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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Tsunenori Asatsuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Takiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shoji Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/04 (2006.01); H01S 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A laser diode capable of effectively inhibiting effects of feedback light is provided. A laser diode includes a substrate, and a laminated structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer having a light emitting region, and a second conductive semiconductor layer having a projecting part on the surface thereof, on the substrate, wherein a feedback light inhibition part is provided on a main-emitting-side end face, and effects of feedback light in the vicinity of lateral boundaries of the light emitting region are inhibited by the feedback light inhibition part.