Multiple Wavelength Emissive Patents (Class 372/50.121)
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Patent number: 7860139Abstract: A semiconductor laser device includes an n-type clad layer, an active layer, and a p-type clad layer having a ridge and wing regions. The wing regions are provided with a first trench present on one side of the ridge and a second trench provided on the other side thereof being interposed therebetween. A reflectivity Rf at a front end face of a resonator, a reflectivity Rr at a rear end face of the resonator, a minimum value W1 of a width of the first trench in a region adjacent to the front end face, a minimum value W2 of a width of the second trench in the region adjacent to the front end face, a width W3 of the first trench at the rear end face, and a width W4 of the second trench at the rear end face satisfy Rf<Rr, W1<W3, and W2<W4. A width Wf of the ridge at the front end face, and a width Wr of the ridge at the rear end face satisfy Wf>Wr. The ridge includes a region where a width decreases with distance from the front end side toward the rear end side.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2009Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toru Takayama, Koichi Hayakawa, Tomoya Satoh, Masatoshi Sasaki, Isao Kidoguchi
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Patent number: 7852897Abstract: A semiconductor laser is a distributed feedback semiconductor laser in which the lasing wavelength can be changed, and includes a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor layer portion provided on the substrate and including first and second active layers and an intermediate layer that optically couples the first active layer and the second active layer. The first active layer, the intermediate layer, and the second active layer are arranged in that order in a predetermined axis direction. The semiconductor laser further includes a diffraction grating that is optically coupled with the first and second active layers of the semiconductor layer portion, a first electrode and a second electrode for injecting carriers into the first active layer and the second active layer, respectively, and a third electrode for supplying the intermediate layer with a current. The grating extends in the predetermined axis direction and has a period that is uniform in the predetermined axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2009Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Kato
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Patent number: 7852898Abstract: On a first region that is a part of one main face of a semiconductor substrate 1, a first semiconductor laser structure 10 is formed so as to have a first lower cladding layer 3, a first active layer 4 with a first quantum well structure and first upper cladding layers 5, 7, which are layered in this order from the semiconductor substrate side, thereby forming a first resonator. On a second region that is different from the first region, a second semiconductor laser structure 20 is formed so as to have a second lower cladding layer 13, a second active layer 14 with a second quantum well structure and a second upper cladding layer 15, 17, which are layered in this order, thereby forming a second resonator. End face coating films 31, 32 are formed on facets of the first and the second resonators, and a nitrogen-containing layer 30 is formed between the facets of the first and the second resonators and the facet coating film.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2008Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takeshi Yokoyama, Takayuki Kashima, Kouji Makita
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Publication number: 20100309941Abstract: A semiconductor laser device includes a first semiconductor laser element and a second semiconductor laser element different in oscillation wavelength from the first semiconductor laser element, both formed on a substrate. The first and second semiconductor laser elements have a cavity length of 1500 ?m or more, and each have an n-type cladding layer made of Iny(Ga1-x1Alx1)1-yP (0<x1<1, 0<y<1) and a p-type cladding layer made of Iny(Ga1-x2Alx2)1-yP (0<x2<1, 0 <y<1). An active layer is made of AlzGa1-zAs (0?z?1) and includes only one well layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Inventors: Keiji Ito, Isao Kidoguchi, Toru Takayama
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Publication number: 20100302775Abstract: This light-emitting device includes a waveguide-type red semiconductor light-emitting element emitting a red beam, a waveguide-type green semiconductor light-emitting element emitting a green beam and a waveguide-type blue semiconductor light-emitting element emitting a blue beam, while the width of a waveguide of the semiconductor light-emitting element emitting a beam of a relatively short wavelength is rendered larger than the width of a waveguide of the semiconductor light-emitting element emitting a beam of a relatively long wavelength in at least two semiconductor light-emitting elements among the red semiconductor light-emitting element, the green semiconductor light-emitting element and the blue semiconductor light-emitting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Masayuki HATA
