Patent Document:

the first embodiment of the invention is shown fig2 . it comprises a tilted - waveguide angled - facet semiconductor optical amplifier chip 38 that has been attached to a sub - mount pedestal 20 . the sub - mount pedestal is attached to the header base 10 and electrically connected to contact pin 12 . a photodiode 70 mounted on the front surface of the header base 18 detects the optical signal 42 emitted from the back facet 39 of the semiconductor laser . electrical connection 13 to the semiconductor laser chip 38 and connection 11 to the photodiode are provided via bond wires 50 and 51 , respectively . the semiconductor optical amplifier waveguide 34 is tilted to intersect the front facet 37 and back facet 39 of the semiconductor device at an oblique angle so that the front optical beam 40 and back optical beam 42 are emitted at an angle θ 1 with respect to the facet surface normal 45 . the semiconductor laser chip 38 is attached to the sub - mount pedestal 20 with front facet 37 parallel to the beveled front face of the sub - mount pedestal 22 . surface 22 has been beveled at an angle θ 1 with respect to the front surface of the header base 18 so that both front and back semiconductor laser optical beams 40 and 42 propagate parallel to the sub - assembly optical axis 15 . the beveled surface 22 provides clearance so that the path of the light beam 40 is not blocked or diffracted . the output light beam from the sub - assembly emerges through a transparent window 64 that has been anti - reflection coated with films 61 and 63 to reduce optical loss and back - reflection . the transparent window structure 64 can be optical glass or a polarization plate ( half - wave , quarter - wave ) or other polarizing element . the window is attached to a cap structure 60 with a wedge 65 inserted so that the window is oriented at an angle θ 2 with respect to the front surface of the header base 18 . the angle θ 2 is chosen to minimize the optical power reflected back to the semiconductor device . the cap 60 is welded to the header base 10 in a hermetic scaling process . the second embodiment of the invention is shown fig3 . it comprises a curved - waveguide angled - facet semiconductor laser chip 35 that has been attached to a sub - mount pedestal 20 . the sub - mount pedestal is attached to the header base 10 and electrically connected to contact pin 12 . a photodiode 71 mounted on the front surface of the header base 18 detects the optical signal 42 emitted from the back facet 39 of the semiconductor laser . electrical connection 13 to the semiconductor laser chip and connection 11 to the photodiode are provided via bond wires ; 50 and 51 , respectively . the semiconductor optical waveguide 36 is curved with a constant radius of curvature r given by r = l / sin ( φ ) where l is the length of the curved region and φ is the desired facet angle . other sinusoidal or exponential curving functions can be used to define the functional form of the curved region . arbitrary lengths at the end of the device can be straight or tilted corresponding to an infinite radius of curvature . the curved optical waveguide intersects the back facet 39 at normal incidence ( perpendicular ) but intersects the front facet 37 at an oblique angle so that the front optical beam 40 is emitted at an angle θ 1 with respect to the facet surface normal 45 . the back optical beam 42 is emitted parallel to 45 . the semiconductor laser chip is attached to the sub - mount pedestal with front facet 37 parallel to the beveled front face of the sub - mount pedestal 22 . surface 22 has been beveled at an angle θ 1 with respect to the front surface of the header base 18 so that the front semiconductor laser optical beam 40 propagates parallel to the sub - assembly optical axis 15 . the beveled surface 22 provides clearance so that the path of the light beam 40 is not blocked or diffracted . the photodiode 71 is mounted on surface 18 to detect the emitted back facet optical beam 42 . this beam is incident on the photodiode at an oblique angle enabling the photodiode to be mounted flush against 18 without requiring any additional steps to reduce back - reflections . the output light beam from the sub - assembly 40 emerges through a transparent window 64 that has been anti - reflection coated with films 61 and 63 to reduce optical loss and back - reflection . the transparent window structure 64 can be optical glass or a polarization plate ( half - wave , quarter - wave ) or other polarizing element . the window is attached to a cap structure 60 with a wedge 65 inserted so that the window is oriented at an angle θ 2 with respect to the front surface of the header base 18 . the angle θ 2 is chosen to minimize the optical power reflected back to the semiconductor device 35 . the cap 60 is welded to the header base 10 in a hermetic sealing process . the third embodiment of the invention is shown fig4 . it consists of a curved - waveguide angled - facet semiconductor laser chip 35 that has been attached to a sub - mount pedestal 20 . the sub - mount pedestal is attached to the header base 10 and electrically connected to contact pin 12 . a photodiode 71 mounted on the front surface of the header base 18 detects the optical signal 42 emitted from the back facet 39 of the semiconductor laser 35 . electrical connections to the semiconductor laser chip 13 and photodiode 11 are provided via bond wires 50 and 51 , respectively . the semiconductor optical waveguide 36 is curved with a constant radius of curvature r given by r = l / sin ( φ ) where l is the length of the curved region and φ is the desired facet angle . other sinusoidal or exponential curving functions can be used to define the functional form of the curved region . arbitrary lengths at the end of the device can be straight or tilted corresponding to an infinite radius of curvature . the curved optical waveguide intersects the back facet 