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Surface light emitting type semiconductor laser having a vertical cavity

US6856635B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 2002
Grant dateFeb 15, 2005
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/0683
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lower multilayer reflection film (2), a light emitting layer forming portion (6) and an upper multilayer reflection film (8) are sequentially formed on a substrate (1) to form a semiconductor laminated portion (9), and a current injection region A is formed at a part of the semiconductor laminated portion so as to emit light from the surface in the center thereof. And, according to the present invention, the current injection region A is formed so as to be deflected from a center of the substrate. As a result, there is provided a surface light emitting type semiconductor laser capable of monitoring a light emitting power correctly and controlling it automatically in order to achieve the constant light emitting power in a case where the surface light emitting type laser chip is used as a light source for a pickup or the like.

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