Bistable laser device with multiple coupled active vertical-cavity resonators
| Patent Number: | 6,608,846 |
| Issued: | 8/19/2003 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | A new class of bistable coupled-resonator vertical-cavity semiconductor laser devices has been developed. These bistable laser devices can be switched, either electrically or optically, between lasing and non-lasing states. A switching signal with a power of a fraction of a milliwatt can change the laser output of such a device by a factor of a hundred, thereby enabling a range of optical switching and data encoding applications. |
| Filed: | 5/1/2001 |
| Application Number: | 9/846,874 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |