Extremely low-threshold semiconductor lasers were fabricated by forming Zn-diffused mesa buried-hetero (DMB) structures from low-pressure MOCVD-grown Al//xGa//1// minus //xAs/GaAs multi-quantum well, separate-confinement hetero structure wafers, cw threshold currents as low as 880 mu A at 77K and 2. 4 mA at room temperature were obtained from a 100 mu m-long device.