Planar lightwave circuit for conditioning tunable laser output
    1.
    发明授权
    Planar lightwave circuit for conditioning tunable laser output 有权
    平面光波电路调节可调激光输出

    公开(公告)号:US06735224B2

    公开(公告)日:2004-05-11

    申请号:US10029018

    申请日:2001-12-20

    IPC分类号: H01S310

    摘要: A planar lightwave circuit (PLC) module for conditioning light output from a tunable laser designed to generate light at a target wavelength. The PLC module has a substrate; a primary waveguide embedded in said substrate, said primary waveguide having an input end for receiving light from the tunable laser and an output end for outputting said light; and at least a first secondary waveguide embedded in said substrate, said first secondary waveguide receiving a first portion of said light from the tunable laser. A filter having a passband centered on the target wavelength is coupled to an output of the first secondary waveguide to receive said first portion of light, and generates a signal related to the intensity of said first portion of light in the passband centered on the target wavelength. This may be used by a processor and associated laser control circuitry for wavelength locking purposes.

    摘要翻译: 一种平面光波电路(PLC)模块,用于调节设计成产生目标波长的光的可调激光器的光输出。 PLC模块具有基板; 嵌入在所述衬底中的初级波导,所述初级波导具有用于接收来自所述可调激光器的光的输入端和用于输出所述光的输出端; 以及至少一个嵌入在所述衬底中的第一次级波导,所述第一副波导接收来自所述可调激光器的所述光的第一部分。 具有以目标波长为中心的通带的滤波器被耦合到第一次级波导的输出以接收所述第一部分光,并且产生与以目标波长为中心的通带中的所述第一部分光的强度相关的信号 。 这可以由处理器和相关联的激光控制电路用于波长锁定目的。

    Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with bottom dielectric distributed bragg reflector
    3.
    发明授权
    Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with bottom dielectric distributed bragg reflector 有权
    垂直腔表面发射激光器与底部介质分布布拉格反射器

    公开(公告)号:US06549556B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-04-15

    申请号:US10002997

    申请日:2001-11-30

    IPC分类号: H01S5183

    摘要: A metal bonded vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) structure with a bottom dielectric distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) mirror, and method for fabricating the VCSEL structure. The VCSEL structure consists a metal bonding layer disposed on a submount at a bottom side of the metal bonding layer; a bottom cavity mirror comprising a bottom dielectric distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) disposed within the metal bonding layer, the bottom dielectric DBR having a reflectance band including the lasing wavelength; a bottom current-spreading layer disposed on said bottom dielectric DBR and on a substantially flat, annular top surface of said metal bonding layer; a semiconductor active region disposed on the bottom current-spreading layer, said active region capable of stimulated emission at the lasing wavelength; and a top cavity mirror disposed above the active region and having a reflectance band including the lasing wavelength.

    摘要翻译: 具有底部介电分布式布拉格反射镜(DBR)镜的金属结合垂直腔表面发射激光器(VCSEL)结构以及制造VCSEL结构的方法。 VCSEL结构包括设置在金属接合层的底侧的基座上的金属接合层; 包括设置在所述金属接合层内的底部电介质分布布拉格反射器(DBR)的底腔反射镜,所述底部电介质DBR具有包括所述激光波长的反射带; 底部电流扩散层,设置在所述底部电介质DBR上并且在所述金属结合层的基本上平坦的环形顶表面上; 设置在所述底部电流扩展层上的半导体有源区,所述有源区能够以激发波长的受激发射; 以及设置在有源区上方并且具有包括激光波长的反射带的顶腔镜。

    Modular laser package system and associated methods
    5.
    发明授权
    Modular laser package system and associated methods 有权
    模块化激光封装系统及相关方法

    公开(公告)号:US07290943B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-11-06

    申请号:US11162374

    申请日:2005-09-08

    申请人: Stefan J. Murry

    发明人: Stefan J. Murry

    IPC分类号: G02B6/36

    摘要: A modular laser assembly has a laser-fiber housing comprising a semiconductor laser optically coupled to an end of an optical fiber, the laser-fiber housing having electrical leads electrically coupled to the laser and extending from a front face of the laser-fiber housing; a mounting platform comprising laser interfacing circuitry and contacts electrically coupled thereto, an opening for receiving the laser-fiber housing wherein when the laser-fiber housing is mounted to the mounting platform the electrical leads are proximate and may be electrically coupled to the contacts, and a plurality of pins electrically coupled to the interfacing circuitry and extending laterally from opposing sides of the mounting platform; and a temperature controlling element for mounting to and controlling the temperature of the laser-fiber housing.

