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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:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Albert T. Yuen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Michael R. T. Tan, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Dubravko Ivan Babic, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott William Corzine, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/00 ;
Abstract
A short-wavelength vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) is flip-chip bonded to a long-wavelength VCSEL. The short-wavelength VCSEL is used to optically-pump the long-wavelength VCSEL. Certain embodiments of the invention can serve as optical sources for optical fiber communication systems. Methods also are provided.