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Patent number: 7843984Abstract: A semiconductor laser device has a red laser element and an infrared laser element on a substrate. The red laser element has a double hetero structure in which an InGaP-based or AlGaInP-based active layer is interposed between a first conductivity type cladding layer and a second conductivity type cladding layer having a ridge. The infrared laser element has a double hetero structure in which a GaAs-based or AlGaAs-based active layer is interposed between a first conductivity type cladding layer and a second conductivity type cladding layer having a ridge. Provided that a first electrode formed over the second conductivity type cladding layer has a width W1 in a direction perpendicular to a cavity length direction and a second electrode formed over the second conductivity type cladding layer has a width W2 in a direction perpendicular to a cavity length direction, the relations of W1>W2 and 80 ?m?W2?60 ?m are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Toru Takayama, Hiroki Nagai, Hitoshi Sato, Tomoya Satoh, Isao Kidoguchi
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Patent number: 7835408Abstract: An optical transmission system includes a laser, a transmitter and a receiver. The laser is capable of operating on an inhomogeneously broadened optical transition of the active region of the laser. A spectral bandwidth of an output lasing spectrum of the laser is greater than 5 nm and a spectral power density of the laser is greater than 2 mW/nm such that an optical power of the laser is greater than 10 mW. The laser provides a plurality of optical signals at different wavelengths. The transmitter is capable of providing modulation to each lasing wavelength independently and the receiver is capable of providing detection to each lasing wavelength independently.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2007Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Innolume GmbHInventors: Alexey Kovsh, Alexey Gubenko, Igor Krestnikov, Daniil Livshits, Sergey Mikhrin
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Publication number: 20100284019Abstract: A semiconductor integrated optical device includes a group III-V compound semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor optical device region, and an optical waveguide region. The semiconductor optical device region and the optical waveguide region are arranged on the group III-V compound semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor optical device region has a first optical waveguide made of group III-V compound semiconductor. The optical waveguide region has a second optical waveguide optically coupled with the first optical waveguide. The optical waveguide region further includes a silicon oxide layer. The silicon oxide layer is disposed between the group III-V compound semiconductor substrate and the second optical waveguide. The second optical waveguide is made of semiconductor which is different from the group III-V compound semiconductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Chie Fukuda
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Publication number: 20100284433Abstract: A semiconductor laser device capable of easily obtaining a desired hue is obtained. This semiconductor laser device (100) includes a green semiconductor laser element (30) having one or a plurality of laser beam emitting portions, a blue semiconductor laser element (50) having one or a plurality of laser beam emitting portions, and a red semiconductor laser element (10) having one or a plurality of laser beam emitting portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2009Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Hata, Yasumitsu Kunoh, Yasuhiko Nomura, Saburo Nakashima
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Patent number: 7829902Abstract: Emissive quantum photonic imagers comprised of a spatial array of digitally addressable multicolor pixels. Each pixel is a vertical stack of multiple semiconductor laser diodes, each of which can generate laser light of a different color. Within each multicolor pixel, the light generated from the stack of diodes is emitted perpendicular to the plane of the imager device via a plurality of vertical waveguides that are coupled to the optical confinement regions of each of the multiple laser diodes comprising the imager device. Each of the laser diodes comprising a single pixel is individually addressable, enabling each pixel to simultaneously emit any combination of the colors associated with the laser diodes at any required on/off duty cycle for each color. Each individual multicolor pixel can simultaneously emit the required colors and brightness values by controlling the on/off duty cycles of their respective laser diodes.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Ostendo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hussein S. El-Ghoroury, Robert G. W. Brown, Dale A. McNeill, Huibert DenBoer, Andrew J. Lanzone
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Patent number: 7826509Abstract: A broadly tunable single-mode infrared laser source based on semiconductor lasers. The laser source has two parts: an array of closely-spaced DFB QCLs (or other semiconductor lasers) and a controller that can switch each of the individual lasers in the array on and off, set current for each of the lasers and, and control the temperature of the lasers in the array. The device can be used in portable broadband sensors to simultaneously detect a large number of compounds including chemical and biological agents. A microelectronic controller is combined with an array of individually-addressed DFB QCLs with slightly different DFB grating periods fabricated on the same broadband (or multiple wavelengths) QCL material. This allows building a compact source providing narrow-line broadly-tunable coherent radiation in the Infrared or Terahertz spectral range (as well as in the Ultraviolet and Visible spectral ranges, using semiconductor lasers with different active region design).Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Mikhail A. Belkin, Benjamin G. Lee, Ross M. Audet, James B. MacArthur, Laurent Diehl, Christian Pflügl, Federico Capasso
