Epitaxial stuctures were designed for high-power strained InGaAs/AlGaAs quantum well lasers with low vertical-divergence emitting angles. The vertical divergence angles achieved were down to similar to 20 degrees. High power output 1.02 mu m pump modules with well-designed strained quantum well lasers have been developed for a 1.31 mu m band Pr+-doped fiber amplifier. A maximum optical fibre output of 157mW was obtained.