EP0147417A4 - PHASE-COUPLED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ARRAY ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION. - Google Patents

PHASE-COUPLED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ARRAY ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION.

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Publication number
EP0147417A4
EP0147417A4 EP19840901854 EP84901854A EP0147417A4 EP 0147417 A4 EP0147417 A4 EP 0147417A4 EP 19840901854 EP19840901854 EP 19840901854 EP 84901854 A EP84901854 A EP 84901854A EP 0147417 A4 EP0147417 A4 EP 0147417A4
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Prior art keywords
phase
semiconductor laser
laser array
making same
locked semiconductor
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Ceased
Application number
EP19840901854
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German (de)
English (en)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP0147417A1 (en
Inventor
Dan Botez
John Charles Connolly
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General Electric Co
Original Assignee
RCA Corp
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Application filed by RCA Corp filed Critical RCA Corp
Publication of EP0147417A1 publication Critical patent/EP0147417A1/en
Publication of EP0147417A4 publication Critical patent/EP0147417A4/en
Ceased legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10H—INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS
    • H10H20/00—Individual inorganic light-emitting semiconductor devices having potential barriers, e.g. light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H10H20/80—Constructional details
    • H10H20/81—Bodies
    • H10H20/819—Bodies characterised by their shape, e.g. curved or truncated substrates
    • H10H20/821—Bodies characterised by their shape, e.g. curved or truncated substrates of the light-emitting regions, e.g. non-planar junctions
    • 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
    • H01S5/4031—Edge-emitting structures
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10H—INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS
    • H10H20/00—Individual inorganic light-emitting semiconductor devices having potential barriers, e.g. light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H10H20/01—Manufacture or treatment
    • H10H20/011—Manufacture or treatment of bodies, e.g. forming semiconductor layers
    • H10H20/013—Manufacture or treatment of bodies, e.g. forming semiconductor layers having light-emitting regions comprising only Group III-V materials
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10H—INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS
    • H10H20/00—Individual inorganic light-emitting semiconductor devices having potential barriers, e.g. light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H10H20/80—Constructional details
    • H10H20/81—Bodies
    • H10H20/813—Bodies having a plurality of light-emitting regions, e.g. multi-junction LEDs or light-emitting devices having photoluminescent regions within the bodies
    • 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
    • H01S5/20—Structure or shape of the semiconductor body to guide the optical wave ; Confining structures perpendicular to the optical axis, e.g. index or gain guiding, stripe geometry, broad area lasers, gain tailoring, transverse or lateral reflectors, special cladding structures, MQW barrier reflection layers
    • H01S5/22—Structure or shape of the semiconductor body to guide the optical wave ; Confining structures perpendicular to the optical axis, e.g. index or gain guiding, stripe geometry, broad area lasers, gain tailoring, transverse or lateral reflectors, special cladding structures, MQW barrier reflection layers having a ridge or stripe structure
    • H01S5/223—Buried stripe structure
    • H01S5/2232—Buried stripe structure with inner confining structure between the active layer and the lower electrode
    • H01S5/2234—Buried stripe structure with inner confining structure between the active layer and the lower electrode having a structured substrate surface
    • 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
    • H01S5/20—Structure or shape of the semiconductor body to guide the optical wave ; Confining structures perpendicular to the optical axis, e.g. index or gain guiding, stripe geometry, broad area lasers, gain tailoring, transverse or lateral reflectors, special cladding structures, MQW barrier reflection layers
    • H01S5/22—Structure or shape of the semiconductor body to guide the optical wave ; Confining structures perpendicular to the optical axis, e.g. index or gain guiding, stripe geometry, broad area lasers, gain tailoring, transverse or lateral reflectors, special cladding structures, MQW barrier reflection layers having a ridge or stripe structure
    • H01S5/223—Buried stripe structure
    • H01S5/2237—Buried stripe structure with a non-planar 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
    • H01S5/20—Structure or shape of the semiconductor body to guide the optical wave ; Confining structures perpendicular to the optical axis, e.g. index or gain guiding, stripe geometry, broad area lasers, gain tailoring, transverse or lateral reflectors, special cladding structures, MQW barrier reflection layers
    • H01S5/24—Structure or shape of the semiconductor body to guide the optical wave ; Confining structures perpendicular to the optical axis, e.g. index or gain guiding, stripe geometry, broad area lasers, gain tailoring, transverse or lateral reflectors, special cladding structures, MQW barrier reflection layers having a grooved structure, e.g. V-grooved, crescent active layer in groove, VSIS laser

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Lasers (AREA)
  • Liquid Deposition Of Substances Of Which Semiconductor Devices Are Composed (AREA)
EP19840901854 1983-06-17 1984-04-11 PHASE-COUPLED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ARRAY ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION. Ceased EP0147417A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US50548983A 1983-06-17 1983-06-17
US505489 1983-06-17

Publications (2)

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EP0147417A1 EP0147417A1 (en) 1985-07-10
EP0147417A4 true EP0147417A4 (en) 1987-07-29

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EP19840901854 Ceased EP0147417A4 (en) 1983-06-17 1984-04-11 PHASE-COUPLED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ARRAY ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION.

Country Status (5)

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EP (1) EP0147417A4 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
JP (1) JPS60501634A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CA (1) CA1253608A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
IT (1) IT1209541B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
WO (1) WO1985000076A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, vol. 43, no. 12, December 1983, pages 1096-1098, American Institute of Physics, New York, US; D. BOTEZ et al.: "High-power phase-locked arrays of index-guided diode lasers" *
R.C.A. REVIEW, vol. 44, no. 1, March 1983, pages 64-100, Princeton, New Jersey, US; D. BOTEZ et al.: "Crystal growth of mode-stabilized semiconductor diode lasers by liquid-phase epitaxy" *
See also references of WO8500076A1 *

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EP0147417A1 (en) 1985-07-10
WO1985000076A1 (en) 1985-01-03
JPS60501634A (ja) 1985-09-26
JPH0573075B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1993-10-13
IT8421015A0 (it) 1984-05-21
IT1209541B (it) 1989-08-30
CA1253608A (en) 1989-05-02

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