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Divided electrode type semiconductor laser device

Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corp
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Filing: 1989-11-22
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Granted: 1991-05-21
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Expires: 2009-11-22
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Abstract

Abstract Disclosed is a divided electrode type semiconductor layer device designed to improve the separation of electrodes without reducing the amount of doping for carrier injection layers. A double-hetero-structure is formed on a semi-insulating substrate, and at least two pairs of carrier injection clad layers are thereafter buried like lands while a high-resistance portion is left between the carrier injection clad layers to electrically separate these layers. The electrodes are respectively formed on the separated carrier injection layers.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yoshihiro Suzuki
  • 👤 Hiroyoshi Yajima
  • 👤 Junichi Shimada
  • 👤 Kenji Shimoyama
  • 👤 Hideki Gotoh

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 09:24
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01S; H01S5/00; H01S5/04; H01S5/042; H01S5/0425; H01S5/04254; H01S5/20; H01S5/22; H01S5/227

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 90 words
A divided electrode type semiconductor laser device, comprising: a substrate; a pair of carrier injection clad layers; cap layers disposed on each one of said pair of carrier injection layers respectively, each of said cap layers having an electrode thereon; an active layer disposed between said carrier injection clad layers so as to form a lateral junction type buried semiconductor laser in which said carrier injection clad layers are buried, said active layer comprising a resonant cavity, and a high-resistance layer separating said carrier injection clad layers from each other.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 90 words
A divided electrode type semiconductor laser device, comprising: a substrate; a pair of carrier injection clad layers; cap layers disposed on each one of said pair of carrier injection layers respectively, each of said cap layers having an electrode thereon; an active layer disposed between said carrier injection clad layers so as to form a lateral junction type buried semiconductor laser in which said carrier injection clad layers are buried, said active layer comprising a resonant cavity, and a high-resistance layer separating said carrier injection clad layers from each other.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 18 words
A laser device according to claim 1, in which said high-resistance layer is an undoped AlGaAs clad layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
A laser device according to claim 1, in which said carrier injection clad layer is a p-type or n-type AlGaAs clad layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 19 words
A laser device according to claim 1, in which GaAs cap layers are formed on the carrier injection layer.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

JPS60235491A Cited

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