB) grating disposed on the active portion. The active portion includes at least top and bottom contact layers and a gain medium.