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Semiconductor laser device
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1993-12-14
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Granted: 1995-04-11
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Expires: 2013-12-14
Abstract
Abstract A semiconductor laser device includes a substrate, a first cladding layer formed on the substrate, an active layer formed on the first cladding layer, and a second cladding layer formed on the active layer having a conductivity type different from that of the first cladding layer, wherein at least one of the first and second cladding layers has a multiquantum barrier structure. The width of the first quantum barrier of the multiquantum barrier structure relative to the side of the active layer is 24 to 100 nm, the width of the second quantum barrier of the multiquantum barrier structure relative to the side of the active layer is 5 to 20 nm, and the multiquantum barrier structure is constituted by alternately stacking first thin layers consisting of In z (Ga 1-x Al x ) 1-z P (x is 0.7 to 1.0 and z is 0 to 1.0) and second thin layers consisting of In z (Ga 1-y Al y ) 1-z P (y is 0 to 0.3 and z is 0 to 1.0).
Inventors
- 👤 John Rennie
- 👤 Masaki Okajima
- 👤 Genichi Hatakoshi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 18:15
CPC Classifications
B; B82; B82Y; B82Y20/00; H; H01; H01S; H01S5/00; H01S5/20; H01S5/2004; H01S5/2009; H01S5/2013; H01S5/22; H01S5/223; H01S5/2231; H01S5/30; H01S5/34; H01S5/347
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
A semiconductor laser device comprising: a substrate; a first cladding layer formed on said substrate; an active layer formed on said first cladding layer; and a second cladding layer formed on said active layer having a conductivity type different from that of said first cladding layer, wherein at least one of said first and second cladding layers has a multiquantum barrier structure including a plurality of barrier layers and a plurality of well layers formed of a material different from that of the barrier layers, each barrier layer and each well layer being alternately stacked, an effective mass of electrons in said barrier layer being larger than that in said well layer, a width of a first barrier layer relative to a side of said active layer being 24 to 100 nm, with tensile strain, represented by the following inequality, being introduced into said well layers -2% >Δa/a>-1% (where a is a lattice constant of the substrate, and Δa is a difference between the lattice constant of the well layer and that of the substrate.)
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
175 words
A semiconductor laser device comprising: a substrate; a first cladding layer formed on said substrate; an active layer formed on said first cladding layer; and a second cladding layer formed on said active layer having a conductivity type different from that of said first cladding layer, wherein at least one of said first and second cladding layers has a multiquantum barrier structure including a plurality of barrier layers and a plurality of well layers formed of a material different from that of the barrier layers, each barrier layer and each well layer being alternately stacked, an effective mass of electrons in said barrier layer being larger than that in said well layer, a width of a first barrier layer relative to a side of said active layer being 24 to 100 nm, with tensile strain, represented by the following inequality, being introduced into said well layers -2% >Δa/a>-1% (where a is a lattice constant of the substrate, and Δa is a difference between the lattice constant of the well layer and that of the substrate.)
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the width of a second barrier layer counted from the side of said active layer is 1 to 20 nm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein widths of third and subsequent barrier layers counted from the side of said active layer are 1 to 8 nm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein a width of each well of said multiquantum barrier structure is 1 to 8 nm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
210 words
A semiconductor laser device comprising: a substrate; a first cladding layer formed on said substrate; an active layer formed on said first cladding layer; and a second cladding layer formed on said active layer having a conductivity type different from that of said first cladding layer, wherein at least one of said first and second cladding layers has a multiquantum barrier structure, and said multiquantum barrier structure is constituted by alternately stacking a plurality of barrier layers each consisting essentially of In z (Ga 1-x Al x ) 1-z P (x is 0.7 to 1.0 and z is 0 to 0.5) and a plurality of well layers each consisting essentially of In 1-u Ga u As 1-v Pv (u is 0 to 0.45 and v is 0.6 to 1), a width of the first barrier layer relative to a side of said active layer being 24 to 100 nm, a width of the second barrier layer relative to a side of said active layer being 5 to 20 nm, tensile strain, represented by the following inequality, being introduced into said well layers -2%>Δa/a>-1% (where a is a lattice constant of the substrate, and Δa is a difference between the lattice constant of the well layer and that of the substrate.)
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
210 words
A semiconductor laser device comprising: a substrate; a first cladding layer formed on said substrate; an active layer formed on said first cladding layer; and a second cladding layer formed on said active layer having a conductivity type different from that of said first cladding layer, wherein at least one of said first and second cladding layers has a multiquantum barrier structure, and said multiquantum barrier structure is constituted by alternately stacking a plurality of barrier layers each consisting essentially of In z (Ga 1-x Al x ) 1-z P (x is 0.7 to 1.0 and z is 0 to 0.5) and a plurality of well layers each consisting essentially of In 1-u Ga u As 1-v Pv (u is 0 to 0.45 and v is 0.6 to 1), a width of the first barrier layer relative to a side of said active layer being 24 to 100 nm, a width of the second barrier layer relative to a side of said active layer being 5 to 20 nm, tensile strain, represented by the following inequality, being introduced into said well layers -2%>Δa/a>-1% (where a is a lattice constant of the substrate, and Δa is a difference between the lattice constant of the well layer and that of the substrate.)
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