Patent ID: 9371970
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: B82Y,F21K,F21V,F21Y,G02B,H01L,H01S

Claim Text:
1. An optical module apparatus comprising a form factor characterized by a length, a width, and a height; the height characterized by a dimension of less than 11 mm and greater than 1 mm, the apparatus comprising: a support member; at least one laser diode device configured to emit a laser beam; wherein the laser diode device comprises a gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode device configured to emit a laser beam characterized by emission selected from blue emission with a wavelength ranging from 415 nm to 485 nm or green emission with a wavelength ranging from 500 nm to 560 nm; a free space with a non-guided characteristic capable of transmitting the laser beam from the laser diode device; an optical device configured to receive the laser beam, and to provide an output beam characterized by a selected wavelength range, a selected spectral width, a selected power, and a selected spatial configuration; and a phosphor material optically coupled to the output beam, wherein: the support member is configured to transport thermal energy from the laser diode device to a heat sink; the optical device comprises free-space optics configured to create one or more free space optical beams; a thermal path from the laser diode device to the heat sink is characterized by a thermal impedance; and the optical module apparatus is characterized by an optical output power degradation of less than 20% in 500 hours when the optical module apparatus is operated within the optical output power with a constant input current at a base temperature of 25 degrees Celsius.