Patents by Inventor Peter David Hodgson

Peter David Hodgson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser
    Patent number: 10938178
    Abstract: A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (“VCSEL”) has at least a substrate, electrical contacts, a first mirror region, a second mirror region and an active region between the mirror regions; where the mirror regions comprise distributed Bragg reflectors formed of a plurality of layers; laser emission is from at least one gallium arsenide antimonide nanostructure in the active region; and each said nanostructure contains more antimony atoms than arsenic atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited
    Inventors: Manus Hayne, Peter David Hodgson
  • Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser
    Publication number: 20180054041
    Abstract: A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (“VCSEL”) has at least a substrate, electrical contacts, a first mirror region, a second mirror region and an active region between the mirror regions; where the mirror regions comprise distributed Bragg reflectors formed of a plurality of layers; laser emission is from at least one gallium arsenide antimonide nanostructure in the active region; and each said nanostructure contains more antimony atoms than arsenic atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Manus Hayne, Peter David Hodgson