JPH02137287A - Semiconductor laser device - Google Patents
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Abstract
Description
【発明の詳細な説明】
(イ)産業上の利用分野
本発明は半導体レーザ装置に関するものであり、特に高
出力型のものに適する。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a semiconductor laser device, and is particularly suitable for a high output type device.
(ロ)従来の技術
従来、ファブリペロ共振器を有する半導体レーザ装置に
おいては、その共振器端面の一方に高反射膜が、他方に
低反射膜が形成されている。このうち高反射膜として、
非晶質Si:H膜(以下、a−5i:H膜と記す)とS
i Os膜の2層膜、あるいは多層膜(特開昭60−
23 ’5482号公報)や、a−5i:)I膜とA
l x Os膜の2層膜、あるいは多層膜(SANYO
TECHNICAt、 REVIEW、 Vol
、20. No、1. Feb。(B) Prior Art Conventionally, in a semiconductor laser device having a Fabry-Perot cavity, a high reflection film is formed on one end face of the cavity and a low reflection film is formed on the other end face of the cavity. Among these, as a highly reflective film,
Amorphous Si:H film (hereinafter referred to as a-5i:H film) and S
Two-layer film or multilayer film of iOs film (Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 1983-
23 '5482), a-5i:) I membrane and A
l x Os film or multilayer film (SANYO
TECHNICAt, REVIEW, Vol.
, 20. No, 1. Feb.
1988)が知られている。こうして、この種半導体レ
ーザ装置では、低反射膜側がら高出力のレーザ光が出射
され、高反射膜側から低出力のレーザ光が出射される。1988) is known. Thus, in this type of semiconductor laser device, high-power laser light is emitted from the low-reflection film side, and low-power laser light is emitted from the high-reflection film side.
この低出力のレーザ光は通常、半導体レーザ装置の出力
モニタに利用される。即ち、低出力のレーザ光は、その
出射方向に配置された受光素子によって受光され、その
出力に応じた電気信号に変換される。この電気信号は、
APC(automatic powercontr
ol)回路に入力される。APC回路は、入力された電
気信号の値、即ちレーザ光の出力の値に応じて、半導体
レーザ装置の駆動電流を制御し、その値を一定に保つ。This low-power laser light is normally used to monitor the output of a semiconductor laser device. That is, the low-power laser light is received by a light-receiving element arranged in the direction in which the laser light is emitted, and converted into an electrical signal according to its output. This electrical signal is
APC (automatic power controller)
ol) input to the circuit. The APC circuit controls the drive current of the semiconductor laser device according to the value of the input electric signal, that is, the value of the output of the laser light, and keeps the value constant.
(ハ)発明が解決しようとする課題
しかし乍ら、高反射膜の一材料としてa−5i【(を用
いた半導体レーザ装置では、レーザ光の高出力化、ある
いは長時間動作によりa−8i:1(膜が光を多く吸収
し、オプティカルダメージを受け、その結果高反射膜の
反射率が経時的に変化してしまう (但し、A l *
Os膜はレーザ光を吸収しないため斯る反射率の変化
に関与しない)。これにより、低反射膜から出射される
レーザ光の出力が一定であるにもかかわらず、高反射膜
から出射されるレーザ光、即ちモニター用レーザ光の出
力が低下していくといった現象が生じる。したがって、
従来の半導体レーザ装置には、低反射膜から出射される
レーザ光を正確にモニタすることができないといった欠
点があった。(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in a semiconductor laser device using a-5i as a material for a high-reflection film, a-8i: 1 (The film absorbs a lot of light and suffers optical damage, resulting in the reflectance of the highly reflective film changing over time (However, A l *
Since the Os film does not absorb laser light, it does not contribute to such changes in reflectance). This causes a phenomenon in which the output of the laser beam emitted from the high reflection film, that is, the output of the monitoring laser beam, decreases even though the output of the laser light emitted from the low reflection film is constant. therefore,
Conventional semiconductor laser devices have had the disadvantage that laser light emitted from a low reflection film cannot be accurately monitored.
本発明は斯る点に鑑み、レーザ光の高出力化及び長時間
動作によって高反射膜の反射率が変化しない半導体レー
ザ装置を提供するものである。In view of these points, the present invention provides a semiconductor laser device in which the reflectance of a high-reflection film does not change due to increased laser light output and long-time operation.
