InGaAsP/InP laser heterostructures with two stressed quantum wells operatin
g in the wavelength range 1.3-1.55 mu m were obtained by VPE of organometal
lic compounds. An optical emission power of 2.4 W was reached for the laser
diodes with 100-mu m wide strips operated in the continuous lasing mode at
20 degrees C. A minimum threshold current density was 260 A/cm(2) . A diff
erential quantum efficiency eta(d) = 40% was obtained with a 1.9-mm-long Fa
bry-Perot resonator. The internal optical losses of the heterostructures ar
e reduced to 2.6-4.2 cm(-1). (C) 2000 MAIK "Nauka / Interperiodica".