39 at normal incidence ( perpendicular ) but intersects the front facet 37 at an oblique angle so that the front optical beam 40 is emitted at an angle θ 1 with respect to the facet surface normal 45 . the back optical beam 42 is emitted parallel to 45 . the semiconductor laser chip is attached to the sub - mount pedestal with front facet 37 parallel to edge 22 . edge 22 is oriented at an angle θ 1 with respect to the front surface of the header base 18 so that the front semiconductor laser optical beam 40 propagates parallel to the sub - assembly optical axis 15 . edge 22 is formed by a mechanical or chemical machining process that creates a recessed plane area 25 providing clearance so that the path of the light beam 40 is not blocked or diffracted . an optical element 80 is attached to the front surface 21 of the sub - mount pedestal 20 with attaching mechanisms 81 and 82 . the optical element 80 can be a refractive , diffractive , or holographic lens placed in close proximity to the angled facet to manipulate the beam shape and / or quality . the photodiode 71 is mounted on surface 18 to detect the emitted back facet optical beam 42 . this beam is incident on the photodiode at an oblique angle enabling the photodiode to be mounted flush against 18 without requiring any additional steps to reduce back - reflections . the output light beam from the sub - assembly 40 emerges through a transparent window 64 that has been anti - reflection coated with films 61 and 63 to reduce optical loss and back - reflection . the transparent window structure 64 can be optical glass or a polarization plate ( half - wave , quarter - wave ) or other polarizing element . the window is attached to a cap structure 60 with a wedge 65 inserted so that the window is oriented at an angle θ 2 with respect to the front surface of the header base 18 . the angle θ 2 is chosen to minimize the optical power reflected back to the semiconductor device . the cap 60 is welded to the header base 10 in a hermetic sealing process . the fourth embodiment of the invention is shown fig5 . it comprises a curved - waveguide angled - facet semiconductor laser chip 35 that has been attached to sub - mount 90 . the sub - mount 90 is attached to the sub - mount pedestal 20 . the sub - mount pedestal is attached to the header base 10 and electrically connected to contact pin 12 . a photodiode 71 mounted on the front surface of the header base 18 detects the optical signal 42 emitted from the back facet 39 of the semiconductor laser . electrical connections to the semiconductor laser chip 13 and photodiode 11 are provided via bond wires 50 and 51 , respectively . the semiconductor optical waveguide 36 is curved with a constant radius of curvature r given by r = l / sin ( φ ) where l is the length of the curved region and φ is the desired facet angle . other sinusoidal or exponential curving functions can be used to define the functional form of the curved region . arbitrary lengths at the end of the device can be straight or tilted corresponding to an infinite radius of curvature . the curved optical waveguide intersects the back facet 39 at normal incidence ( perpendicular ) but intersects the front facet 37 at an oblique angle so that the front optical beam 40 is emitted at an angle θ 1 with respect to the facet surface normal 45 . the back optical beam 42 is emitted parallel to 45 . the semiconductor laser chip is attached to the sub - mount 90 with front facet 37 parallel to the front edge 22 of the sub - mount 90 . the sub - mount 90 is comprised of a material having desirable thermal and mechanical properties , such as aluminum nitride ( aln ), diamond , or other material . this sub - mount can be either of the same material as the sub - mount pedestal 21 ) or of a different material . the sub - mount 90 is attached to the sub - mount pedestal 20 with the front edge 22 oriented at an angle θ 1 with respect to the front surface of the header base 18 so that the front semiconductor laser optical beam 40 propagates parallel to the sub - assembly optical axis 15 . the thickness of the sub - mount 90 is chosen to insure adequate clearance so that the path of the light beam 40 is not blocked or diffracted . an optical element 80 is attached to the front surface 21 of the sub - mount pedestal 20 with attaching mechanisms 81 and 82 . the optical element 80 can be a refractive , diffractive , or holographic lens placed in close proximity to the angled facet to manipulate the beam shape and / or quality . the photodiode 71 is mounted on surface 18 to detect the emitted back facet optical beam 42 . this beam is incident on the photodiode at an oblique angle enabling the photodiode to be mounted flush against 18 without requiring any additional steps to reduce back - reflections . the output light beam from the sub - assembly 40 emerges through a transparent window 64 that has been anti - reflection coated wish films 61 and 63 to reduce optical loss and back - reflection . the transparent window structure 64 can be optical glass or a polarization plate ( half - wave , quarter - wave ) or other polarizing element . the window is attached to a cap structure 60 with a wedge 65 inserted so that the window is oriented at an angle θ 2 with respect to the front surface of the header base 18 . the angle θ 2 is chosen to minimize the optical power reflected back to the semiconductor device . the cap 60 is welded to the header base 10 in a hermetic scaling process . while the foregoing description refers to a conventional to - can semiconductor package , other kinds of semiconductor packages may also be used . while particular embodiments of the invention have been described , it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in the embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention . such modifications are all within the scope of this invention .

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