800 mW peak-power self-sustained pulsation GaAlAs laser diodes

We have developed a high-power self-sustained pulsation laser by using a multiple-quantum-well real refractive index guided self-aligned (RISA) structure that allows formation of large saturable absorbers outside a stripe region. As a result, a peak power as high as 800 mW was obtained in the laser with the stripe width of 1.0 /spl mu/m.<
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