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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1988
Filed:
May. 06, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
George L Clark, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 95 ; 372 92 ; 372 98 ; 372 99 ; 372 44 ;
Abstract
A diode laser having an acitve layer bounded by confinement layers and two end facets that include etched mirrors selected to form an unstable resonator with good transverse mode quality. Energy from the unstable resonator is coupled out of the device through a transmissive window in one of the facets, the window providing a relatively large flux area and permitting higher output powers without loss of mode quality. Since stripe geometry is not used to control mode quality, a large current-carrying area is available, which reduces the current density and also permits higher output powers and longer operating lives.