WO2001061800A3 - Widely tunable laser - Google Patents

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WO2001061800A3
WO2001061800A3 PCT/US2001/005078 US0105078W WO0161800A3 WO 2001061800 A3 WO2001061800 A3 WO 2001061800A3 US 0105078 W US0105078 W US 0105078W WO 0161800 A3 WO0161800 A3 WO 0161800A3
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optical beam
semiconductor laser
laser chip
pump optical
tunable laser
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PCT/US2001/005078
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Vijaysekhar Jayaraman
David Welch
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Gore Enterprise Holdings Inc
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Priority to AU2001241525A priority patent/AU2001241525A1/en
Priority to JP2001560487A priority patent/JP2003523637A/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/40—Arrangement of two or more semiconductor lasers, not provided for in groups H01S5/02 - H01S5/30
    • H01S5/42—Arrays of surface emitting lasers
    • H01S5/423—Arrays of surface emitting lasers having a vertical cavity
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/04—Processes or apparatus for excitation, e.g. pumping, e.g. by electron beams
    • H01S5/041—Optical pumping
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/02—Structural details or components not essential to laser action
    • H01S5/022—Mountings; Housings
    • H01S5/0225—Out-coupling of light
    • H01S5/02251—Out-coupling of light using optical fibres
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/10—Construction or shape of the optical resonator, e.g. extended or external cavity, coupled cavities, bent-guide, varying width, thickness or composition of the active region
    • H01S5/18—Surface-emitting [SE] lasers, e.g. having both horizontal and vertical cavities
    • H01S5/183—Surface-emitting [SE] lasers, e.g. having both horizontal and vertical cavities having only vertical cavities, e.g. vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers [VCSEL]
    • H01S5/18358—Surface-emitting [SE] lasers, e.g. having both horizontal and vertical cavities having only vertical cavities, e.g. vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers [VCSEL] containing spacer layers to adjust the phase of the light wave in the cavity
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/40—Arrangement of two or more semiconductor lasers, not provided for in groups H01S5/02 - H01S5/30
    • H01S5/4025—Array arrangements, e.g. constituted by discrete laser diodes or laser bar
    • H01S5/4087—Array arrangements, e.g. constituted by discrete laser diodes or laser bar emitting more than one wavelength

Abstract

A method and system for generating a widely tunable laser output comprising generating a pump optical beam, providing at least one semiconductor laser chip in the path of the pump optical beam such that the at least one semiconductor laser chip emits a tunable optical beam, and moving the at least one semiconductor laser chip relative to the pump optical beam such that the wavelength of the tunable optical beam is controlled by the location of the semiconductor laser chip upon which the pump optical beam impinges. The semiconductor laser chip(s) may be implemented using vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser(s) (VCSELs) each having a resonance that varies with position.
PCT/US2001/005078 2000-02-18 2001-02-16 Widely tunable laser WO2001061800A2 (en)

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EP01912779A EP1256150A2 (en) 2000-02-18 2001-02-16 Widely tunable laser
AU2001241525A AU2001241525A1 (en) 2000-02-18 2001-02-16 Widely tunable laser
JP2001560487A JP2003523637A (en) 2000-02-18 2001-02-16 Wide wavelength tunable laser

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US09/506,633 2000-02-18

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US5784183A (en) * 1994-02-14 1998-07-21 Hitachi, Ltd. Semiconductor optical device and method for fabricating the same
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FIORE A ET AL: "POSTGROWTH TUNING OF SEMICONDUCTOR VERTICAL CAVITIES FOR MULTIPLE-WAVELENGTH LASER ARRAYS", IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, IEEE INC. NEW YORK, US, vol. 35, no. 4, April 1999 (1999-04-01), pages 616 - 622, XP000850971, ISSN: 0018-9197 *
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VAKHSHOORI D ET AL: "2 mW CW singlemode operation of a tunable 1550 nm vertical cavity surface emitting laser with 50 nm tuning range", ELECTRONICS LETTERS, IEE STEVENAGE, GB, vol. 35, no. 11, 27 May 1999 (1999-05-27), pages 900 - 901, XP006012234, ISSN: 0013-5194 *

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