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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2015
Applicants:
Opel Solar, Inc., Storrs Mansfield, CT (US);
The University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
Geoff W. Taylor, Mansfield, CT (US);
Assignees:
Opel Solar, Inc., Storrs Mansfield, CT (US);
THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/017 (2006.01); G02B 6/35 (2006.01); G02B 6/134 (2006.01); G02B 6/13 (2006.01); H01L 45/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/125 (2006.01); G02B 6/124 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/293 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); G02F 1/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/01708 (2013.01); G02B 6/124 (2013.01); G02B 6/125 (2013.01); G02B 6/12007 (2013.01); G02B 6/131 (2013.01); G02B 6/1347 (2013.01); G02B 6/29338 (2013.01); G02B 6/3536 (2013.01); H01L 45/06 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); G02F 2001/0151 (2013.01); G02F 2001/0154 (2013.01); Y10S 977/755 (2013.01);
Abstract
A semiconductor device that includes an optical resonator spaced from a waveguide structure to provide for evanescent-wave optical coupling therebetween. The optical resonator includes a closed loop waveguide defined by a vertical thyristor structure. In one embodiment, the vertical thyristor structure is formed by an epitaxial layer structure including complementary (both an n-type and a p-type) modulation doped quantum well interfaces formed between an N+ region and a P+ region.