Patent ID: 6671301
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: B82Y,H01S

Abstract:
A semiconductor laser device comprising:a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; a cladding layer of the first conductivity type provided on the semiconductor substrate; an active layer provided on the cladding layer of the first conductivity type, the active layer having a super-lattice structure including a disordered region in a vicinity of at least one cavity end face; a first cladding layer of a second conductivity type provided on the active layer; an etching stop layer of the second conductivity type provided on the first cladding layer; and a second cladding layer of the second conductivity type provided on the etching stop layer, the second cladding layer forming a ridge structure, the ridge structure extending along a cavity length direction and having a predetermined width, wherein a concentration of an impurity in the etching stop layer in the vicinity of the at least one cavity end face is greater than a concentration of the impurity in the interior of a cavity and equal to or smaller than about 2Ã—1018 cmâˆ’3, and the etching stop layer is a single layer.