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Publication number: 20100265982Abstract: Metallization patterns are provided to reduce the probability of chip fracture in semiconductor lasers. According to one embodiment disclosed herein, the pad edges of a metallization pattern extend across a plurality of crystallographic planes in the laser substrate. In this manner, cracks initiated at any given stress concentration would need to propagate across many crystallographic planes in the substrate to reach a significant size. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the respective geometries and orientations of adjacent pairs of contact pads. Still further embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Satish Chandra Chaparala, Martin Hai Hu, Lawrence Charles Hughes, JR., Chung-En Zah
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Publication number: 20100260227Abstract: A blue-violet semiconductor laser device has a p-electrode formed on the upper surface thereof and an n-electrode formed on the lower surface thereof. In the blue-violet semiconductor laser device, a p-n junction surface is formed where a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor are joined. A red semiconductor laser device has an n-electrode formed on the upper surface thereof and a p-electrode formed on the lower surface thereof. In the red semiconductor laser device, a p-n junction surface is formed where a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor are joined. The p-electrode of the red semiconductor laser device is bonded to the p-electrode of the blue-violet semiconductor laser device such that the red semiconductor laser device does not overlap with a blue-violet-beam-emission point of the blue-violet semiconductor laser device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuyuki BESSHO, Masayuki Hata, Daijiro Inoue, Tsutomu Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 7812520Abstract: The conventional light-emitting element formed by an electroluminescent material has a problem due to poor color purity of light emission. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a high luminance and high efficiency light-emitting device formed by an organic compound material. The invention provides a light-emitting device in which an organic compound layer that emits light having an emission peak with a half-band width of at most 10 nm upon applying current is interposed between a pair of electrodes is provided. The variation of emission peak intensity depending on a current density can be sorted by two linear regions with different gradients. A region of a sharp gradient is at a higher current density side compared to a region of a slow gradient. TFTs are provided to each pixel in order to perform active matrix driving.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2008Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryoji Nomura, Hiroko Abe, Mikio Yukawa, Shunpei Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20100254420Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) having multiple Mach-Zehnder (MZ) modulators with different lengths is provided. The modulator lengths are selected to provide optimal performance for each optical path provided on the PIC.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2009Publication date: October 7, 2010Inventors: Scott Corzine, Mehrdad Ziari
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Patent number: 7809042Abstract: A two-wavelength semiconductor laser device includes a first semiconductor laser device including a first-conductivity type first cladding layer, a first guide layer made of AlGaAs mixed crystal, a first quantum well active layer having a barrier layer made of AlGaAs mixed crystal, a second guide layer made of AlGaAs mixed crystal, and a second-conductivity type second cladding layer, and a second semiconductor laser device including a first-conductivity type third cladding layer, a third guide layer made of AlGaInP mixed crystal, a second quantum well active layer having a barrier layer made of AlGaInP mixed crystal, a fourth guide layer made of AlGaInP mixed crystal, and a second-conductivity type fourth cladding layer. At least the barrier layer included in the first quantum well active layer, the first guide layer, and the second guide layer each have an Al molar ratio of more than 0.47 and 0.60 or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kouji Makita, Takayuki Kashima
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Publication number: 20100246629Abstract: A multiple-wavelength laser device includes a first semiconductor laser chip having two modulable unit laser portions, outputs of the unit laser portions being optically coupled to a single output optical axis; a second semiconductor laser chip having two or less than two modulable unit laser portions, outputs of the unit laser portions being optically coupled to a single output optical axis; an optical coupler that combines the output optical axes of the first and the second semiconductor laser chips; and a plurality of drive current pathways or a plurality of signal transmission pathways that are coupled to each of the unit laser portions of the first and the second semiconductor laser chips with a connection conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC DEVICE INNOVATIONS, INC.Inventors: Takuya Fujii, Shoichi Ogita
