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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:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2002
Applicant:
John G. Wasserbauer, Erie, CO (US);
Inventor:
John G. Wasserbauer, Erie, CO (US);
Assignee:
Optical Communication Products, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S005/00 ; H01S003/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vertical cavity laser (VCL) including a first mirror formed adjacent a substrate, an optical cavity formed adjacent the first mirror, a second mirror formed adjacent the optical cavity, a first current and/or optical aperture formed within the cavity, within the mirror or at the surface of the mirror, and an antiguide for reducing, balancing, or reversing the index step created by the first current and/or optical aperture. The VCL may further include a second optical aperture for confining the optical mode to provide single mode operation.