High-power 940-nm laser arrays with nonabsorbing facets

In this paper, through the analysis and in consideration of the facts which influence on the ultimate output power of semiconductor laser. we report a novel 940nm semiconductor laser array structure with nonabsorbing facets to avoid the COMD on facets. The 940nm laser wafers are grown by MBE. The lasers were cleaved into cm bars. We have made a new design variant of laser array with nonabsorbing facets and coated high-and low-reflectivity coating (approx.95% and 5%). The emission wavelength of the laser arrays is 939nm. Continuous wave (CW) output power of 15 W has been achieved.