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Patent number: 7804640Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for an up-converter resonant cavity light emitting diode device includes a semiconductor light source, an up-converter to form the light emitter with up-converting materials and an electrical source coupled with the semiconductor light source for providing electrical energy to the semiconductor light source to provide a desired wavelength emitted light. The semiconductor light source is a resonant cavity light emitting diode or laser that emits an approximately 975 nm wavelength to provide electrical and optical confinement to the semiconductor light source to form a resonant cavity up-converting light emitting diode (UC/RCLED). Rows and columns of electrodes provide active matrix addressing of plural sets of UC/RCLEDs for display devices.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Michael Bass, Dennis G. Deppe
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Patent number: 7804874Abstract: A multibeam laser apparatus and an image forming device using the same. The multibeam laser beam apparatus includes a common electrode unit, a plurality of light source units to emit light using the common electrode unit, and an isolating unit to interconnect the common electrode unit and the plurality of light source units. With such configuration for example, the laser apparatus can reduce distances between the respective light source units and the number of the electrodes, and thus reduce the number of wires and legs to produce a compact chip.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2007Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Woon-ho Seo
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Patent number: 7801196Abstract: A light source device includes a plurality of first laser emission units and a plurality of second laser emission units for emitting light. The plurality of first laser emission units and the plurality of second laser emission units are disposed on a flat surface. The first laser emission units and the second laser emission units are composed so that a drive for light emission is sequentially switched. Each of the second laser emission units is disposed between the adjoining first laser emission units.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Akira Egawa
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Patent number: 7796667Abstract: Provided is a two-dimensional surface-emitting laser array that enables to dispose more elements in a smaller area and enables compact size, high resolution, and high speed thereof. The two-dimensional surface-emitting laser array includes surface-emitting laser elements arranged in a two-dimensional manner of m rows and n columns (m is an integer of two or larger, and n is an integer of three or larger). The interval between mesas for arranging electrical wirings for individually driving the surface-emitting laser elements is assigned so that the interval in the m row direction increases according to the number of the electrical wirings passing through between the mesas.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2008Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Mitsuhiro Ikuta
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Publication number: 20100215073Abstract: A light-emitting device formed by easily mounting a light-emitting element onto a supporting base and a method of manufacturing the light-emitting device are provided. A light-emitting device includes: a supporting base including a depression section on a top surface thereof, the depression section having an inclined surface on a side wall thereof; a first light-emitting element arranged on a bottom surface of the depression section; and a second light-emitting element arranged on the first light-emitting element and the supporting base.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Fukasawa, Yuichi Hamaguchi, Takeharu Asano, Keigo Aga, Noriyuki Banno
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Patent number: 7775668Abstract: A color-mixing laser module is disclosed, which is comprised of a laser unit capable of emitting red, blue and green laser beams; a beam combiner, for receiving and converging the laser beams emitted from the laser unit and then directing the converged laser light to illuminate on a light pattern adjusting unit; and the light pattern adjusting unit, capable of receiving the converged laser light from the beam combiner for adjusting the pattern of the same.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Po-Hung Yao, Cheng-Huan Chen, Ya-Yu Nieh
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Patent number: 7773654Abstract: A blue-violet semiconductor laser device has a first p-electrode formed on its upper surface and a first n-electrode formed on its lower surface. A red semiconductor laser device has a second n-electrode formed on its upper surface and a second p-electrode formed on its lower surface. An infrared semiconductor laser device has a third n-electrode formed on its upper surface and a third p-electrode formed on its lower surface. Solder films are partially formed on the upper surface of the first p-electrode in the blue-violet semiconductor laser device. Two of the solder films are formed with a predetermined distance between them on the upper surface of the first p-electrode. This results in a portion of the first p-electrode being exposed. The first, second and third p-electrodes of the blue-violet semiconductor laser device, red semiconductor laser device, and infrared semiconductor laser