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Semiconductor laser device

US4426703A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 9, 1981
Grant dateJan 17, 1984
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2001

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/2059
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a semiconductor laser device wherein a stripe-shaped impurity-diffused region is disposed in at least parts of semiconductor layers of from a surface semiconductor layer of a semiconductor layer assembly constituting the semiconductor laser device to a second semiconductor layer lying in contact with a first semiconductor layer having an active region, the impurity-diffused region having the same conductivity type as that of the second semiconductor layer and extending at least from the surface semiconductor layer to a depth vicinal to the first semiconductor layer, the impurity region serving as a current path; a semiconductor laser device characterized in that a third semiconductor layer in which the diffusion rate of an impurity for use in the formation of the impurity-diffused region is lower than in the second semiconductor layer is disposed between the surface semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer.

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