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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:
Apr. 29, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert P Bryan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Peter Esherick, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Jack L Jewell, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Kevin L Lear, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Gregory R Olbright, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ; H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 50 ; 372 45 ; 372 46 ; 372 92 ;
Abstract
A monolithically integrated optoelectronic device is provided which integrates a vertical cavity surface emitting laser and either a photosensitive or an electrosensitive device either as input or output to the vertical cavity surface emitting laser either in parallel or series connection. Both vertical and side-by-side arrangements are disclosed, and optical and electronic feedback means are provided. Arrays of these devices can be configured to enable optical computing and neural network applications.