device are common electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2005Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuyuki Bessho, Masayuki Hata, Daijiro Inoue, Tsutomu Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 7769069Abstract: Improving the lifetime of an integrated semiconductor laser diode module into which a GaN semiconductor laser diode and a GaP semiconductor laser diode are integrated, and the lasing properties of the laser diodes. Prior to a joining step of an LD 1 wafer that is made of a nitride semiconductor structure formed on a GaN substrate and an LD 2 wafer that is made of an aluminum gallium indium phosphide semiconductor structure, a facet of a resonator of the nitride semiconductor structure is formed by etching. A facet of a resonator of the aluminum gallium indium phosphide semiconductor structure is formed, after the joining step, by cleaving. The wafers are joined so that the facets of the resonators of the nitride semiconductor structure and aluminum gallium indium phosphide semiconductor structure are out of alignment in a lengthwise direction of the resonators.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiko Nomura, Yasuyuki Bessho, Masayuki Hata, Tsutomu Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20100189155Abstract: Provided is a laser light emitting device that has light sources of multiple wavelengths including an oscillation wavelength in a green region and the like, and that can be miniaturized. A metal wiring 4 is formed on a supporting substrate 5. A green LD 1 and a red LD 2 are bonded to the metal wiring 4. Each of the green LD 1 and the red LD 2 is a laser diode element formed of a semiconductor having a layered structure. One of a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the element is bonded to the metal wiring 4, and the other electrode is connected to a lead wire 6 or a lead wire 7. The green LD 1 is formed of a GaN-based semiconductor laser diode having a nonpolar plane or a semipolar plane as a main surface for crystal growth. The red LD 2 is formed of an AlInGaP-based semiconductor laser diode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2008Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventors: Taketoshi Tanaka, Kuniyoshi Okamoto, Hiroaki Ohta
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Patent number: 7756181Abstract: A device including a semiconductor laser device having a semiconductor laser chip, and a molded resin having a light diffusion capability. The semiconductor laser chip is covered with the molded resin.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2005Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hidenori Kawanishi, Toshihiro Inooka, Atsushi Shimonaka, Keiji Kumatani
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Publication number: 20100128750Abstract: The semiconductor device includes: a base; a first mount placed on the bottom of the base; a second mount placed on the top of the base; a first light-emitting element placed on the bottom of the first mount; and a second light-emitting element placed on the top of the second mount for emitting light. The first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element are placed so that the emission direction of light from the second light-emitting element is at an angle of depression with respect to the emission direction of light from the first light-emitting element and that the emission direction of light from the first light-emitting element and the emission direction of light from the second light-emitting element substantially coincide with each other as viewed from above the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Inventors: Toshiyuki Fukuda, Mitsuhiro Mishima, Isao Hayami
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Patent number: 7724798Abstract: A two-beam semiconductor laser device 10 includes: a two-beam semiconductor element LDC having a first and a second semiconductor laser elements LD1 and LD2 that can be driven independently and that are formed integrally on a substrate; and a submount 63 having, mounted on a front part thereof, the two-beam semiconductor laser element LDC with the light-emitting face thereof directed forward and having a first and a second electrode pads 64 and 65 connected to electrodes 61 and 62 of the first and second semiconductor laser element LD1 and LD2 by being kept in contact therewith. The first and second electrode pads 64 and 65 are formed to extend farther behind the two-beam semiconductor laser element LDC, and wires 14 and 16 are wire-bonded behind the two-beam semiconductor laser element LDC.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2004Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Watanabe, Kouji Ueyama, Shinichirou Akiyoshi
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Publication number: 20100111131Abstract: A sub-substrate, a blue-violet semiconductor laser device, an insulating layer, and a red semiconductor laser device are stacked in order on a support member through a plurality of fusion layers. The insulating layer is stacked on an n-side pad electrode of the blue-violet semiconductor laser device, and a conductive layer is formed on the insulating layer. The red semiconductor laser device is stacked on the conductive layer through a fusion layer. The conductive layer is electrically connected to a p-side pad electrode of the red semiconductor laser device. The n-side pad electrode of the blue-violet semiconductor laser device and the n-side pad electrode of the red semiconductor laser device are electrically connected to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2010Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daijiro Inoue, Masayuki Hata, Yasuyuki Bessho
