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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Catherine G. Caneau, Corning, NY (US);
Feng Xie, Painted Post, NY (US);
Chung-en Zah, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Catherine G. Caneau, Corning, NY (US);
Feng Xie, Painted Post, NY (US);
Chung-En Zah, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A quantum cascade laser and its method of fabrication are provided. The quantum cascade laser comprises one or more p-type electrical isolation regions and a plurality of electrically isolated laser sections extending along a waveguide axis of the laser. An active waveguide core is sandwiched between upper and lower n-type cladding layers and the active core and the upper and lower n-type cladding layers extend through the electrically isolated laser sections of the quantum cascade laser. A portion of the upper n-type cladding layer comprises sufficient p-type dopant to have become p-type and to have become an electrical isolation region, which extends across at least a part of the thickness upper n-type cladding layer along a projection separating the sections of the quantum cascade laser.