Room temperature pulsed operation of (Al
0.3Ga
0.7)
0.5In
0.5P/Ga
0.5In
0.5P/(Al
0.3Ga
0.7)
0.5In
0.5P double heterosturcture laser diodes grown by low pressure MOCVD has been achieved for the first time. The lowest threshold current density was 26kA/cm
2for a diode with a 22 µm by 160 µm stripe contact. The lasing wavelength was 0.683 µm. Characteristic temperature T
oin the expression,

, was 72K near room temperature.