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Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2004
Applicants:

Yoon K. Song, Warwick, RI (US);

Michael H. Leary, Mountain View, CA (US);

Michael R. T. Tan, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yoon K. Song, Warwick, RI (US);

Michael H. Leary, Mountain View, CA (US);

Michael R. T. Tan, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/04 (2006.01); H01S 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A light generating device such as a VCSEL includes a light generation layer, a top reflector, a bottom reflector, and a high thermal conductivity (HTC) layer between the light generation layer and the bottom reflector. The light generation layer is adapted to generate light having a first wavelength. Heat produced at the light generation layer is more efficiently dissipated due to the presence of the HTC layer. Alternatively, a light generating device such as a VCSEL includes a light generation layer, a top reflector, and a high thermal conductivity (HTC) bottom reflector. Heat produced at the light generation layer is more efficiently dissipated due to the fact that the bottom reflector is a HTC DBR reflector having lower thermal resistivity than a conventional DBR reflector.


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