Patent ID: 6580741
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: H01S

Abstract:
A fiber optic communication system for transceiving information over optical fibers, the fiber optic communication system including:an integrated optically pumped vertical cavity surface emitting laser, the integrated optically pumped vertical cavity surface emitting laser including, an in-plane semiconductor laser to emit photons of a relatively short wavelength, the in-plane semiconductor laser being electrically pumped to generate the photons of the relatively short wavelength; a beam steering element joined to the in-plane semiconductor laser, the beam steering element to steer the photons of the relatively short wavelength emitted at an incident angle from the in-plane semiconductor laser into a reflective angle; and a vertical cavity surface emitting laser joined to the in-plane semiconductor laser, the vertical cavity surface emitting laser to receive the photons of the relatively short wavelength emitted from the in-plane semiconductor laser and steered by the beam steering element to be optically pumped and emit photons of a long wavelength from a surface.