摘要 |
A semiconductor laser device having a waveguide constructed in a stack of layers including, on a substrate transparent and having a refractive index n<SUB>s </SUB>for laser light, a first clad layer of a refractive index n<SUB>c1</SUB>, a second clad layer of a refractive index n<SUB>c2</SUB>, a third clad layer of a refractive index n<SUB>c3</SUB>, a first conductivity type guide layer of a refractive index n<SUB>g</SUB>, an active quantum well layer, a second conductivity type guide layer, a second conductivity type clad layer, and a second conductivity type contact layer deposited in this order, wherein the waveguide has an effective refractive index n<SUB>e</SUB>, and a relationship of n<SUB>c2</SUB><(N<SUB>c1</SUB>, n<SUB>c3</SUB>)<N<SUB>e</SUB><(N<SUB>s</SUB>, n<SUB>g</SUB>) is satisfied.
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