SEMICONDUCTOR LASER

摘要

PURPOSE:To select only one resonant wavelength so as to make a laser operate in a narrow oscillating laser ray with a single wavelength by a method wherein a Mach-Zehnder interference type waveguide path is provided in a semiconductor laser resonator. CONSTITUTION:Carriers are injected into a light emitting region A which has an optical gain. A Mach-Zehnder interference type waveguide path region B is ramified into a waveguide path I(b1-b3-b5) and a waveguide path II(b2-b4-b6) which are different from each other in a refractive index, and similar to a structure of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer. A phase adjusting waveguide path region C performs the phase adjustment of the waveguide paths I and II simultaneously. The waveguide paths I and II of the region B are disposed on one extension of a waveguide path a which is optically connected with a light emitting layer 2 of the light emitting region A. Carriers injected into the region B or the voltage impressed on the region B is made to vary so as to change a wavelength path layer 3 in a refractive index. In addition, 5 and 6 are reflective end faces which constitute a laser resonator.