Patent ID: 7136408

Claim:
A semiconductor laser comprising: a surface emitting multilayer semiconductor laser heterostructure including a first mirror structure and a gain structure, said gain structure including at least one active layer of a II-VI semiconductor material having a formula A x B 1−x C y D 1−y where 1.0≧x≧0.0, 1.0≧y≧0.0, where A and B are selected from a group of group II elements consisting of (Zn, Cd, Mg, Be, Sr, and Ba), and where C and D are selected from a group of group VI elements consisting of(S, Se, and Te); an InGaN semiconductor light-emitting device arranged to optically pump said laser heterostructure; and a mirror spaced apart from said semiconductor laser heterostructure and arranged to form a laser resonator with said first mirror structure, said laser resonator including said gain structure.