Broadband cascade light emitters

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2006-03-07

2006-03-07

Harvey, Minsun Oh (Department: 2828)

Coherent light generators

Particular active media

Semiconductor

C372S046010

Reexamination Certificate

active

07010010

ABSTRACT:
A broadband CLE capable of operation simultaneously at multiple wavelengths comprises: a core region including a multiplicity or cascade of stages, each stage including a radiative transition region. A first group of stages emits radiation at a first wavelength and at a first aggregate intensity per group, and a second group of stages emits radiation at a second wavelength and at a second aggregate intensity per group lower than the first intensity. The invention is characterized in that the second group has more stages than said first group, and the per-stage intensity of the first group is greater than that of the second group. This design reduces the difference between said first and second aggregate intensities. In one embodiment, groups that are located at or near to the ends of the cascade have more stages than groups that are centrally located within the cascade regardless of their wavelength. Our invention significantly reduces variations in modal gain across the desired broadband spectrum and produces sufficiently flat gain without requiring elaborate redesign of the stages. These features enable cw operation of a broadband intersubband laser.

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