Abstract:
A laser and detector integrated on corresponding epitaxial layers of a single chip cooperate with on-chip and/or external optics to couple light of a first wavelength emitted by the laser to a single external device such as an optical fiber and to simultaneously couple light of a different wavelength received from the external device to the detector to provide bidirectional photonic operation. Multiple lasers and detectors may be integrated on the chip to provide multiple bidirectional channels. A monitoring photodetector is fabricated in the detector epitaxy adjacent one end of the laser.
Abstract:
Abstract of the Disclosure A laser (22) and detector (24) integrated on corresponding epitaxial layers of a single chip (20) cooperate with on-chip and/or external optics (62) to couple light of a first wavelength emitted by the laser to a single external device such as an optical fiber (60) and to simultaneously couple light of a different wavelength received from the external device to the detector to provide bidirectional photonic operation. Multiple lasers and detectors may be integrated on the chip to provide multiple bidirectional channels.
Abstract:
A single-mode, etched facet distributed Bragg reflector laser includes an A1GalnAs/InP laser cavity (70), a front mirror stack (32) with multiple Fabry-Perot elements (60, 62, 64, 66), a rear DBR reflector (68), and rear detector. The front mirror stack elements and the rear reflector elements include input and output etched facets (72, 76), and the laser cavity is an etched ridge cavity, all formed from an epitaxial wafer (30) by a two-step lithography and CAIBE process.
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A process for fabricating lasers capable of emitting blue light wherein a GaN wafer is etched to form laser waveguides and mirrors using a temperature of over 500 °C and an ion beam in excess of 500 V in CAIBE.
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An etched-facet single lateral mode semiconductor photonic device is fabricated by depositing an anti reflective coating on the etched facet, and depositing a reflectivity modifying coating in a spatially controlled manner to modify the spatial performance of the emitted beam.
Abstract:
A laser (40) and electroabsorption modulator (EAM) (44) are monolithically integrated through an etched facet process. Epitaxial layers on a wafer include a first layer for a laser structure and a second layer for an EAM structure (44). Strong optical coupling between the laser and the EAM (44) is realized by using two 45-degree turning mirrors (52 and 66) to route light vertically from the laser waveguide to the EAM waveguide (44). A directional angled etch process is used to form the two angled facets.
Abstract:
A single-mode, etched facet distributed Bragg reflector laser includes an A1GalnAs/InP laser cavity (70), a front mirror stack (32) with multiple Fabry-Perot elements (60, 62, 64, 66), a rear DBR reflector (68), and rear detector. The front mirror stack elements and the rear reflector elements include input and output etched facets (72, 76), and the laser cavity is an etched ridge cavity, all formed from an epitaxial wafer (30) by a two-step lithography and CAIBE process.
Abstract:
A laser (40) and electroabsorption modulator (EAM) (44) are monolithically integrated through an etched facet process. Epitaxial layers on a wafer include a first layer for a laser structure and a second layer for an EAM structure (44). Strong optical coupling between the laser and the EAM (44) is realized by using two 45-degree turning mirrors (52 and 66) to route light vertically from the laser waveguide to the EAM waveguide (44). A directional angled etch process is used to form the two angled facets.
Abstract:
Three-dimensional structures of arbitrary shape are fabricated on the surface of a substrate (10) through a series of processing steps wherein a monolithic structure is fabricated in successive layers. A first layer (14) of photoresist material is spun onto a substrate (10) surface (18) and is exposed (26) in a desired pattern corresponding to the shape of a final structure, at a corresponding cross-sectional level in the structure. The layer is not developed after exposure; instead, a second layer (30) of photoresist material is deposited and is also exposed (32) in a desired pattern. Subsequent layers (40,52,64) spun onto the top surface of prior layers (14,30) and exposed (44,54,66), and upon completion of the succession of layers each defining corresponding levels of the desired structure, the layers are all developed at the same time leaving the three-dimensional structure (22).