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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2012
Optically pumped surface emitting lasers incorporating high reflectivity/bandwidth limited reflector
Applicants:
Thomas Wunderer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John E. Northrup, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark R. Teepe, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Noble M. Johnson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Wunderer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John E. Northrup, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark R. Teepe, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Noble M. Johnson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/024 (2006.01); H01S 5/14 (2006.01); H01S 5/183 (2006.01); H01S 5/04 (2006.01); H01S 5/343 (2006.01); H01S 3/109 (2006.01); H01S 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/02461 (2013.01); H01S 5/141 (2013.01); H01S 5/18361 (2013.01); H01S 5/18366 (2013.01); H01S 3/109 (2013.01); H01S 5/0092 (2013.01); H01S 5/02469 (2013.01); H01S 5/041 (2013.01); H01S 5/18369 (2013.01); H01S 5/34333 (2013.01);
Abstract
Optically pumped laser structures incorporate reflectors that have high reflectivity and are bandwidth limited to a relatively narrow band around the central laser radiation wavelength. In some cases, the reflectors may be ¾-wavelength distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs).