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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Gideon Yoffe, Newark, CA (US);
Bardia Pezeshki, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Thomas P. Schrans, Temple City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gideon Yoffe, Newark, CA (US);
Bardia Pezeshki, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Thomas P. Schrans, Temple City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kaiam Corp., Newark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 (2006.01); H01S 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A directly driven laser includes multiple contacts, with at least one of the contacts for injecting current into the laser such that the laser reaches at least a lasing threshold and at least one of the contacts for providing a data signal to the laser. In some embodiments a differential data signal is effectively provided to a front and a rear section of the laser, while lasing threshold current is provided to a central portion of the laser.