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US5734671A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Semiconductor laser diode

Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1995-09-01
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Granted: 1998-03-31
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Expires: 2015-09-01
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Abstract

Abstract A semiconductor laser diode which can be applied to optical fiber amplifiers to attain a high reliability and can generate light having a wavelength of about 1 mu m is provided. This semiconductor laser diode is formed on a GaAs substrate and has an active layer comprising a GaInAsP strained quantum well whose energy band gap is smaller than that of GaAs. Barrier layers each comprising GaInAsP whose band gap is greater than that of the active layer are bonded to the active layer through heterojunction. According to this structure, when the active layer and the barrier layers are grown, the amounts of supply of a Ga material and an In material can be controlled in a simple manner and a semiconductor laser diode having a high reliability can be realized.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tsukuru Katsuyama
  • 👤 Ichiro Yoshida
  • 👤 Jun-ichi Hashimoto
  • 👤 Michio Murata

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 12:08
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01S; H01S5/00; H01S5/30; H01S5/34; H01S5/343; H01S5/34313; B; B82; B82Y; B82Y20/00; H01S5/10; H01S5/16; H01S5/164; H01S2302/00; H01S2304/00; H01S2304/02; H01S2304/04; H01S5/20; H01S5/2004; H01S5/2009; H01S5/22; H01S5/223; H01S5/2231; H01S5/32; H01S5/3211; H01S5/3403; H01S5/3406

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 34 words
A semiconductor laser diode comprising: a substrate of GaAs; and an active layer formed on said substrate, having a GaInAsP compressive strained quantum well whose energy band gap is smaller than that of GaAs.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 34 words
A semiconductor laser diode comprising: a substrate of GaAs; and an active layer formed on said substrate, having a GaInAsP compressive strained quantum well whose energy band gap is smaller than that of GaAs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 27 words
A semiconductor laser diode according to claim 1, further comprising a barrier layer of GaInAsP whose energy band gap is greater than that of said active layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 25 words
A semiconductor laser diode according to claim 2, wherein said active layer and said barrier layer have the same composition ratio of Ga to In.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 38 words
A semiconductor laser diode according to claim 3, wherein said barrier layer has such a structure that receives, in close proximity to said active layer, a compressive strain which is smaller than that applied to said active layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 39 words
A semiconductor laser diode according to claim 1, further comprising a pair of cladding layers which sandwich a portion including said barrier layer and active layer, wherein said portion and said cladding layers are comprised of material containing P.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 41 words
A semiconductor laser diode according to claim 1, further comprising a semiconductor window layer provided on a cleavage plane of said active layer, wherein the energy band gap of said semiconductor window layer is greater than that of said active layer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 26 words
A semiconductor laser diode according to claim 1, wherein said semiconductor laser diode has an oscillation wavelength at room temperature set not shorter than 0.96 μm.

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