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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Shunichi Sato, Miyagi, JP;
Takashi Takahashi, Miyagi, JP;
Naoto Jikutani, Kanagawa, JP;
Morimasa Kaminishi, Miyagi, JP;
Akihiro Itoh, Miyagi, JP;
Inventors:
Shunichi Sato, Miyagi, JP;
Takashi Takahashi, Miyagi, JP;
Naoto Jikutani, Kanagawa, JP;
Morimasa Kaminishi, Miyagi, JP;
Akihiro Itoh, Miyagi, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vertical-cavity, surface-emission-type laser diode includes an optical cavity formed of an active region sandwiched by upper and lower reflectors, wherein the lower reflector is formed of a distributed Bragg reflector and a non-optical recombination elimination layer is provided between an active layer in the active region and the lower reflector.