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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1993
David P Bour, Cupertino, CA (US);
David W Treat, San Jose, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Ridged waveguide and selectively-buried ridged waveguide, index-guided, visible semiconductor lasers incorporating a lattice-mismatched, preferably tensile-strained, etch-stop layer in the design and fabrication of the laser. Compared with other structures with etch-stop layers that are lattice matched, the etch-stop layer of the invention would have greater etch-rate selectivity, and the resulting structure would be more optically transparent with less transverse mode distortion and would present fewer difficulties with layer regrowth. These advantages would translate into greater design flexibility, more reliable fabrication, and better device performance. A preferred material for the etch-stop layer is Ga.sub.x In.sub.1-x P (x>0.5).