Patent ID: 7415054

Claim:
A semiconductor laser device, comprising: an active layer; a first conductivity type cladding layer side guide layer disposed in direct contact with a first surface of the active layer; a second conductivity type cladding layer side guide layer disposed in direct contact with a second surface of the active layer, the first conductivity type cladding layer side guide layer and the second conductivity type cladding layer side guide layer sandwiching the active layer; a first conductivity type cladding layer disposed in direct contact with the first conductivity type cladding layer side guide layer; and a second conductivity type cladding layer disposed in direct contact with the second conductivity type cladding layer side guide layer, wherein the first conductivity type cladding layer side guide layer and the second conductivity type cladding layer side guide layer comprise InGaAsP which is lattice-matched to GaAs and has an As composition ratio more than 0 and not exceeding 0.3, the first conductivity type cladding layer and the second conductivity type cladding layer comprise AlGaAs having an Al composition ratio less than 1.0 and at least equal to an Al composition ratio at which refractive index of the AlGaAs is less than the refractive index of the InGaAsP of the first conductivity type cladding layer side guide layer and the second conductivity type cladding layer side guide layer, at least one of the first conductivity type cladding layer side guide layer and the second conductivity type cladding layer side guide layer comprises a plurality of InGaAsP layers, the As composition ratios of which are different from each other, and the semiconductor laser produces light having a wavelength in a range from 760 nm to 830 nm.