Abstract

A number of single-emitter conventional semi- conductor diode lasers have been described as emitting output powers in excess of 50-mW cw from a single facet. These include the CDH-LOC,¹ the window stripe (WS),² the TH-LOC,³ the strip buried heterostructure (SBH),⁴ gain-guided thin active layer (TAL) lasers,⁵ the twin-ridge-substrate laser (TRS),⁶ and CSP lasers.⁷ The operating properties of these lasers will be reviewed.

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