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Semiconductor laser device

US4961197A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 14, 1989
Grant dateOct 2, 1990
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Expiry dateApr 14, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/3432
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A high-power low-noise semiconductor laser device required for light sources for an erasable optical disc is a self-sustained pulsating semiconductor laser device in which an MQW structure is used for an active layer, and thus a kink output power and a light output power by which the self-pulsation is enabled are increased to 10 mW or more and noise is reduced. Another semiconductor laser device of a self-pulsation type has impurities that are doped in the active layer to reduce the self-pulsating frequency to obtain a low-noise characteristic even if higher optical feedback occurs. 259

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