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US 8,913,638 B2Granted
Semiconductor laser device and circuit for and method of driving same
AssigneeKaiam Corp.
InventorsGideon Yoffe, Bardia Pezeshki, Thomas P. Schrans
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Abstract
A directly driven laser includes multiple contacts, with at least one of the contacts for injecting current into the laser such that the laser reaches at least a lasing threshold and at least one of the contacts for providing a data signal to the laser. In some embodiments a differential data signal is effectively provided to a front and a rear section of the laser, while lasing threshold current is provided to a central portion of the laser.
Claims3
A distributed feedback (DFB) laser, comprising:
- a waveguide including an active region, with a grating in or about the waveguide, the waveguide having a longitudinal length in a direction between a front facet and a rear facet, the grating extending through the longitudinal length of the waveguide, the grating including a phase shift closer to the front facet then the rear facet, and the waveguide being generally about layers forming a p-n junction, and an anode electrical contact and a cathode electrical contact;
- with at least one of the anode electrical contact and the cathode electrical contact being closer to the front facet than the rear facet, and having a longitudinal length in the direction between the front facet and the rear facet less than the longitudinal length of the active region.
A distributed feedback (DFB) laser, comprising:
- a waveguide including a longitudinal active region and a longitudinal non-absorbing region, with a grating in or about the waveguide, the waveguide having a longitudinal length in a direction between a front facet and a rear facet, the grating extending through the longitudinal length of the waveguide and including a phase shift closer to the front facet then the rear facet, and the waveguide being generally about layers forming a p-n junction, and an anode electrical contact and a cathode electrical contact;
- with at least one of the anode electrical contact and the cathode electrical contact being closer to the front facet than the rear facet, and having a longitudinal length in the direction between the front facet and the rear facet approximately the longitudinal length of the active region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.