Coherent light generators – Laser logic system
Patent
1984-03-15
1985-11-26
Davie, James W.
Coherent light generators
Laser logic system
372 50, H01S 319
Patent
active
045557853
ABSTRACT:
Integrated laser diode devices are utilized as repeater elements and logic circuit elements in fiber optic and other light transfer systems. One embodiment discloses a six layer device (10) which is triggered not by an external electrical gating source, but by an external light source (8, 9) as from an optical fiber. Another embodiment operates a laser diode in a bilateral mode. That is, depending on the polarity of the applied voltage bias V to the device (50), two separate light pulses are emitted from different regions (56, 52) of the crystal. A further embodiment utilizes the semiconductor laser as a logical AND function. When the electrical bias (V) of the device (60) is set so that when at least two external light sources (67, 68) are applied, the device will emit laser light (69). Still another embodiment utilizes two semiconductor laser devices (911, 913) as an astable optical multivibrator (90).
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Burnham Robert D.
Scifres Donald R.
Streifer William
Davie James W.
Weiss Franklyn C.
Xerox Corporation
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