摘要:
A semiconductor laser device is disclosed which emits laser light from an end facet. The semiconductor laser device comprises a multi-layered structure (12) formed on a semiconductor substrate (11), the multi-layered structure (12) having an active layer (16) for laser oscillation, and a pair of cleavage planes (101) on the side of the multi-layered structure (12), wherein a graded-band-gap layer (18) is formed on at least one of the cleavage planes (101), the graded-band-gap layer (18) having a forbidden band gap which increases gradually with an increase in the distance from the cleavage plane (101) and the surface of the graded-band-gap layer (18) constituting the end facet.
摘要:
A semiconductor laser device is disclosed which emits laser light from a facet. The semiconductor laser device comprises a multi-layered structure (12) formed on a semiconductor substrate (11), the multi-layered structure (12) having an AlGaAs active layer (16) for laser oscillation, and a protective film (17) formed on the facet, wherein a film containing sulfur (18) is provided between the facet and the protective film (17).
摘要:
An external cavity type semiconductor laser apparatus comprises a semiconductor laser device (1) and an external cavity (2), which are mounted on a single mounting base (3) with a space therebetween, wherein laser light emitted from the light-emitting rear facet (6) of the laser device is reflected by the external cavity (2) and returns to the laser device (1), the reflectivity of the light-emitting rear facet (6) of the laser device (1) being different from that of the light-emitting front facet (5) of the laser device (1).
摘要:
A semiconductor laser comprising a substrate (31); a current blocking layer (32) formed on said substrate (31); a striped channel (320, 321) formed in said current blocking layer (32) on said substrate (31), said striped channel being narrow (321) in the vicinity of the facets (23, 23') and being wide (320) inside of the facets (23, 23') an active layer (34) a portion of the active layer (34), corresponding to narrow portion (321) of said striped channel being a plane to form a window region (22, 22') and another portion of the active layer (34) corresponding to the wide portion (320) of said striped channel being a crescent shape to form a laser operation area (21) with a mesa-structure which is surrounded by burying layers (36) to cut off current leakage from said laser operation are (21), the width (Wb) of the mesa-portion (30) of said laser operation area (21) being not less than the width Wi, of a current injection region (310) formed within said striped channel.
摘要:
A method for the production of semiconductor lasers comprises: (a) forming a substrate (10) having a striped portion (20) on its face, said striped portion being formed into a mesa (11), (b) forming a current blocking layer on each of said striped portion (21) and the remaining face of said substrate (2), (c) eliminating said current blocking layer (21) only on said striped portion (20) together with the latter thereby allowing electric current to flow through the substrate and form said striped portion into a terrace (110) or a groove, as a whole, and (d) successively laminating crystal growth layers (3, 4, 5 and 6) for laser operation on the whole face of the substrate in strict conformity with said terrace or groove on the face of said substrate, thereby attaining stabilization of the transverse mode of laser oscillation.
摘要:
A window V-channeled substrate inner stripe semiconductor laser includes window regions formed at both ends of a stimulated region. The stimulated region includes a crescent active layer, and each of the window regions includes a plane active layer for transferring the laser beam emitted from the stimulated region to the mirror. An optical guide layer is formed on said crescent and plane active layers in order to ensure a stable operation of the window structure semiconductor laser.
摘要:
A method for the production of semiconductor lasers comprises: (a) forming a substrate (10) having a striped portion (20) on its face, said striped portion being formed into a mesa (11), (b) forming a current blocking layer on each of said striped portion (21) and the remaining face of said substrate (2), (c) eliminating said current blocking layer (21) only on said striped portion (20) together with the latter thereby allowing electric current to flow through the substrate and form said striped portion into a terrace (110) or a groove, as a whole, and (d) successively laminating crystal growth layers (3, 4, 5 and 6) for laser operation on the whole face of the substrate in strict conformity with said terrace or groove on the face of said substrate, thereby attaining stabilization of the transverse mode of laser oscillation.