The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas Beck Mason, Middletown, NJ (US);
Gregory Fish, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Larry Coldren, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agility Communications, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/026 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/026 ;
Abstract
A laser assembly includes an epitaxial structure formed on a substrate. A separately controllable tunable laser resonator and external optical amplifier are formed in the epitaxial structure. At least a portion of the laser and amplifier share a common waveguide, which may have non-uniform optical or geometrical properties along the waveguide centerline or across a normal to the centerline.