(ニ)課題を解決するための手段
本発明は、レーザ光を出射する共振器端面上の一方に高
反射膜を、他方に低反射膜を、夫々備えた半導体レーザ
装置であって、上述の課題を解決するため、上記高反射
膜はA l t Os膜とA1.N膜からなる多層膜で
あることを特徴とする。(d) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention is a semiconductor laser device comprising a high reflection film on one side and a low reflection film on the other side of a resonator end face that emits laser light. In order to solve the problem, the above-mentioned high reflection film is composed of an Al t Os film and an A1. It is characterized by being a multilayer film made of N film.
(ホ)作用
AlN膜は単結晶のもので6.04eV、非晶質のもの
でも5.7eVと広いバンドギャップを有するため、a
−5i:Hに比して光の吸収が少なく、オプティカルダ
メージを受けにくい。また、A l so +膜とA2
N膜は、構成金属元素が同一であるため、同一の成膜装
置で、これらの多層膜を形成しても、各層の界面で反応
しにくい。(e) Functional AlN film has a wide band gap of 6.04 eV for a single crystal film and 5.7 eV for an amorphous film, so a
-5i: Less light absorption than H and less susceptible to optical damage. In addition, A l so + membrane and A2
Since the N films have the same constituent metal elements, even if these multilayer films are formed using the same film forming apparatus, reactions are unlikely to occur at the interfaces between the layers.
(へ)実施例
第1図は本発明装置の一実施例を示し、(1)は図中左
右方向にファブリペロ共振器を有する、例えばGaAj
!As系の半導体レーザチップ、(2)は半導体レーザ
チップ(1)の一方の共振器端面上に形成された低反射
膜で、AJ!、O,膜(3)からなり、スパッタ法を用
いて、レーザ光の媒質同波長の1/′4程度の膜厚に被
着される。(4)は半導体レーザチップ(1)の他方の
共振器端面上に形成された高反射膜で、A g 10
S膜(5)とAlN膜(6)からなり、スパッタ法を用
いて、夫々レーザ光の媒質内、波長の1膜4程度の膜厚
に、例えば3層ずつ被着される。ここで、半導体レーザ
チップ(1)の発振波長を830nmとすると、Al
! 01膜(3)(5)とAlN膜(6)の膜厚は夫々
126nm、1108n程度とすればよい。また、これ
らの膜のスパッタ法による成膜条件を表1に示す。(v) Embodiment FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the device of the present invention, and (1) shows an example of a GaAj
! The As-based semiconductor laser chip (2) is a low reflection film formed on one cavity end face of the semiconductor laser chip (1). , O, film (3), which is deposited using a sputtering method to a thickness of approximately 1/4 of the wavelength of the medium of the laser beam. (4) is a high reflection film formed on the other cavity end face of the semiconductor laser chip (1), with A g 10
The film is composed of an S film (5) and an AlN film (6), each of which is deposited in the medium of the laser beam, for example, in three layers, to a film thickness of about 4 wavelengths, using a sputtering method. Here, if the oscillation wavelength of the semiconductor laser chip (1) is 830 nm, then Al
! The film thicknesses of the 01 films (3) and (5) and the AlN film (6) may be approximately 126 nm and 1108 nm, respectively. Table 1 shows the conditions for forming these films by sputtering.
表1
表 2
このようにして形成された本実施例装置における低反射
膜及び高反射膜の反射率は夫々、8%、67%となる。Table 1 Table 2 The reflectance of the low reflection film and the high reflection film in the device of this example formed in this way is 8% and 67%, respectively.
また表2に、高反射膜(4)におけるAjiros膜(
5)とAlN膜(6)の積層数と反射率との関係を、A
J!103膜とa−5i:H膜を用いた従来装置のもの
と共に示す。Table 2 also shows the Ajiros film (
The relationship between the number of stacked layers and reflectance of 5) and AlN film (6) is expressed as A
J! It is shown together with a conventional device using a 103 film and an a-5i:H film.
