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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2005
Shervin Taghavi-larigani, Pasadena, CA (US);
Jakob J. Vanzyl, Pasadena, CA (US);
Amnon Yariv, Pasadena, CA (US);
Shervin Taghavi-Larigani, Pasadena, CA (US);
Jakob J. Vanzyl, Pasadena, CA (US);
Amnon Yariv, Pasadena, CA (US);
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention discloses a semi-ring Fabry-Perot (SRFP) optical resonator structure comprising a medium including an edge forming a reflective facet and a waveguide within the medium, the waveguide having opposing ends formed by the reflective facet. The performance of the SRFP resonator can be further enhanced by including a Mach-Zehnder interferometer in the waveguide on one side of the gain medium. The optical resonator can be employed in a variety of optical devices. Laser structures using at least one SRFP resonator are disclosed where the resonators are disposed on opposite sides of a gain medium. Other laser structures employing one or more resonators on one side of a gain region are also disclosed.