A new approach in the design of (Al)InGaAsSbGaSb quantum-well separate confinement heterostructure (QW-SCH) diode lasers has led to continuous-wave (CW) room-temperature lasing up to 2.7 m. This has been achieved by using quasiternary heavily strained InGaSb(As) QW's inside a broad-waveguide SCH laser structure. The QW compositions are chosen in the region outside the miscibility gap and, as a consequence, do not suffer from clustering and composition inhomogeneity normally found with quaternary InGaAsSb compounds of 2.3-2.7-m spectral range. Very low threshold current density (300 A/cm 2 ) and high CW output powers (>100 mW) were obtained from devices operating in the 2.3-2.6-m wavelength range.Index Terms-Broad-waveguide separate confinement quantum-well laser structure, continuous-wave operation, heavily strained quantum well, mid-infrared AlGaAsSb-InGaAsSb diode lasers.
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