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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/06 (2006.01); H01S 5/34 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/06 (2013.01); H01S 5/3401 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); Y10S 977/951 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, semiconductor lasers are provided. A semiconductor laser described herein comprises substrate and a cavity formed on the substrate, the cavity comprising an asymmetric Mach-Zehnder (AMZ) interferometer structure positioned between two straight waveguide segments, the straight waveguide segments and first and second arms of the AMZ interferometer structure comprising epitaxial semiconductor layers, wherein the second arm of the AMZ interferometer structure has a temperature control architecture independent of the first arm.