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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:
Jan. 26, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dan Botez, Randolph, NJ (US);
Eugene I Gordon, Convent Station, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lytel, Incorporated, Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ; H01S / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 50 ; 357 16 ; 357 17 ; 372 18 ; 372 45 ; 372 46 ; 372 97 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a semiconductor diode laser array which favors oscillation in the zero degree phase shift mode. The array comprises first and second sets of waveguides which are interdigitated in a coupling region. Energy transfer between the first and second sets of waveguides by way of evanescent coupling is needed to define the feedback paths for sustaining laser oscillations in the waveguides. Such coupling is optimum and the threshold current for lasing lowest when all of the waveguides in both sets oscillate in phase.