AU3936893A - Semiconductor optical devices and techniques - Google Patents

Semiconductor optical devices and techniques

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AU3936893A
AU3936893A AU39368/93A AU3936893A AU3936893A AU 3936893 A AU3936893 A AU 3936893A AU 39368/93 A AU39368/93 A AU 39368/93A AU 3936893 A AU3936893 A AU 3936893A AU 3936893 A AU3936893 A AU 3936893A
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techniques
optical devices
semiconductor optical
semiconductor
devices
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AU39368/93A
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Stephen J Caracci
Nada El-Zein
Nick Holonyak Jr.
Fred A Kish
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University of Illinois
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University of Illinois
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Priority claimed from US07/860,454 external-priority patent/US5327448A/en
Priority claimed from US07/927,822 external-priority patent/US5353295A/en
Application filed by University of Illinois filed Critical University of Illinois
Publication of AU3936893A publication Critical patent/AU3936893A/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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AU39368/93A 1992-03-30 1993-03-26 Semiconductor optical devices and techniques Abandoned AU3936893A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US860454 1992-03-30
US07/860,454 US5327448A (en) 1992-03-30 1992-03-30 Semiconductor devices and techniques for controlled optical confinement
US927822 1992-08-10
US07/927,822 US5353295A (en) 1992-08-10 1992-08-10 Semiconductor laser device with coupled cavities

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AU3936893A true AU3936893A (en) 1993-11-08

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EP (1) EP0634052A4 (en)
JP (2) JP3726240B2 (en)
AU (1) AU3936893A (en)
CA (1) CA2132986C (en)
WO (1) WO1993020581A1 (en)

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US5400354A (en) * 1994-02-08 1995-03-21 Ludowise; Michael Laminated upper cladding structure for a light-emitting device
US5550081A (en) * 1994-04-08 1996-08-27 Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois Method of fabricating a semiconductor device by oxidizing aluminum-bearing 1H-V semiconductor in water vapor environment
US6117699A (en) * 1998-04-10 2000-09-12 Hewlett-Packard Company Monolithic multiple wavelength VCSEL array
US7561770B2 (en) * 2007-07-30 2009-07-14 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Microresonator systems and methods of fabricating the same
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US11658453B2 (en) * 2018-01-29 2023-05-23 Ronald LaComb Concentric cylindrical circumferential laser
FR3078834B1 (en) * 2018-03-08 2020-03-27 Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE VCSEL AND A DIFFUSION LENS
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CA2132986A1 (en) 1993-10-14
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WO1993020581A1 (en) 1993-10-14
JP3726240B2 (en) 2005-12-14
JP2003224330A (en) 2003-08-08
JPH07505503A (en) 1995-06-15
EP0634052A1 (en) 1995-01-18

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