Ridge-waveguide lasers emitting at similar to 1.9 mu m have been fabricated from a multiple-quantum-well heterostructure with an active region consisting of five GaInAsSb wells and six AlGaAsSb barriers, At room temperature, single-ended cw output power as high as 100 mW has been obtained, The maximum cw operating temperature is 130 degrees C, with a characteristic temperature of 85 K between 20 and 80 degrees C.