CA2015482A1 - Systeme optique comportant un laser a semiconducteur accordable en longueur d'onde - Google Patents

Systeme optique comportant un laser a semiconducteur accordable en longueur d'onde

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CA2015482A1
CA2015482A1 CA2015482A CA2015482A CA2015482A1 CA 2015482 A1 CA2015482 A1 CA 2015482A1 CA 2015482 A CA2015482 A CA 2015482A CA 2015482 A CA2015482 A CA 2015482A CA 2015482 A1 CA2015482 A1 CA 2015482A1
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semiconductor laser
optical system
tunable semiconductor
system including
wavelength tunable
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CA2015482C (fr
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John Edward Cunningham
Timothy Dean Harris
Erdmann Frederick Schubert
Jan Peter Van Der Ziel
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AT&T Corp
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co Inc
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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
    • H01S5/30—Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region
    • H01S5/34—Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y20/00—Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
    • 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
    • H01S5/06—Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium
    • H01S5/062—Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium by varying the potential of the electrodes
    • H01S5/0625—Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium by varying the potential of the electrodes in multi-section lasers
    • H01S5/06255—Controlling the frequency of the radiation
    • 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
    • H01S5/30—Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region
    • H01S5/305—Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region characterised by the doping materials used in the laser structure
    • H01S5/3086—Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region characterised by the doping materials used in the laser structure doping of the active layer
    • 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
    • H01S5/30—Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region
    • H01S5/305—Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region characterised by the doping materials used in the laser structure
    • H01S5/3086—Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region characterised by the doping materials used in the laser structure doping of the active layer
    • H01S5/309—Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region characterised by the doping materials used in the laser structure doping of the active layer doping of barrier layers that confine charge carriers in the laser structure, e.g. the barriers in a quantum well structure
    • 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
    • H01S5/30—Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region
    • H01S5/34—Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers
    • H01S5/3408—Structure or shape of the active region; Materials used for the active region comprising quantum well or superlattice structures, e.g. single quantum well [SQW] lasers, multiple quantum well [MQW] lasers or graded index separate confinement heterostructure [GRINSCH] lasers characterised by specially shaped wells, e.g. triangular

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Nanotechnology (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Lasers (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)
  • Light Guides In General And Applications Therefor (AREA)
CA002015482A 1989-05-30 1990-04-26 Systeme optique comportant un laser a semiconducteur accordable en longueur d'onde Expired - Fee Related CA2015482C (fr)

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US07/358,972 US4980892A (en) 1989-05-30 1989-05-30 Optical system including wavelength-tunable semiconductor laser
US358,972 1989-05-30

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CA2015482A1 true CA2015482A1 (fr) 1990-11-30
CA2015482C CA2015482C (fr) 1994-03-29

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US (1) US4980892A (fr)
EP (1) EP0400880B1 (fr)
JP (1) JPH0695590B2 (fr)
CA (1) CA2015482C (fr)
DE (1) DE69023813T2 (fr)

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US4980892A (en) 1990-12-25
DE69023813T2 (de) 1996-04-18
EP0400880A2 (fr) 1990-12-05
JPH0695590B2 (ja) 1994-11-24
EP0400880A3 (fr) 1991-09-18
EP0400880B1 (fr) 1995-11-29
JPH0321094A (ja) 1991-01-29
DE69023813D1 (de) 1996-01-11
CA2015482C (fr) 1994-03-29

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