US Patent Issued to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG on June 30 for "Apparatus for generating laser radiation with a lateral current injection laser arrangement and a cavity, and method for manufacturing the same" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,230, issued on June 30, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Munich).

"Apparatus for generating laser radiation with a lateral current injection laser arrangement and a cavity, and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Jan Gregor Gatzmann (Berlin) and Martin Mohrle (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention include an apparatus for generating laser radiation with a semiconductor substrate, an intermediate layer arranged on the semiconductor substrate, and a Lateral Current Injection (LCI) laser arrangement arranged on the intermediate layer...