D. Botez et al., 6W CW FRONT-FACET POWER FROM SHORT-CAVITY (0.5 MM), 100-MU-M STRIPE AL-FREE 0.98-MU-M-EMITTING DIODE-LASERS, Electronics Letters, 33(24), 1997, pp. 2037-2039
100 mu m stripe, 500 mu m long InGaAs/InGaP/GaAs facet-coated diode la
sers of low series resistance R-s (0.09 Ohm) emit up to 6W CW output p
ower from their front facets. Comparison with previously published dat
a indicates that for low R-s (less than or equal to 0.10 Ohm) devices,
the internal power density al catastrophic optical-mirror damage ((P)
over bar(COMD)) is independent of device length, agreeing closely wit
h theory.