Organic vertical cavity laser and imaging system

An organic vertical cavity laser array comprising:

• a) a substrate;
• b) a plurality of laser emitters emitting laser light in a direction orthogonal to the substrate, wherein each laser emitter within said plurality of laser emitters, has a first lateral mode structure in a first axis orthogonal to the laser light direction and has a second lateral mode structure in a second axis orthogonal to both the laser light direction and said first axis, each laser emitter comprising:
• i) a first mirror provided atop the substrate and reflective to light over a predetermined range of wavelengths;
• ii) an organic active region for producing laser light;
• iii) a second mirror provided above the organic active region and reflective to light over a predetermined range of wavelengths;
• c) an arrangement of said laser emitters within said plurality of laser emitters to form an array, comprising one or more parallel rows of laser emitters, wherein, within a row of laser emitters, a series of said laser emitters are arranged in sequence to form a line of laser emitters that are an array direction;
• wherein said parallel rows of laser emitters are arranged in a sequence along a cross array direction;
• and
• d) a pumping means that excites said plurality of laser emitters.

An organic vertical cavity laser array comprising:

• a) a substrate;
• b) a plurality of laser emitters emitting laser light in a direction orthogonal to the substrate, wherein each laser emitter within said plurality of laser emitters, has a first lateral mode structure in a first axis orthogonal to the laser light direction that corresponds to multi-mode lasing behavior and has a second lateral mode structure in a second axis orthogonal to both the laser light direction and said first axis that corresponds to single mode lasing behavior, each laser emitter comprising:
• i) a first mirror provided atop the substrate and reflective to light over a predetermined range of wavelengths;
• ii) an organic active region for producing laser light;
• iii) a second mirror provided above the organic active region and reflective to light over a predetermined range of wavelengths;
• c) an arrangement of said laser emitters within said plurality of laser emitters to form an array, comprising one or more parallel rows of laser emitters, wherein, within a row of laser emitters, a series of said laser emitters are arranged in sequence to form a line of laser emitters that are an array direction;
• wherein said parallel rows of laser emitters are arranged in a sequence that is a cross array direction;
• and
• d) a pumping means that excites said plurality of laser emitters.

An illumination system utilizing an organic laser array comprising:

• a) a pump light source for emitting pump light;
• b) optical means, comprising illumination beam shaping optics, for preparing said pump light to illuminate an organic vertical cavity laser array;
• c) an organic vertical cavity laser array comprising:
• i) a substrate;
• ii) a plurality of laser emitters emitting laser light in a direction orthogonal to the substrate, wherein each laser emitter within said plurality of laser emitters, has a first lateral mode structure in a first axis orthogonal to the laser light direction and has a second lateral mode structure in a second axis orthogonal to both the laser light direction and said first axis, each laser emitter comprising:
• c1) a first mirror provided atop the substrate and reflective to light over a predetermined range of wavelengths;
• c2) an organic active region for producing laser light;
• c3) a second mirror provided above the organic active region and reflective to light over a predetermined range of wavelengths;
• and
• iii) an arrangement of said laser emitters within said plurality of laser emitters comprising one or more parallel rows of laser emitters, wherein, within at least one of said rows of laser emitters, a series of said laser emitters are arranged in sequence to form a line of laser emitters in an array direction;
• and wherein said parallel rows of laser emitters are arranged in a sequence in a cross array direction.

A modulation optical system with an organic laser array comprising:

• a) an organic vertical cavity laser comprising:
• i) a substrate;
• ii) a plurality of laser emitters emitting laser light in a direction orthogonal to the substrate, wherein each laser emitter within said plurality of laser emitters has a first lateral mode structure in a first axis orthogonal to the laser light direction and has a second lateral mode structure in a second axis orthogonal to both the laser light direction and said first axis, each laser emitter comprising:
• a1) a first mirror provided atop the substrate and reflective to light over a predetermined range of wavelengths;
• a2) an organic active region for producing laser light;
• a3) a second mirror provided above the organic active region and reflective to light over a predetermined range of wavelengths;
• a4) an arrangement of said laser emitters within said plurality of laser emitters to form an array, comprising one or more parallel rows of laser emitters, wherein, within a row of laser emitters, a series of said laser emitters are arranged in sequence to form a line of laser emitters in an array direction;
• wherein said parallel rows of laser emitters are arranged in a sequence in a cross array direction;
• b) a pumping means that excites said plurality of laser emitters;
• c) optical means, comprising laser beam shaping optics for preparing laser light from said organic vertical cavity laser to illuminate a linear spatial light modulator array;
• and
• d) wherein said linear spatial light modulator array comprises an arrangement of individually addressed modulator pixels, each of which alter incident laser light in accordance with applied drive signals specific to each of said pixels.

An electronic imaging system with an organic laser array comprising:

• a) one or more organic vertical cavity lasers, each comprising:
• i) a substrate;
• ii) a plurality of laser emitters emitting laser light in a direction orthogonal to the substrate, wherein each laser emitter within said plurality of laser emitters, has a first lateral mode structure in a first axis orthogonal to the laser light direction and has a second lateral mode structure in a second axis orthogonal to both the laser light direction and said first axis, each laser emitter comprising:
• a1) a first mirror provided on atop the substrate and reflective to light over a predetermined range of wavelengths;
• a2) an organic active region for producing laser light;
• a3) a second mirror provided above the organic active region and reflective to light over a predetermined range of wavelengths;
• a4) an arrangement of said laser emitters within said plurality of laser emitters to form an array, comprising one or more parallel rows of laser emitters, wherein, within a row of laser emitters, a series of said laser emitters are arranged in sequence to form a line of laser emitters in an array direction;
• wherein said parallel rows of laser emitters are arranged in a sequence in a cross array direction;
• b) a pumping means that excites said plurality of laser emitters;
• c) optical means, comprising laser beam shaping optics for preparing laser light to illuminate a linear spatial light modulator array;
• which comprises modulator pixels that are individually addressed with applied drive signals bearing data;
• and
• d) imaging optics to re-image the linear spatial light modulator array onto a target plane.

An electronic imaging system with an organic laser array comprising:

• a) one or more organic vertical cavity lasers, each comprising:
• i) a substrate;
• ii) a plurality of laser emitters emitting laser light in a direction orthogonal to the substrate, wherein each laser emitter within said plurality of laser emitters, has a first lateral mode structure in a first axis orthogonal to the laser light direction and has a second lateral mode structure in a second axis orthogonal to both the laser light direction and said first axis, each laser emitter comprising:
• a1) a first mirror provided atop the substrate and reflective to light over a predetermined range of wavelengths;
• a2) an organic active region for producing laser light;
• a3) a second mirror provided above the organic active region and reflective to light over a predetermined range of wavelengths;
• a4) an arrangement of said laser emitters within said plurality of laser emitters to form an array, comprising one or more parallel rows of laser emitters, wherein, within a row of laser emitters, a series of said laser emitters are arranged in sequence to form a line of laser emitters that are an array direction;
• wherein said parallel rows of laser emitters are arranged in a sequence that is a cross array direction;
• b) a pumping means that excites said plurality of laser emitters;
• c) optical means, comprising laser beam shaping optics for preparing laser light to illuminate a tri-linear spatial light modulator array;
• which comprises three parallel rows of modulator pixels that are individually addressed with applied drive signals bearing data;
• and
• d) imaging optics to re-image the tri-linear spatial light modulator array onto a target plane.