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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Ayub Mohammed Fathimulla, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Harry Stephen Hier, Sykesville, MD (US);
Olaleye A. Aina, Columbia, MD (US);
Inventors:
Ayub Mohammed Fathimulla, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Harry Stephen Hier, Sykesville, MD (US);
Olaleye A. Aina, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignee:
Epitaxial Technologies, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vertical cavity semiconductor optical photoamplifer (VCSOA) is used as a modulating retro-reflector (MRR) as a pixel in an array. The boundary of the cavity in the VCSOA forms a mirror for reflecting an incident light as an amplified output.