VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS Sandia National Laboratories is seeking potential licensee(s) for - Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser, (VCSEL) technology. US patents #5,351,256, #4,947,223, #5,258,990, #5,428,634; plus over 10 patents pending. This suite of proprietary technologies includes both devices and the methods for their manufacture. VCSELs as the name implies, emit light out of the surface of the lasers active medium, as opposed to horizontally out of the edge. This configuration offers many advantages in the device's fabrication, testing, physical/performance characteristics and application. We are in now in the process of developing a strategy for licensing these lab-developed technologies. Currently, Sandia is looking for expressions of interest from companies who have both the interest and the ability to take Sandia VCSEL technologies to market. Successful companies should possess capabilities for the manufacture of compound semiconductor devices and a demonstrated ability to commercialize the technology. Sandia had been involved with the development of VCSEL technology since the 1980's. Sandia has been applying this technology for over five years, including work for partners such as the Department of Defense, Advanced Research Program Assistance (ARPA) office. Continued R&D into VCSELs is Sandia's plan, and with it, the promise of additional intellectual property. Sandia is a government-owned, contractor-operated facility with locations in New Mexico and California. As a research and development laboratory for the Department of Energy (DOE), we have been working on high technology solutions to problems of national importance for over 40 years. We are now able to grant commercial licenses to our intellectual property and watch technologies go from ``lab to market''. We look forward to the possibility of working with your company as well as bringing VCSEL technologies to the marketplace. In order to fulfill fairness of opportunity requirements, Sandia will widely advertise both the technology and the fact that it may be licensed. Depending upon any prior commitments, the license can take a variety of forms, up to and including the opportunity for an exclusive license. Through a variety of possible marketing venues including: advertisements in the Commerce Business Daily, trade publications, the Internet, targeted mail campaigns, and trade shows, we accomplish the broad announcement of licensing opportunities. Visit our World Wide Web site at (http://www.sandia.gov/ttrans/ttrans.html). Please be advised that this is not an offer for the sale of a license; but rather a solicitation of interested parties for potential license opportunities. You and other potential licenses, must respond in writing with express either by writing or faxing us a brief statement of capabilities to commercialize and interest in the technology. The deadline for accepting respondents is June 7, 1996. Write to: Joanne Trujillo, Sandia National Laboratories, Technology Partnerships Dept., PO Box 5800 -MS 1380, Albuquerque, NM 87185-1380, FAX: (505) 843-4175. After you contact us, we will send you a short questionnaire to assess in greater detail you company's capabilities for commercializing the technology. Preference will be given to US based businesses. From there, Sandia will evaluate all replies. We look forward to the opportunity to work with you and your company on the desired goal of commercialization of VCSEL technology.

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