SEMICONDUCTOR LASER

摘要

In a semiconductor laser comprising a terrace-shaped semiconductor substrate, a first clad layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, an active layer formed on the first clad layer and having two discontinuity places at bending portions of the first clad layer, a second clad layer formed on the active layer, and a current injection electrode above a lasing region in the active layer, the improvement is that a stable fundamental transverse lasing mode and a circular laser beam are obtainable from the lasing region definitely separated by two discontinuity places in the active layer.