PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SURFACE-EMITTING LASER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME

    公开(公告)号:EP4311043A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-24

    申请号:EP22771148.8

    申请日:2022-03-04

    IPC分类号: H01S5/11 H01S5/185 H01S5/20

    摘要: A photonic crystal surface-emitting laser includes a light emitting region from which light is emitted in a direction crossing an in-plane direction, and a current blocking region that is adjacent to the light emitting region in the in-plane direction and in which current is less likely to flow than in the light emitting region. The light emitting region and the current blocking region each include a photonic crystal layer. The photonic crystal layer has a first region and second regions periodically arranged in the in-plane direction in the first region. A refractive index of each of the second regions is different from a refractive index of the first region. The light emitting region includes a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type, an active layer having an optical gain, and a second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type. The first semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the second semiconductor layer are sequentially stacked on top of one another in an emission direction of the light.