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Patent number: 7711024Abstract: There is disclosed a monolithic semiconductor laser which is provided with an AlGaAs based semiconductor laser element (10a) and an InGaAlP based semiconductor laser element (10b) formed on a semiconductor substrate (1). The AlGaAs based semiconductor laser element (10a) is composed of an infrared light emitting layer forming portion (9a), which has an n-type cladding layer (2a), an active layer (3a) and a p-type cladding layer (4a) formed so as to have a ridge portion, and a current constriction layer (5a) provided on sides of the ridge portion, while the InGaP based semiconductor laser element (10b) is composed of a red light emitting layer forming portion (9a), which has an n-type cladding layer (2b), an active layer (3b) and a p-type cladding layer (4b) formed so as to have a ridge portion, and a current constriction layer (5b) provided on sides of the ridge portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tetsuhiro Tanabe
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Patent number: 7706423Abstract: In a dual-wavelength semiconductor laser in which a first semiconductor laser element and a second semiconductor laser element are integrated onto a substrate made of a compound semiconductor, a constituent material of an etching stopper of the first semiconductor laser element is a material which allows diffusion of impurities less easily than a constituent material of an etching stopper of the second semiconductor laser element.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Masahiro Kume, Toru Takayama, Shouichi Takasuka, Isao Kidoguchi
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Patent number: 7693202Abstract: In a monolithic dual wavelength laser device in which an infrared laser part 100 and a red laser part 130 are built on one n-type GaAs substrate 101, a p-type first cladding layer 105 of the infrared laser part 100 and a p-type first cladding layer 135 of the red laser part 130 are made of the same material and have different impurity concentrations.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Satoshi Murasawa, Toru Takayama, Hisashi Nakayama, Yasuhiro Fujimoto, Isao Kidoguchi
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Publication number: 20100079359Abstract: This semiconductor laser device includes a substrate, a blue semiconductor laser element, formed on the surface of a substrate, including a first active layer made of a nitride-based semiconductor and having a first major surface of a non-C plane and a green semiconductor laser element, formed on the surface of the substrate, including a second active layer made of a nitride-based semiconductor and having a second major surface of a surface orientation substantially identical to the non-C plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasumitsu Kunoh, Yasuhiko Nomura
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Publication number: 20100067559Abstract: A laser diode device includes a first laser diode element, a second laser diode element and a third laser diode element having a longer lasing wavelength than the first and second 6 laser diode elements. The first, second and third laser diode elements are arranged in a package, and the third laser diode element is not electrically connected to the first and second laser diode elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Daijiro INOUE, Yasuyuki Bessho, Masayuki Hata
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Patent number: 7680171Abstract: A semiconductor laser device and an image display device that efficiently release a heat from stripe active regions, and operated at a low-consumption current and a low-consumption electric power. A semiconductor laser element includes stripe active regions for emitting laser beams. On a base block, there are formed wirings electrically connected to stripe laser electrodes of the semiconductor laser element, respectively. The stripe laser electrodes corresponding to the stripe active regions are formed in proximity to a first surface of the semiconductor laser element, close to the active regions. An electric current is supplied to the active regions from connecting portions between each of the laser electrodes and the wirings.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2008Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Kazuhisa Yamamoto, Kiminori Mizuuchi, Shinichi Kadowaki
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Patent number: 7678596Abstract: First and second semiconductor lasers interelement-separated from each other are formed. Total thickness of a fourth upper cladding layer and a second contact layer of the second semiconductor laser is smaller than total thickness of a second upper cladding layer and the first contact layer of the first semiconductor laser. First and second ridges are formed in the first and second semiconductor lasers by dry etching, using a resist as a mask, and the dry etching is stopped when a second etching stopper layer is exposed at the second ridge. The second upper cladding layer remaining on a first etching stopper layer at the first ridge is selectively removed by wet etching, using the resist as a mask.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Nobuyuki Kasai