二二で、Altos、AIN% a−51: Hの屈折
率は夫々、1.65.1.96.3. 1であり、本実
施例装置に用いるAINはa−5i:Hより屈折率が小
さい。このため、本実施例装置の高反射膜(4)は従来
装置のそれよりもAfi、O,膜(5)とA I N(
6)の積層数を多くしなければならない。しかし、斯る
高反射膜(4)は製造工程上問題を生じることなく、容
易に形成できる。22, the refractive index of Altos, AIN% a-51:H is 1.65.1.96.3, respectively. 1, and the refractive index of AIN used in the device of this embodiment is smaller than that of a-5i:H. For this reason, the high reflection film (4) of the device of this embodiment has higher Afi, O, film (5) and A I N (
6) The number of laminated layers must be increased. However, such a highly reflective film (4) can be easily formed without causing any problems in the manufacturing process.
第2図は、本実施例装置と、高反射膜にAl。FIG. 2 shows the device of this embodiment and the high reflection film made of Al.
0、膜とa−5i:H膜を用いた従来装置を動作させた
時のモニタ出力、即ち高反射膜から出射されるレーザ光
の出力の経時変化を測定し、初期動作時の出力に規格化
したものである。ここで、本実施例装置及び従来装置共
生導体レーザチップとして、インナーストライプ型のG
aAZAs系の乙のを用い、室温50℃の条件の下で低
反射膜から出射されるレーザ光の出力を50mWとした
。0, film and a-5i: We measured the monitor output when operating the conventional device using the H film, that is, the change over time in the output of the laser light emitted from the high reflection film, and standardized the output at the initial operation. It has become. Here, the inner stripe type G
AAZAs-based laser beam was used, and the output of the laser light emitted from the low reflection film was set to 50 mW at a room temperature of 50°C.
図から明らかな(+U<、本実施例装置では長時間にわ
たって、略一定のモニタ出力が得られる。As is clear from the figure (+U<, the device of this embodiment can obtain a substantially constant monitor output over a long period of time.
以上、本実施例では、半導体レーザチップ(1)として
発振波長830nmのGaAJ!As系のものを用いた
が、本発明装置の半導体レーザチ・ンプ(1)はこれに
限ることなく、AflN膜(6)のバンドギャップに相
当する波長、即ち、AIN膜(6)が単結晶のもので2
06,5nm、非晶質のもので217.’5nm以との
発頭波長を有するものであればよい。As described above, in this embodiment, the semiconductor laser chip (1) is made of GaAJ! with an oscillation wavelength of 830 nm! Although the As-based semiconductor laser chip (1) of the device of the present invention is not limited to this, the wavelength corresponding to the band gap of the AflN film (6), that is, the AIN film (6) is a single crystal. 2 things
06.5 nm, amorphous 217. Any material having a seeding wavelength of 5 nm or more may be used.
(ト)発明の効果 本発明装置によれば、高反射膜として、Al。(g) Effects of the invention According to the device of the present invention, Al is used as the high reflection film.
o、ll*とAj2’Nl]@からなる多層膜を用いる
ことによって、半導体レーザを高出力化または長時間動
作させた場合でも安定したモニタ出力が得られ、正確な
モニタが行える。従って、本発明装置は、低反射1漠か
ら出射されるレーザ光を精度良く制御することが可能で
ある。また、本発明装置は高出力の゛卜導体装置におい
て特に有効であることから、書き換え可能なCD、VD
、高速レーザプリンタ等、光情報機器への応用に適する
。By using a multilayer film consisting of o, ll* and Aj2'Nl]@, a stable monitor output can be obtained even when the semiconductor laser is operated at high output or for a long time, and accurate monitoring can be performed. Therefore, the device of the present invention can accurately control the laser beam emitted from a low reflection area. Furthermore, since the device of the present invention is particularly effective in high-output conductor devices, it can be used on rewritable CDs, VD
Suitable for application to optical information equipment such as , high-speed laser printers, etc.
第1図は本発明の一実施例を示す断面図、第2図は、本
発明装置及び従来装置において高反射膜側から出射され
るレーザ光の出力の経時変化を示す特性図である。FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a characteristic diagram showing changes over time in the output of laser light emitted from the high reflection film side in the device of the present invention and the conventional device.
Claims (1)
膜を、他方に低反射膜を、夫々備えた半導体レーザ装置
において、上記高反射膜はAl_2O_3膜とAlN膜
からなる多層膜であることを特徴とする半導体レーザ装
置。(1) In a semiconductor laser device having a high reflection film on one side and a low reflection film on the other side of a resonator end face that emits laser light, the high reflection film is a multilayer film consisting of an Al_2O_3 film and an AlN film. A semiconductor laser device characterized by the following.
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