System for optically pumping a long wavelength laser using a short wavelength laser
    3.
    发明公开
    System for optically pumping a long wavelength laser using a short wavelength laser 有权
    系统zum optischen Pumpen eines langwelligen激光束einem kurzwelligen激光

    公开(公告)号:EP1211764A2

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-05

    申请号:EP01114657.8

    申请日:2001-06-19

    IPC分类号: H01S5/022 H01S5/04 H01S5/183

    摘要: An optical assembly (10) includes an optical subassembly (40) containing a prefabricated long wavelength laser (30) optically coupled to a prefabricated short wavelength laser (20) located in a housing (18). The optical subassembly (40) may be removably installed in the housing (18) in which the short wavelength laser (20) is contained. The short wavelength laser (20) optically pumps the long wavelength laser (30) resulting in a long wavelength laser output (17). The optical subassembly (40) allows the independent fabrication, optimization and testing of the short wavelength laser (20) and the long wavelength laser (30).

    摘要翻译: 光学组件(10)包括光学子组件(40),其包含光学耦合到位于壳体(18)中的预制短波长激光器(20)的预制长波长激光器(30)。 光学子组件(40)可以可拆卸地安装在容纳短波长激光器(20)的壳体(18)中。 短波长激光器(20)对长波长激光器(30)进行光泵浦,导致长波长激光输出(17)。 光学子组件(40)允许短波长激光器(20)和长波长激光器(30)的独立制造,优化和测试。

    Optically pumped VCSEL
    7.
    发明公开
    Optically pumped VCSEL 有权
    光泵浦VCSEL

    公开(公告)号:EP1037341A3

    公开(公告)日:2001-09-05

    申请号:EP00102463.7

    申请日:2000-02-04

    IPC分类号: H01S5/04 H01S5/026 H01S5/183

    摘要: An optically pumped vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) device (66) and a method of fabricating the device utilize two separate substrates (70 and 74) that perform a filtering operation to selectively transmit only light having a long peak wavelength that is generated by the device. The optically pumped VCSEL device is a self-pumped device that can generate the pump light (76) to drive the device to emit output laser (78) light having a long peak wavelength. Preferably, the output laser light has a peak wavelength between 1250 nm and 1700 nm, which is desirable for applications in the field of optical communications. The optically pumped VCSEL device includes a short-wavelength VCSEL (68) formed on one (70) of the two substrates and a long-wavelength VCSEL (72) formed on the other substrate (74). The short-wavelength VCSEL is a current-driven VCSEL that generates short-wavelength light to drive (i.e., optically pump) the long-wavelength VCSEL. The short-wavelength VCSEL and the long-wavelength VCSEL are bonded together such that the two substrates are separated by the two VCSELs. A transparent optical adhesive material or a metallic bonding material (88) may be utilized to bond the short-wavelength VCSEL onto the long-wavelength VCSEL. Preferably, flip-chip technology is used for the bonding step. The substrates are wavelength-selective with respect to propagating light, so that short-wavelength light generated by the short-wavelength VCSEL and not absorbed by the long-wavelength VCSEL is mostly absorbed by the two separate substrates. However, the long-wavelength light generated by the long-wavelength VCSEL is allowed to be transmitted through the substrates as output laser light.

    Optical element having electrically controllable refractive index
    9.
    发明公开
    Optical element having electrically controllable refractive index 审中-公开
    有电控制的折射率的光学元件

    公开(公告)号:EP1081538A3

    公开(公告)日:2003-08-13

    申请号:EP00114523.4

    申请日:2000-07-06

    摘要: An optical element having a variable index of refraction. The optical element utilizes a layer of a transparent dielectric material having an index of refraction determined by the concentration of hydrogen in the dielectric material. A layer of a hydrogen reservoir medium that includes a material that acts as a source or a sink for hydrogen is placed adjacent to the transparent dielectric layer. The reservoir medium accepts hydrogen from the transparent layer in response to a first electric field being applied across the transparent layer and reservoir layer and donates hydrogen to the transparent layer in response to a second electric field being applied across the transparent layer and the reservoir layer. The electric fields are generated by applying appropriate potentials across first and second electrodes that sandwich the dielectric and reservoir layers. The preferred reservoir material is KOH. The transparent dielectric material preferably includes a material chosen from the group consisting of hydrides of an alkali, alkaline-earth, rare-earth metals, and alloys thereof.