Patent ID: 8355418

Claim:
A device comprising: a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate member having a {20-21} crystalline surface region; a laser stripe region formed overlying a portion of the {20-21} crystalline orientation surface region, the laser stripe region being characterized by a cavity orientation parallel to a projection of the c-direction, the laser stripe region having a first end and a second end; a first cleaved facet provided on the first end of the laser stripe region, the first cleaved facet comprising a first semipolar surface; and a second cleaved facet provided on the second end of the laser stripe region, the second cleaved facet comprising a second semipolar surface, wherein the first cleaved facet is substantially parallel with the second cleaved facet; the {20-21} crystalline orientation surface region is selected from either (20-21) or (20-2-1); and the {20-21} crystalline orientation surface region is off-cut less than +/−5 degrees toward or away from a c-plane.