420 nm metal organic chemical vapour deposition-grown laser diodes wer
e fabricated using Cl-2 reactive ion etching to form the Facet mirrors
. The diodes were subsequently tested under pulsed conditions before a
nd after focused ion beam (FIB) polishing. I-th was reduced from 1.75
to 1.08A and the differential quantum efficiency (eta(d)) increased fr
om 1.3% to 2.5% after FIB.