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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
John C Dyment, Kanata, CA;
Assignee:
Northern Telecom Limited, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ; H01S / ; H01S / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
148-15 ; 148175 ; 357 18 ; 331 / ;
Abstract
In an optoelectronic device, light is restrained from propagating in one or both confining layers on either side of an active layer by forming one or more photon absorbing barriers in one, or both, confining layers. A photon absorbing barrier can be formed by proton bombardment of a confining layer, by producing a protrusion from the substrate into the adjacent confining layer, or by producing a protrusion from a capping layer into the other confining layer, or by combinations of these. Spaced apart barriers can define a device, or sections of a multisectioned device, for example a monolithic light emitting diode and modulator.