Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080240179 | Two-dimensional photonic crystal surface-emitting laser - The two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser according to the present invention includes a number of main modified refractive index areas periodically provided in a two-dimensional photonic crystal and secondary structures each relatively located in a similar manner to each of the main modified refractive index areas. The location of the secondary structure is determined so that a main reflected light which is reflected by a main modified refractive index area and a secondary reflected light which is reflected by a secondary structure are weakened or intensified by interference. | 10-02-2008 |
20080240193 | Two-dimensional photonic crystal surface-emitting laser - The two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser according to the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, a main laser section and a reflection film. The main laser section includes a lower cladding layer, an active layer, a two-dimensional photonic crystal layer, an upper cladding layer and a contact layer, which are all deposited on the semiconductor substrate. The reflection film, which surrounds the entire side surfaces of the main laser section, is made of a thin titanium-gold film deposited by sputtering. | 10-02-2008 |
20090074024 | Photonic crystal laser - A laser capable of emitting multiple laser beams is provided. A two-dimensional photonic crystal laser according to the present invention has a laminated structure including an active layer, a first photonic crystal layer having a periodic distribution of refractive index with a first period, and a second photonic crystal layer having a periodic distribution of refractive index with a second period that differs from the first period. This two-dimensional photonic crystal laser can emit a main beam traveling in a direction perpendicular to the two-dimensional photonic crystals and side beams each traveling in a direction inclined with respect to the main beam. These beams can be used, for example, in a recording/reproducing device by means of an optical disk, the main beam being used for recording/reproducing information and the side beams for following up the track. | 03-19-2009 |
20090135871 | Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Laser - An objective of the present invention is to provide a laser capable of producing a radially polarized laser beam with an annular cross section. A laser oscillator | 05-28-2009 |
20090175304 | Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Laser Light Source - A two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser light source according to the present invention includes a two-dimensional photonic crystal made of a plate-shaped body material provided with a periodic arrangement of identically-shaped holes | 07-09-2009 |
20090279579 | Two-dimensional photonic crystal surface-emitting laser light source - The present invention provides a two-dimensional photonic crystal surface-emitting laser light source capable of producing a beam that is not accompanied by unnecessary side lobes. A window-shaped electrode | 11-12-2009 |
20090285255 | Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Laser Light Source - An objective of the present invention is to provide a surface emitting laser capable of selectively generating a laser oscillation in the fundamental mode and thereby emitting a single-wavelength laser light. In a surface emitting laser including an active layer and a two-dimensional photonic crystal provided on one side of the active layer, a reflector | 11-19-2009 |
20110188526 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL LASER - A two-dimensional photonic crystal laser light is provided. The two-dimensional photonic crystal laser includes a two-dimensional photonic crystal made of a plate-shaped member provided with a periodic arrangement of identically-shaped modified refractive index areas having a refractive index different from that of the plate-shaped member; and an active layer provided on one side of the two-dimensional photonic crystal. The modified refractive index areas are arranged at lattice points of a lattice with a same period at least in two directions; each modified refractive index area is shaped so that a feedback strength is different with respect to directions of two primitive lattice vectors of the lattice; the two-dimensional photonic crystal has a periodic structure of a supercell, which contains a plurality of lattice points; and the sum of the feedback strengths by all modified refractive index areas in the supercell is identical in each direction of the two primitive lattice vectors. | 08-04-2011 |
20120027038 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL LASER - A two-dimensional photonic crystal laser according to the present invention includes a two-dimensional photonic crystal layer | 02-02-2012 |
20130039375 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SURFACE EMISSION LASER - A photonic crystal surface emission laser includes an active layer, and a photonic crystal layer made of a plate-shaped slab provided with modified refractive index area having a refractive index different from that of the slab, the modified refractive index areas being arranged on each of the lattice points of a first rhombic-like lattice and a second rhombic-like lattice in which both diagonals are mutually parallel and only one diagonal is of a different length, wherein a | 02-14-2013 |