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Phase-locked laser array having a non-uniform spacing between lasing regions

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5581823
A phase-locked laser array is described including a body of semiconductor material having therein a cavity region and means for defining substantially parallel lasing regions in the cavity region which have uniform widths in the lateral direction and which are spaced an effective distance apart so that the modes of oscillation in the different lasing regions are phase-locked to one another. The improvement described here includes center-to-center spacing between the lasing regions in the lateral direction which vary monotonically.
Assignee:
RCA Corp., Princeton, NJ
Patent Number(s):
US 4594719
OSTI ID:
5581823
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English