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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2012
Shih-yuan Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
M. Saif Islam, Davis, CA (US);
Philip J. Kuekes, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nobuhiko Kobayashi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shih-Yuan Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
M. Saif Islam, Davis, CA (US);
Philip J. Kuekes, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nobuhiko Kobayashi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier comprises: at least one first surface; at least one second surface, each second surface facing and electrically isolated from a respective first surface; a plurality of nanowires connecting each opposing pair of the first and second surfaces in a bridging configuration; and a signal waveguide overlapping the nanowires such that an optical signal traveling along the signal waveguide is amplified by energy provided by electrical excitation of the nanowires.