Continuous operation over 10 000 h of GaAs/GaAlAs double-heterostructure laser without lattice mismatch compensation

Abstract
By improving the crystal growth conditions, continuous operation over 10 000 h has been achieved with a conventional metallic stripe geometry double‐heterostructure laser without using additional Al to the GaAs active region or P to the adjacent GaAlAs layers, and this laser is still being operated.