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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Binoptics Corporation, Ithaca, NY (US);
Alex A. Behfar, Keswick, VA (US);
Malcolm R. Green, Lansing, NY (US);
Cristian Stagarescu, Ithaca, NY (US);
BinOptics Corporation, Ithaca, NY (US);
Abstract
A laser chip having a substrate, an epitaxial structure on the substrate, the epitaxial structure including an active region and the active region generating light, a waveguide formed in the epitaxial structure extending in a first direction, the waveguide having a front etched facet and a back etched facet that define an edge-emitting laser, and a first recessed region formed in said epitaxial structure, the first recessed region being arranged at a distance from the waveguide and having an opening adjacent to the back etched facet, the first recessed region facilitating testing of an adjacent laser chip prior to singulation of the laser chip.