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High-power vertical cavity surface emitting laser cluster

  • US 5,812,571 A
  • Filed: 10/25/1996
  • Issued: 09/22/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A laser cluster for high-power applications, comprising:

  • an array of VCSELs including a center VCSEL and one or more peripheral VCSELs displaced from the center VCSEL; and

    a pair of common electrical contacts shared by said array of VCSELs;

    wherein the VCSELs in said array are separated by a distance in a range from about 10 mm to about 40 mm.

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