    摘要翻译: 模块化激光组件具有包括光学耦合到光纤端部的半导体激光器的激光光纤外壳,激光光纤外壳具有电耦合到激光器并从激光光纤外壳的前表面延伸的电引线; 安装平台,包括激光接口电路和电耦合到其上的触点,用于接收激光光纤壳体的开口,其中当激光光纤壳体安装到安装平台时,电引线接近并且可以电耦合到触点,以及 多个引脚电耦合到所述接口电路并且从所述安装平台的相对侧横向延伸; 以及用于安装到控制激光光纤壳体的温度的温度控制元件。

    Extended cavity fabry-perot laser assembly capable of high speed optical modulation with narrow mode spacing and WDM optical system including same
    6.
    发明授权
    Extended cavity fabry-perot laser assembly capable of high speed optical modulation with narrow mode spacing and WDM optical system including same 有权
    具有狭窄模式间隔的高速光调制和包括其的WDM光学系统的扩展腔法布里 - 珀罗激光器组件

    公开(公告)号:US09479280B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-25

    申请号:US13543259

    申请日:2012-07-06

    摘要: An extended cavity Fabry-Perot laser assembly provides relatively narrow mode spacing while allowing relatively high speed optical modulation. The extended cavity Fabry-Perot laser assembly generally includes an exit reflector physically separated from a laser emitter (e.g., a gain chip) to extend the lasing cavity and narrow the mode spacing while maintaining a relatively small gain region in the laser emitter capable of higher speed optical modulation. The extended cavity Fabry-Perot laser assembly may be used in a multi-channel transmitter in a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical system that selects a channel wavelength for the transmitter from among multiple channel wavelengths emitted by the laser assembly. The narrow mode spacing may be less than a WDM channel width, and more specifically, may be less than a channel passband of an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) or other filter used to select the channel wavelength.

    摘要翻译: 扩展腔法布里 - 珀罗激光器组件提供相对窄的模式间隔,同时允许相对高速的光学调制。 扩展腔法布里 - 珀罗激光器组件通常包括与激光发射器(例如,增益芯片)物理分离的出射反射器,以延伸激光腔并且缩小模式间隔,同时保持激光发射器中能够较高的相对小的增益区域 速度光调制。 扩展腔法布里 - 珀罗激光器组件可以用在波分复用(WDM)光学系统中的多通道发射机中,该系统从由激光组件发射的多个信道波长中选择用于发射机的信道波长。 窄模式间隔可以小于WDM沟道宽度,更具体地,可以小于用于选择沟道波长的阵列波导光栅(AWG)或其他滤波器的通道通带。

    LASER ARRAY MUX ASSEMBLY WITH EXTERNAL REFLECTOR FOR PROVIDING A SELECTED WAVELENGTH OR MULTIPLEXED WAVELENGTHS
    7.
    发明申请
    LASER ARRAY MUX ASSEMBLY WITH EXTERNAL REFLECTOR FOR PROVIDING A SELECTED WAVELENGTH OR MULTIPLEXED WAVELENGTHS 有权
    具有外部反射器的激光阵列复用器组件,用于提供选定的波长或多个波长

    公开(公告)号:US20130016977A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-17

    申请号:US13357130

    申请日:2012-01-24

    IPC分类号: H04J14/02

    摘要: A laser array mux assembly generally includes an array of laser emitters coupled to an optical multiplexer, such as an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG), with an external partial reflector after the multiplexer. Each of the laser emitters may include a gain region that emits light across a range of wavelengths including, for example, channel wavelengths in an optical communication system. The AWG filters the emitted light from each of the laser emitters at different channel wavelengths associated with each of the laser emitters. The reflector reflects at least a portion of the filtered light such that lasing occurs at the channel wavelengths of the reflected light. The laser array mux assembly may be used to generate an optical signal at a selected channel wavelength or to generate and combine optical signals at multiple channel wavelengths.

    摘要翻译: 激光器阵列多路复用器组件通常包括耦合到诸如阵列波导光栅(AWG)的光学多路复用器的激光发射器的阵列,在多路复用器之后具有外部部分反射器。 每个激光发射器可以包括在包括例如光通信系统中的信道波长的波长范围内发射光的增益区域。 AWG在与每个激光发射器相关联的不同通道波长处对来自每个激光发射器的发射光进行滤波。 反射器反射至少一部分经滤光的光,使得在反射光的通道波长处发生激光。 可以使用激光阵列多路复用器组件来产生所选择的信道波长的光信号,或者产生并组合多个信道波长的光信号。

    Laser array mux assembly with external reflector for providing a selected wavelength or multiplexed wavelengths
    8.
    发明授权
    Laser array mux assembly with external reflector for providing a selected wavelength or multiplexed wavelengths 有权
    具有外部反射器的激光阵列多路复用器组件,用于提供选定的波长或复用波长

    公开(公告)号:US09502858B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-22

    申请号:US13357130

    申请日:2012-01-24

    摘要: A laser array mux assembly generally includes an array of laser emitters coupled to an optical multiplexer, such as an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG), with an external partial reflector after the multiplexer. Each of the laser emitters may include a gain region that emits light across a range of wavelengths including, for example, channel wavelengths in an optical communication system. The AWG filters the emitted light from each of the laser emitters at different channel wavelengths associated with each of the laser emitters. The reflector reflects at least a portion of the filtered light such that lasing occurs at the channel wavelengths of the reflected light. The laser array mux assembly may be used to generate an optical signal at a selected channel wavelength or to generate and combine optical signals at multiple channel wavelengths.

    摘要翻译: 激光器阵列多路复用器组件通常包括耦合到诸如阵列波导光栅(AWG)的光学多路复用器的激光发射器的阵列,在多路复用器之后具有外部部分反射器。 每个激光发射器可以包括在包括例如光通信系统中的信道波长的波长范围内发射光的增益区域。 AWG在与每个激光发射器相关联的不同通道波长处对来自每个激光发射器的发射光进行滤波。 反射器反射至少一部分经滤光的光,使得在反射光的通道波长处发生激光。 可以使用激光阵列多路复用器组件来产生所选择的信道波长的光信号,或者产生并组合多个信道波长的光信号。