Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser device

Patent ·
OSTI ID:350326

A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser device is disclosed. The vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) device comprises one or more VCSELs with each VCSEL having a mode-control region thereabout, with the mode-control region forming an optical cavity with an effective cavity length different from the effective cavity length within each VCSEL. Embodiments of the present invention can be formed as single VCSELs and as one- or two-dimensional arrays of VCSELs, with either an index-guided mode of operation or an index anti-guided mode of operation being defined by a sign of the difference in the two effective cavity lengths. 10 figs.

Research Organization:
Sandia Corporation
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,903,590/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-650,242
OSTI ID:
350326
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser device
Patent · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1998 · OSTI ID:872287

Efficient semiconductor light-emitting device and method
Patent · Mon Feb 19 23:00:00 EST 1996 · OSTI ID:201524

Narrow-linewidth single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
Patent · Mon Jan 11 23:00:00 EST 2021 · OSTI ID:1805391