Abstract: Hybrid silicon quantum dot laser (HSQDL) structure including an optical waveguide of a first width, a mesa of a second width and a current channel of a third width that is smaller than the second width. In some examples, the third width is only slightly larger than the first width to narrowly confine electrical current directly over the optical waveguide while the third width is significantly larger than the first width to efficiently transport heat away from the optical gain medium. While the current channel has a low electrical resistivity, other regions of the mesa contributing to the third width have a higher electrical resistivity. In some examples, an implant process is practiced to increase electrical resistivity.

Abstract: A method of adjusting a position of two shield elements for a liquid cooling medium and arranged above a metal strip having a strip plane and a strip central plane extending transverse to the strip plane and intersecting the same along the strip central axis, with the two shield elements being located opposite each other with respect to the strip central plane and having each an adjustable component identical to the adjustable component of another of the two shield elements and adjustable transverse to the strip central plane, and with the method including providing an adjusting element connectable with the two shield elements for adjusting the same, and adjusting the adjusting element in the strip central plane; and a device for effecting the method.