Semiconductor laser including groove having variable dimensions
US5541950A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 30, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S5/24
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A semiconductor laser including a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a semiconductor multilayer structure disposed on the substrate and including a first cladding layer of the first conductivity type, an active layer, a second cladding layer of a second conductivity type, opposite the first conductivity type, and a current blocking layer of the first conductivity type; a laser light emitting facet; a stripe-shaped V groove extending in a resonator length direction transverse to the laser light emitting facet and penetrating in a depth direction into a part of the semiconductor multilayer structure, including into the second cladding layer, the stripe-shaped V groove having a width transverse to the resonator length direction and the depth direction wherein at least one of the depth and width of the stripe-shaped V groove has a first dimension adjacent the laser light emitting facet and a second dimension, different from the first dimension, within the semiconductor laser spaced from the laser light emitting facet; and a semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type disposed in and filling the stripe-shaped V groove.
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