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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Yongkun Sin, Torrance, CA (US);
Nathan Presser, West Hollywood, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yongkun Sin, Torrance, CA (US);
Nathan Presser, West Hollywood, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Platinum (Pt) thin film heaters are deposited by a focused ion beam for semiconductor manufacturing of thermally tunable distributed feedback lasers. An exemplar 1.3 μm InGaAsP/InP laser is integrated with a tuning element having a wide wavelength tuning range of 4.9 nm, that is, 857 GHz, with a small heater current of 13.0 mA.