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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Yoshinaga, Yokohama, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A quantum cascade laser integrated device includes: first and second lower semiconductor mesas extending in a direction of a first axis; a covering region disposed on top and side faces of the first and second lower semiconductor mesas, and including first and second upper semiconductor mesas, the first and second upper semiconductor mesas extending in the direction of the first axis on the first and second lower semiconductor mesas, respectively; and first and second electrodes respectively disposed on the upper semiconductor mesas, the first lower semiconductor mesa and the second lower semiconductor mesa each including a quantum cascading core layer, the covering region including a current blocking semiconductor region embedding the first and second lower semiconductor mesas, and a first conductivity-type semiconductor region disposed on the first and second lower semiconductor mesas and the current blocking semiconductor region, and the first conductivity-type semiconductor region including an upper cladding region.