High-power coupled-multiple-stripe phase-locked injection laser

Abstract
A semiconductor injection device consisting of 10 periodically spaced filaments coupled by curved waveguide sections has been demonstrated. This coupled‐multiple‐stripe (CMS) laser produces a phase‐locked TE polarized beam with a linear powerd–vs–pumping‐current characteristic up to 0.9 W/facet and a beam divergence of less than ≈4° along the pn junction plane in pulsed operation at room temperature. The threshold is 400 mA and differential quantum efficiencies of 65% are observed.