Multi-laser package using shared optics
View Patent ↗An optical device may include a semiconductor laser chip to independently generate four laser beams at different wavelengths. Each laser beam, of the four laser beams, may be directed to a respective optical output of the optical device with a sub-micron level of tolerance of each laser beam relative to the respective optical outputs of the optical device, and each laser beam, of the four laser beams, may be associated with a different optical path from the semiconductor laser chip to the respective optical output of the optical device. The optical device may include a lens to receive each of the four laser beams. The lens may be positioned to direct each laser beam, of the four laser beams, toward the respective optical output of the optical device. The optical device may include an optical isolator to receive each of the four laser beams.
1. An optical device comprising:
a first laser chip and a second laser chip,
the first laser chip including a first laser emitter to generate a first optical beam and a second laser emitter to generate a second optical beam,
the second laser chip including a first laser emitter to generate a third optical beam and a second laser emitter to generate a fourth optical beam, and
at least one of the first optical beam or the second optical beam being aligned, with a sub-micron level of tolerance, with at least one of the third optical beam or the fourth optical beam; and
one or more lenses positioned in optical paths of the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam.
2. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein each optical beam, of the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam, has a different center wavelength.
3. The optical device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an optical isolator positioned in the optical paths of the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam.
4. The optical device of claim 3 , wherein the one or more lenses and the optical isolator collectively introduce less than one micron of relative deflection to each of the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam with regard to a set of optical outputs corresponding to the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam.
5. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more lenses comprise:
a first lens in the optical paths of the first optical beam and the second optical beam; and
a second lens in the optical paths of the third optical beam and the fourth optical beam.
6. The optical device of claim 1 , wherein the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam are directed, using a surface angled with respect to the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam, toward respective optical outputs of the optical device.
7. The optical device of claim 6 , wherein the surface is part of a mirror.
8. An optical device comprising:
a first laser chip including a first laser emitter to emit a first laser beam;
a second laser chip including a second laser emitter to emit a second laser beam,
the first laser beam and the second laser beam to be directed to respective optical outputs via respective optical paths, and
the first laser beam is aligned, with a sub-micron level of tolerance, with the second laser beam; and
optics to direct the first laser beam and the second laser beam to the respective optical outputs,
the optics comprising:
one or more lenses in the respective optical paths.
9. The optical device of claim 8 , wherein the first laser beam is generated at a different wavelength than the second laser beam.
10. The optical device of claim 8 , wherein the optics further include:
an optical isolator in the respective optical paths.
11. The optical device of claim 10 , wherein the optics are placed to cause a relative deflection, of the first laser beam and the second laser beam with respect to the respective optical outputs, of less than one micron.
12. The optical device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more lenses comprise:
a first lens in an optical path of the first laser beam; and
a second lens in an optical path of the second laser beam.
13. The optical device of claim 8 ,
wherein the first laser chip includes a first plurality of laser emitters to generate a first plurality of laser beams,
the first plurality of laser emitters including the first laser emitter and the first plurality of laser beams including the first laser beam, and
wherein the second laser chip includes a second plurality of laser emitters to generate a second plurality of laser beams,
the second plurality of laser emitters including the second laser emitter and the second plurality of laser beams including the second laser beam.
14. A method comprising:
generating, by a first laser emitter of a first laser chip, a first optical beam;
generating, by a second laser emitter of the first laser chip, a second optical beam;
generating, by a first laser emitter of a second laser chip, a third optical beam;
generating, by a second laser emitter of the second laser chip, a fourth optical beam,
at least one of the first optical beam or the second optical beam being aligned, with a sub-micron level of tolerance, with at least one of the third optical beam or the fourth optical beam; and
directing, by one or more lenses, the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam,
the one or more lenses being positioned in optical paths of the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein each optical beam, of the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam, has a different center wavelength.
16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
directing, by an optical isolator, the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam,
the optical isolator being positioned in optical paths of the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the one or more lenses and the optical isolator collectively introduce less than one micron of relative deflection to each of the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam with regard to a set of optical outputs corresponding to the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam.
18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the one or more lenses comprise:
a first lens in the optical paths of the first optical beam and the second optical beam; and
a second lens in the optical paths of the third optical beam and the fourth optical beam.
19. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
directing, using a surface angled with respect to the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical beam, the first optical beam, the second optical beam, the third optical beam, and the fourth optical toward respective optical outputs of the optical device.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the surface is part of a mirror.