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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2000
Christopher Richard Doerr, Middletown, NJ (US);
Charles H Joyner, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Lothar Benedict Erhard Josef Moeller, Hazlet, NJ (US);
Martin Zirngibl, Middletown, NJ (US);
Agere Systems Optoelectronics Guardian Corp., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A multifrequency laser that uses a waveguide grating router as the filter for frequency control and encloses it within a structure that forms at each selected frequency two paths of slightly different lengths to create a DiDomenico-type of laser that uses a pair of coupled cavities for frequency control. In one embodiment two sets, each of N optical amplifications, are used to create two resonant paths at each frequency. In other embodiments, a portion of the output power is made to travel a second path to provide the second optical path.