Bistable laser device with multiple coupled active vertical-cavity resonators
Abstract
A new class of bistable coupled-resonator vertical-cavity semiconductor laser devices has been developed. These bistable laser devices can be switched, either electrically or optically, between lasing and non-lasing states. A switching signal with a power of a fraction of a milliwatt can change the laser output of such a device by a factor of a hundred, thereby enabling a range of optical switching and data encoding applications.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1174458
- Patent Number(s):
- 6608846
- Application Number:
- 09/846,874
- Assignee:
- Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Fischer, Arthur J., Choquette, Kent D., and Chow, Weng W. Bistable laser device with multiple coupled active vertical-cavity resonators. United States: N. p., 2003.
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Fischer, Arthur J., Choquette, Kent D., & Chow, Weng W. Bistable laser device with multiple coupled active vertical-cavity resonators. United States.
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"Bistable laser device with multiple coupled active vertical-cavity resonators". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1174458.
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title = {Bistable laser device with multiple coupled active vertical-cavity resonators},
author = {Fischer, Arthur J. and Choquette, Kent D. and Chow, Weng W.},
abstractNote = {A new class of bistable coupled-resonator vertical-cavity semiconductor laser devices has been developed. These bistable laser devices can be switched, either electrically or optically, between lasing and non-lasing states. A switching signal with a power of a fraction of a milliwatt can change the laser output of such a device by a factor of a hundred, thereby enabling a range of optical switching and data encoding applications.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2003},
month = {8}
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