The structures of low-divergence 980 nm semiconductor lasers grown by molec
ular beam epitaxy are presented. The high-power, lower-beam-divergence lase
r consists of an array of closely spaced, tapered waveguides and nonabsorbi
ng facets. The emission wavelength is 982 nm. The FWHM of the far-field pat
tern is 10 x 28 degrees. Continuous-wave output power of 5.1 W has been ach
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