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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dieter Baums, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Michael Schilling, Stuttgart, DE;
Wilfried Idler, Asperg, DE;
Gert Laube, Stuttgart, DE;
Klaus Wunstel, Schwieberdingen, DE;
Olaf Hildebrand, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Alcatel N.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 50 ; 372 23 ; 372 46 ; 359132 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor laser is provided monolithically integrated on a substrate and has a cavity layer extending above a plane that is coplanar with a base surface of the substrate, is branched and includes a plurality of separately controllable regions. The laser is operated by changing charge carrier density in at least one of the regions so that it emits light at one of a first wavelength and a second wavelength in correspondence with the charge carrier density change.