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Low Power Vertical-Cavity Laser Arrays with Integrated Microlenses
Award last edited on: 4/25/2002

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : MDA
Total Award Amount
$59,688
Award Phase
1
Solicitation Topic Code
BMDO95-011
Principal Investigator
Farnk H Peters

Company Information

Optical Concepts Inc (AKA: Optical Concepts Research~Photel Inc)

PO Box 668
Lompac, CA 93438
   (805) 737-7391
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Location: Single
Congr. District: 24
County: Santa Barbara

Phase I

Contract Number: DASG60-95-C-0054
Start Date: 5/9/1995    Completed: 11/9/1995
Phase I year
1995
Phase I Amount
$59,688
Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers are a breakthrough for parallel free space communications, since they can easily be fabricated into one and two dimensional arrays. Recent advances have yielded devices with efficiencies approaching in-plane lasers, but at operating currents in the order of one milliamp. This means that it is now possible to produce massively parallel two dimensional emitter arrays with acceptable heat generation. Adding to the device improvements, has been the development of GaAs microlenses integrated directly into the substrate of bottom emitting vertical cavity surface emitting laser arrays. The integrated microlenses are used focus the emission of the lasers for effective free space communications.

Keywords:
Vertical Cavity Lasers 2-D Laser Arrays Low Power Microlenses Free Space Communications

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