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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2015
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Seheon Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
William Dos Santos Fegadolli, Pasadena, CA (US);
Axel Scherer, Barnard, VT (US);
Assignee:
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/00 (2006.01); H01S 5/227 (2006.01); H01S 5/10 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); H01S 5/20 (2006.01); H01S 5/22 (2006.01); H01S 5/30 (2006.01); H01S 5/02 (2006.01); H01S 5/026 (2006.01); H01S 5/042 (2006.01); H01S 5/32 (2006.01); H01S 5/343 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/2275 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); H01S 5/105 (2013.01); H01S 5/1028 (2013.01); H01S 5/1042 (2013.01); H01S 5/2045 (2013.01); H01S 5/2228 (2013.01); H01S 5/3013 (2013.01); H01S 5/021 (2013.01); H01S 5/026 (2013.01); H01S 5/0425 (2013.01); H01S 5/3213 (2013.01); H01S 5/34306 (2013.01); H01S 2304/00 (2013.01); H01S 2304/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Novel methods and systems for miniaturized lasers are described. A photonic crystal is bonded to a silicon-on-insulator wafer. The photonic crystal includes air-holes and can include a waveguide which couples the laser output to a silicon waveguide.