High-Power Pulse Semiconductor Laser-Thyristor Emitting at 900-nm Wavelength

High-power pulse semiconductor lasers based on epitaxially integrated thyristor heterostructures were developed. The possibility of generating high-power laser light pulses with duration on the order of 100 ns at control signal amplitude on the order of 40–100 mA at extremely low turn-on thyristor voltage of 10 V was demonstrated. The values reached for the peak pulse optical power and peak pulse current were 28 W and 37 A, respectively.