Patent ID: 8351478

Claim:
A device comprising: a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate member having a {30-31} crystalline surface region; a laser stripe region formed overlying a portion of the {30-31} 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 {30-31} crystalline orientation surface region is selected from either (30-31) or (30-3-1); and the {30-31} crystalline orientation surface region is off-cut less than +/−8 degrees toward or away from an a-plane.