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Patent number: 7672351Abstract: A projection and a raised portion are formed on an upper surface of a blue-violet semiconductor laser device. A projection and a raised portion are formed on a lower surface of a red semiconductor laser device. The height of the projection is smaller than the height of the raised portion, and the height of the projection is smaller than the height of the raised portion. The blue-violet semiconductor laser device and the red semiconductor laser device are joined to each other such that the projections are opposed to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuyuki Bessho, Masayuki Hata
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Patent number: 7672349Abstract: A laser diode which can be easily assembled at low material cost is provided. A first light emitting device having a laser structure on a substrate, a second light emitting device having laser structures on a substrate, and a support base are provided. The first light emitting device and the second light emitting device are layered in this order on the support base in a manner that the respective laser structures of the first light emitting device and the second light emitting device are opposed to each other. A substrate side of the first light emitting device and a laser structure side of the second light emitting device are electrically connected to the support base.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2006Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Keiji Sato, Ryuichiro Hayashi, Kenji Oikawa, Takeharu Asano
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Patent number: 7655953Abstract: A sub-substrate, a blue-violet semiconductor laser device, an insulating layer, and a red semiconductor laser device are stacked in order on a support member through a plurality of fusion layers. The insulating layer is stacked on an n-side pad electrode of the blue-violet semiconductor laser device, and a conductive layer is formed on the insulating layer. The red semiconductor laser device is stacked on the conductive layer through a fusion layer. The conductive layer is electrically connected to a p-side pad electrode of the red semiconductor laser device. The n-side pad electrode of the blue-violet semiconductor laser device and the n-side pad electrode of the red semiconductor laser device are electrically connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2005Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daijiro Inoue, Masayuki Hata, Yasuyuki Bessho
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Patent number: 7656923Abstract: An improved, dual diode convergence module which focuses the light energy of at least two separate diode chip laser wavelengths of into a single beam and, thus, which derives the benefit of both wavelengths.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2008Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: ZAP Lasers, LLCInventors: Alexandre B. Di Sessa, Mihai I. A. Boitor
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Patent number: 7653098Abstract: A semiconductor laser chip is joined to an AlN sub-mount in a junction-down manner. The sub-mount is joined to a package. The AlN sub-mount is joined to a stem. The direction perpendicular to the irradiation direction of a laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser chip is the direction of the width of the sub-mount. The thickness and the width of the AlN sub-mount are determined so that the product of the equivalent stress applied to the center of the surface of the semiconductor laser chip joined to the sub-mount and the stress in the direction of the width of the sub-mount does not exceed 70% of the maximum value of the product obtained by changing the thickness and the width of the AlN sub-mount.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2008Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Yoshihisa Tashiro, Kenzo Mori, Hiroo Sakamoto, Takehiro Nishida
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Patent number: 7643207Abstract: A stabilised gain semiconductor optical amplifier (CG-SOA) includes and active waveguide (1) comprising an amplification medium (2), extending in longitudinal (Z), lateral (X) and vertical (Y) directions, and coupled to a laser oscillation structure comprising at least two resonant cavities (13, 14) extending in first (D1) and second (D2) directions which are different from the longitudinal direction (Z) of the active waveguide (1) and arranged in such a way as to permit the establishment of laser oscillations having at least two different relaxation oscillation frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2003Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Avanex CorporationInventors: Beatrice Dagens, Romain Brenot, Guang-Hua Duan, Thierry Hessler
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Patent number: 7633987Abstract: A semiconductor laser device includes a first semiconductor laser element and a second semiconductor laser element. The first semiconductor laser element has a first end face window structure that is a region including first impurities formed near an end face, and the second semiconductor laser element has a second end face window structure that is a region including second impurities formed near an end face. The distance from a lower end of a first active layer to a lower end of the first end face window structure is shorter than the distance from a lower end of a second active layer to a lower end of the second end face window structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2008Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Takayuki Kashima, Kouji Makita, Kenji Yoshikawa
