Patents by Inventor Taketsugu SAWAMURA

Taketsugu SAWAMURA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230187906
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction. The optical semiconductor device includes a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer. The optical semiconductor device further includes an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer. The optical semiconductor device is applied to a ridge-stripe type laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji YOSHIDA, Hirokazu ITOH, Satoshi IRINO, Yuichiro IRIE, Taketsugu SAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 11605935
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction. The optical semiconductor device includes a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer. The optical semiconductor device further includes an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer. The optical semiconductor device is applied to a ridge-stripe type laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Yoshida, Hirokazu Itoh, Satoshi Irino, Yuichiro Irie, Taketsugu Sawamura
  • Patent number: 11581706
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction. The optical semiconductor device includes a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer. The optical semiconductor device further includes an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer. The quantum well active layer is doped with 0.3 to 1×1018/cm3 of n-type impurity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Yoshida, Hirokazu Itoh, Satoshi Irino, Yuichiro Irie, Taketsugu Sawamura
  • Publication number: 20220317392
    Abstract: An optical device includes: a case; a sleeve attached to the case, the sleeve including a first through-hole penetrating between an inside and an outside of the case, and an inclined surface inclined with respect to a penetrating direction of the first through-hole, the inclined surface having an opening of the first through-hole; a first optical fiber including a core wire including a core and a clad, and a sheath configured to surround the core wire, wherein an exposed portion of the core wire not surrounded by the sheath passes through the first through-hole; and a first joining material interposed and sealed between an outer peripheral surface of the exposed portion and an inner peripheral surface of the first through-hole in the first through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi IZAWA, Jun MIYOKAWA, Maiko ARIGA, Kazuya NAGASHIMA, Yozo ISHIKAWA, Taketsugu SAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210210929
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction. The optical semiconductor device includes a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer. The optical semiconductor device further includes an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer. The optical semiconductor device is applied to a ridge-stripe type laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji YOSHIDA, Hirokazu ITOH, Satoshi IRINO, Yuichiro IRIE, Taketsugu SAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20210184436
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction. The optical semiconductor device includes a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer. The optical semiconductor device further includes an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer. The quantum well active layer is doped with 0.3 to 1×1018/cm3 of n-type impurity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji YOSHIDA, Hirokazu ITOH, Satoshi IRINO, Yuichiro IRIE, Taketsugu SAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 10938183
    Abstract: A distributed feedback (DFB) laser outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction. The DFB laser includes a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and then-type cladding layer. The DFB laser includes an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and then-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer. The DFB laser has a function to select a specific wavelength by returning a specific wavelength in the wavelength-variable laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Yoshida, Hirokazu Itoh, Satoshi Irino, Yuichiro Irie, Taketsugu Sawamura, Masaki Funabashi, Nobumasa Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200067279
    Abstract: A distributed feedback (DFB) laser outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction. The DFB laser includes a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and then-type cladding layer. The DFB laser includes an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and then-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer. The DFB laser has a function to select a specific wavelength by returning a specific wavelength in the wavelength-variable laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji YOSHIDA, Hirokazu ITOH, Satoshi IRINO, Yuichiro IRIE, Taketsugu SAWAMURA, Masaki FUNABASHI, Nobumasa TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10511150
    Abstract: A wavelength-variable laser outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes: a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction; a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer; and an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Yoshida, Hirokazu Itoh, Satoshi Irino, Yuichiro Irie, Taketsugu Sawamura, Masaki Funabashi, Nobumasa Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180331503
    Abstract: A wavelength-variable laser outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes: a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction; a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer; and an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji YOSHIDA, Hirokazu ITOH, Satoshi IRINO, Yuichiro IRIE, Taketsugu SAWAMURA, Masaki FUNABASHI, Nobumasa TANAKA
  • Patent number: 10020638
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes: a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction; a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer; and an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Yoshida, Hirokazu Itoh, Satoshi Irino, Yuichiro Irie, Taketsugu Sawamura
  • Patent number: 9711945
    Abstract: A method of designing a semiconductor laser device includes: controlling a distance between the output-side reflection unit and the second reflection unit and an effective optical feedback ? to the semiconductor laser element, the effective optical feedback ? defined by a below-presented formula (1) including a circulating time ? of the light in the semiconductor laser element, a reflectivity R1 of the output-side reflection unit, and a reflectivity R2 of the second reflection unit; selecting a semiconductor laser device in which an LFF period is equal to or smaller than 20 ns as a semiconductor laser device in which high speed switching occurs between an FBG mode and an FP mode; and using the selected semiconductor laser device as an semiconductor laser device oscillating in a coherent collapse mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Hasegawa, Noriyuki Yokouchi, Taketsugu Sawamura, Satoshi Irino, Junji Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20170187168
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes: a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction; a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer; and an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji YOSHIDA, Hirokazu ITOH, Satoshi IRINO, Yuichiro IRIE, Taketsugu SAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 9601905
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes: a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction; a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer; and an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Yoshida, Hirokazu Itoh, Satoshi Irino, Yuichiro Irie, Taketsugu Sawamura
  • Publication number: 20160285237
    Abstract: A method of designing a semiconductor laser device includes: controlling a distance between the output-side reflection unit and the second reflection unit and an effective optical feedback ? to the semiconductor laser element, the effective optical feedback ? defined by a below-presented formula (1) including a circulating time ? of the light in the semiconductor laser element, a reflectivity R1 of the output-side reflection unit, and a reflectivity R2 of the second reflection unit; selecting a semiconductor laser device in which an LFF period is equal to or smaller than 20 ns as a semiconductor laser device in which high speed switching occurs between an FBG mode and an FP mode; and using the selected semiconductor laser device as an semiconductor laser device oscillating in a coherent collapse mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki HASEGAWA, Noriyuki YOKOUCHI, Taketsugu SAWAMURA, Satoshi IRINO, Junji YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150311676
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes: a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction; a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer; and an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji YOSHIDA, Hirokazu ITOH, Satoshi IRINO, Yuichiro IRIE, Taketsugu SAWAMURA
  • Patent number: 9083150
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes: a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction; a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer; and an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Yoshida, Hirokazu Itoh, Satoshi Irino, Yuichiro Irie, Taketsugu Sawamura
  • Publication number: 20150103858
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor device outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes: a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction; a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer; and an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji YOSHIDA, Hirokazu ITOH, Satoshi IRINO, Yuichiro IRIE, Taketsugu SAWAMURA