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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Christopher R. Koontz, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
David M. Filgas, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Kurt S. Ketola, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Carl W. Townsend, Los Angeles, CA (US);
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
An active optical planar waveguide apparatus includes a planar core layer comprising an active laser ion; one or more cladding layers in optical contact with at least one surface of the planar core layer; a metallic binder layer chemically bonded to an outermost cladding layer of the one or more cladding layers; a metallic adhesion layers disposed on the metallic binder layer; a heatsink for dissipating heat from the planar waveguide; and a metallic thermal interface material (TIM) layer providing a metallurgical bond between the metallic adhesion layer and the heatsink.