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Publication number: 20090296765Abstract: A semiconductor laser device includes an n-type clad layer, an active layer, and a p-type clad layer having a ridge and wing regions. The wing regions are provided with a first trench present on one side of the ridge and a second trench provided on the other side thereof being interposed therebetween. A reflectivity Rf at a front end face of a resonator, a reflectivity Rr at a rear end face of the resonator, a minimum value W1 of a width of the first trench in a region adjacent to the front end face, a minimum value W2 of a width of the second trench in the region adjacent to the front end face, a width W3 of the first trench at the rear end face, and a width W4 of the second trench at the rear end face satisfy Rf<Rr, W1<W3, and W2<W4. A width Wf of the ridge at the front end face, and a width Wr of the ridge at the rear end face satisfy Wf>Wr. The ridge includes a region where a width decreases with distance from the front end side toward the rear end side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2009Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Toru TAKAYAMA, Koichi Hayakawa, Tomoya Satoh, Masatoshi Sasaki, Isao Kidoguchi
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Patent number: 7627013Abstract: A light source module for use in display systems is provided herein. According to one exemplary embodiment, the light source module includes a plurality of coherent light sources, and a diffraction grating in optical communication with the coherent light source, the diffraction grating being configured to provide feedback to the coherent light source to produce a plurality of spectra over a broad spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2006Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Robert N. Bicknell, Paul Benning, Alexander Govyadinov
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Patent number: 7623560Abstract: Emissive quantum photonic imagers comprised of a spatial array of digitally addressable multicolor pixels. Each pixel is a vertical stack of multiple semiconductor laser diodes, each of which can generate laser light of a different color. Within each multicolor pixel, the light generated from the stack of diodes is emitted perpendicular to the plane of the imager device via a plurality of vertical waveguides that are coupled to the optical confinement regions of each of the multiple laser diodes comprising the imager device. Each of the laser diodes comprising a single pixel is individually addressable, enabling each pixel to simultaneously emit any combination of the colors associated with the laser diodes at any required on/off duty cycle for each color. Each individual multicolor pixel can simultaneously emit the required colors and brightness values by controlling the on/off duty cycles of their respective laser diodes.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2007Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Ostendo Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hussein S. El-Ghoroury, Robert G. W. Brown, Dale A. McNeill, Huibert DenBoer, Andrew J. Lanzone
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Publication number: 20090285254Abstract: A semiconductor laser device has a red laser element and an infrared laser element on a substrate. The red laser element has a double hetero structure in which an InGaP-based or AlGaInP-based active layer is interposed between a first conductivity type cladding layer and a second conductivity type cladding layer having a ridge. The infrared laser element has a double hetero structure in which a GaAs-based or AlGaAs-based active layer is interposed between a first conductivity type cladding layer and a second conductivity type cladding layer having a ridge. Provided that a first electrode formed over the second conductivity type cladding layer has a width W1 in a direction perpendicular to a cavity length direction and a second electrode formed over the second conductivity type cladding layer has a width W2 in a direction perpendicular to a cavity length direction, the relations of W1>W2 and 80 ?m?W2?60 ?m are satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventors: Toru TAKAYAMA, Hiroki Nagai, Hitoshi Sato, Tomoya Satoh, Isao Kidoguchi
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Patent number: 7620087Abstract: A radiation-emitting semiconductor component comprising a semiconductor body (3) with a first active zone (1) and a second active zone (2) arranged above the first active zone, the first active zone being provided for generating a radiation having a first wavelength ?1 (11) and the second active zone being provided for generating a radiation having a second wavelength ?2 (22), the radiation having the first wavelength ?1 being coherent and the radiation having the second wavelength ?2 being incoherent.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2005Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbHInventors: Marc Philippens, Tony Albrecht
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Publication number: 20090279578Abstract: A dual wavelength laser device including a cap, a header, a first laser chip and a second laser chip. The cap includes a cap body and a lens embedded on the cap body. The header forms an accommodating space with the cap. The first laser chip is arranged in the accommodating space and emitting a first laser beam toward the lens. The second laser chip is arranged in the accommodating space and emitting a second laser beam toward the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2009Publication date: November 12, 2009Inventors: Jin-Shan PAN, Shang-Cheng LIU, Cheng-Ju WU, Chang-Cherng WU