Electrically pumped gain-coupled distributed feedback lasers with firs
t order gratings have been fabricated on a (Ga,In)As/(Al,Ga)As separat
e confinement heterostructure by focused ion beam implantation and epi
taxial overgrowth. The lasers are operating at room temperature at wav
elengths around 950 nm. All investigated devices show single longitudi
nal mode emission at all operating conditions. (C) 1996 American Insti
tute of Physics.