A high-power laser diode that has a wide emitting aperture and good stability to external perturbations. Structurally, the laser diode includes an array of independently-operating narrow stripe single-mode lasers coupled at each end to a single wide stripe region having a width of 30 .mu.m or more in...http://www.google.fr/patents/US5299219?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US5299219 - Stripe-type laser diode used as a light source