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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2010
Alex A. Behfar, Ithaca, NY (US);
Kiyofumi Muro, Chiba, JP;
Cristian B. Stagarescu, Ithaca, NY (US);
Alfred T. Schremer, Freeville, NY (US);
Alex A. Behfar, Ithaca, NY (US);
Kiyofumi Muro, Chiba, JP;
Cristian B. Stagarescu, Ithaca, NY (US);
Alfred T. Schremer, Freeville, NY (US);
BinOptics Corporation, Ithaca, NY (US);
Abstract
A single-mode, etched facet distributed Bragg reflector laser includes an AlGaInAs/InP laser cavity, a front mirror stack with multiple Fabry-Perot elements, a rear DBR reflector, and a rear detector. The front mirror stack elements and the rear reflector elements include input and output etched facets, and the laser cavity is an etched ridge cavity, all formed from an epitaxial wafer by a two-step lithography and CAIBE process.