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Semiconductor laser and method for producing the same

US5568501A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 31, 1994
Grant dateOct 22, 1996
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/095
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The semiconductor laser of the invention includes: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a stripe-shaped multilayer structure, formed on the semiconductor substrate, the stripe-shaped multilayer structure including an active layer; and a current blocking portion formed on the semiconductor substrate on both sides of the stripe-shaped multilayer structure, wherein the current blocking portion has a first current blocking layer of a second conductivity type, and a second current blocking layer of the first conductivity type formed on the first current blocking layer, the first current blocking layer includes a low-concentration region having a relatively low concentration of an impurity of the second conductivity type, and a high-concentration region having an impurity concentration which is higher than that of the low-concentration region, and the low-concentration region is provided at a position closer to the stripe-shaped multilayer structure than the high-concentration region.

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