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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:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
David P. Bour, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey N. Miller, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Steve Lester, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Virginia Robbins, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, INC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/00 ; H01S 3/97 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/00 ; H01S 3/97 ;
Abstract
An electrically-pumped vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) has multiple active regions. Embodiments of the invention provide an electrically-pumped VCSEL having a number of different p-i-n junction and electrode arrangements, which, in various embodiments, allow independent biasing of the multiple active regions, and, in other embodiments, allow simplified electrical connections.