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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1988
Joseph P Donnelly, Carlisle, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Two-dimensional surface-emitting diode laser arrays are described that take advantage of both the advanced state of development of linear laser arrays with conventional cleaved end faces and the rapid development of Si heat sink technology. A hybrid array consists of linear arrays of edge-emitting lasers that are mounted in grooves with flat bottoms and 45.degree. sidewalls etched in the top of a Si substrate containing microchannels for fluid flow on the backside. The 45.degree. sidewalls of the top Si grooves are coated with a highly reflecting metallic layer. These 45.degree. mirrors deflect the laser emission from the cleaved end faces of the linear laser arrays by 90.degree. so the emission is normal to the array surface. Use of the integral microchannel heat sink in the bottom of the Si substrate provides excellent heat removal capabilities for high power density operation.