Tailored index single mode optical amplifiers and devices and systems including same
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1. A semiconductor device comprising:
- at least one tailored index single mode optical amplifier; and
a heat sink, wherein the tailored index associated with the optical amplifier is produced by varying the thermal impedance characteristic of the junction at the heatsink.
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Abstract
A semiconductor laser device includes a tailored index single mode power amplifier. A high-power laser system can be produced by connecting several of the tailored index single mode power amplifiers in parallel. In an exemplary case, a phase shifting device can be optically coupled to each of the tailored index single mode power amplifiers; the phase shifting devices can be controlled to ensure that the laser beams output by the tailored index single mode power amplifiers are both phase aligned and wavefront matched.
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1. A semiconductor device comprising:
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at least one tailored index single mode optical amplifier; and
a heat sink, wherein the tailored index associated with the optical amplifier is produced by varying the thermal impedance characteristic of the junction at the heatsink.
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2. A semiconductor device comprising at least one tailored index single mode optical amplifier,
wherein the tailored index associated with the optical amplifier is produced by varying at least two of: -
a current profile applied to the optical amplifier;
the thermal impedance characteristic of a junction between the optical amplifier and a heatsink thermally coupled thereto;
impurity densities in regions of the semiconductor device adjacent to the optical amplifier;
the height of a buried rib along the optical axis as the width varies from a first to a second predetermined value; and
the height of a surface rib along the optical axis as the width varies from a first to a second predetermined value.
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3. A semiconductor device comprising:
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at least one tailored index single mode optical amplifier;
an input waveguide for coupling an optical signal into the optical amplifier; and
an output waveguide for coupling an amplified signal out of the optical amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a tailored index single mode optical amplifier including means for tailoring a structural characteristic associated with the optical amplifier to thereby provide the tailored index;
first coupling means for coupling an optical signal into the optical amplifier; and
second coupling means for coupling an amplified signal out of the optical amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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18. A semiconductor device comprising:
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an optical phased array having N output amplifiers. wherein each of the output amplifiers comprises a tailored index single mode amplifier, the N output amplifiers are disposed on a single substrate, and N is an integer equal to or greater than 2, and wherein the semiconductor device further comprises coupling elements for coupling optical signals one of into and out of the surface of the semiconductor device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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19. A semiconductor device comprising:
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an optical phased array having N output amplifiers, wherein each of the output amplifiers comprises a tailored index single mode amplifier, the N output amplifiers are disposed on a single substrate, and N is an integer equal to or greater than 2, and wherein each of the N optical amplifiers is optically coupled to one of a surface emitter and a receptor disposed on a layer of the semiconductor device.
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20. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a distribution network receiving an optical source signal and generating N distributed signals;
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1 phase modulators receiving N−
1 of the N distributed signals and generating N−
1 phase modulated signals;
an optical phased array having N output amplifiers, each of the N optical amplifiers receiving one of the N−
1 phase modulated signals or the N distributed signals,wherein each of the output amplifiers comprises a tailored index single mode amplifier, wherein the N output amplifiers, the N−
1 phase modulators, and the distribution network are disposed on a single substrate, andwherein N is an integer equal to or greater than 2. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A semiconductor device comprising:
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a master oscillator generating an optical source signal;
a distribution network receiving the optical source signal and generating N distributed signals;
N−
1 phase modulators receiving N−
1 of the N distributed signals and generating N−
1phase modulated signals;
an optical phased array having N output amplifiers, each of the N optical amplifiers receiving one of the N−
1 phase modulated signals or the N distributed signals,wherein each of the output amplifiers comprises a tailored index single mode amplifier, wherein the N output amplifiers, the N−
1 phase modulators, the distribution network, and the master oscillator are all disposed on a single substrate, andwherein N is an integer equal to or greater than 2. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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