ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,973, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Hybrid laser with amorphous bonding layer" was invented by John Heck (Berkeley, Calif.) and Paul B. Fischer (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are IC devices that include hybrid lasers formed with a bonding layer. Hybrid lasers include an active light-emitting region coupled to a waveguide. In a hybrid laser, the waveguide and the light-emitting regions are formed separately from different materials, e.g., the waveguide is a single-crystal silicon, and the light-emitting region includes III-V semiconductors. An amorphous group IV ...