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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1978
Filed:
May. 16, 1977
Henry Kressel, Elizabeth, NJ (US);
Frank Zgymunt Hawrylo, Trenton, NJ (US);
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor laser capable of fundamental lateral mode operation, includes a region of high conductivity in the form of a stripe in a semiconductor body and at a contacting surface of the body. The high conductivity region is between and contiguous to a pair of spaced regions also in the body and at the contacting surface. The pair of spaced regions are of a lower conductivity than the high conductivity region. The low and high conductivity regions are in electrical contact with a stripe contact and provide a focused current distribution from the stripe contact which is compatible with fundamental lateral mode operation of the laser.