摘要:
According to an aspect of the present invention, a nitride semiconductor laser device includes a nitride semiconductor active layer, and a stripe-shaped waveguide for guiding light generated in the active layer. At least one pair of light-absorbing films are provided in at least local regions on the opposite sides of the stripe-shaped waveguide, to reach a distance within 0.3 μm from the waveguide. According to another aspect of the present invention, a gan-based semiconductor laser device includes first conductivity type semiconductor layers, a semiconductor active layer and second conductivity type semiconductor layers stacked sequentially. The laser device further includes a ridge stripe provided to cause a refractive index difference for confinement of light in a lateral direction crossing a longitudinal direction of a cavity, and a current-introducing window portion provided on the ridge stripe. The current-introducing window portion includes a narrow portion that is locally narrowed compared to the width of the ridge stripe.
摘要:
A nitride semiconductor laser device using a group III nitride semiconductor also as a substrate offers excellent operation characteristics and a long laser oscillation life. In a layered structure of a group III nitride semiconductor formed on a GaN substrate, a laser optical waveguide region is formed elsewhere than right above a dislocation-concentrated region extending so as to vertically penetrate the substrate, and electrodes are formed on the top surface of the layered structure and on the bottom surface of the substrate elsewhere than right above or below the dislocation-concentrated region. In a portion of the top surface of the layered structure and in a portion of the bottom surface of the substrate right above and below the dislocation-concentrated region, dielectric layers may be formed to prevent the electrodes from making contact with those regions.
摘要:
A driving method and a driving device are provided for an LED element in which light emitting layers different from each other in light emission wavelength peak, put on each other with a barrier layer being interposed, are sandwiched by a pair of p-type and n-type layers, and color of emitted light from which substantially depends only upon driving current value. The method comprises a driving current value calculation step of obtaining a value for designating a current value corresponding to a desired color of emitted light from the LED element; a driving current generation step of generating a driving current having the current value designated by the value obtained in the driving current value calculation step; and a driving current supply step of supplying the LED element with the driving current generated in the driving current generation step.
摘要:
A nitride semiconductor light emitting device includes a processed substrate (101a) including a groove and a hill formed on a main surface of a nitride semiconductor substrate, a nitride semiconductor underlayer (102) covering the groove and the hill of the processed substrate, and a light emitting device structure having a light emitting layer (106) including a quantum well layer or a quantum well layer and a barrier layer in contact with the quantum well layer between an n type layer (103-105) and a p type layer (107-110) over the nitride semiconductor underlayer. A current-constricting portion of the light emitting device structure is formed above a region more than 1 μm away from the center of the groove in the width direction and more than 1 μm away from the center of the hill in the width direction.
摘要:
In connection with a nitride semiconductor laser device optimal for example for optical pickup and an optical information reproduction apparatus having superior condensation characteristics, the semiconductor laser device includes a substrate of nitride semiconductor, a lower clad layer of nitride semiconductor stacked thereon, an active layer stacked thereon, an upper clad layer of nitride semiconductor stacked thereon, and a contact layer of AlaInbGa1−a−bN stacked thereon having a lattice constant larger than the substrate of nitride semiconductor, and the device is cleaved and thus divided to have a surface serving as a resonator mirror.
摘要:
A method for producing a semiconductor substrate of the present invention, includes the steps: forming a first patterned mask containing a material having a growth suppressing effect on a lower substrate; growing a semiconductor crystal on the lower substrate via the first patterned mask to form a first semiconductor crystal layer; forming a second patterned mask containing a material having a growth suppressing effect on or above the lower substrate, the second patterned mask at least having a surface which is positioned at a level different from a level of a surface of the first patterned mask, with respect to a surface of the lower substrate; and growing a semiconductor crystal on or above the lower substrate via the second patterned mask to form a second semiconductor crystal layer.
摘要:
In a wafer having an LD structure 251 formed on a GaN-based substrate 250, cleavage guide grooves 252 are formed in its surface by scribing from above the LD structure 251 with a diamond needle. The cleavage guide grooves 252 are formed one along each of stripe-shaped waveguides 253 formed parallel to the direction of the wafer, and are formed in the shape of broken lines in the direction of the wafer.
摘要:
There is provided a light emitting device having high luminous efficacy or emission intensity. The device includes a light emitting layer provided between n- and p-type layers of nitride semiconductor formed on a GaN substrate. The light emitting layer is formed of a well layer or a combination of well and barrier layers. The well layer is made of a nitride semiconductor containing an element X, N and Ga, wherein X is As, P or Sb. The ratio of the number of the atoms of element X to the sum of the number of the atoms of element X and N, is not more than 30 atomic percent. The well layer contains Mg, Be, Zn, Cd, C, Si, Ge, Sn, O, S, Se or Te as an impurity for improving the crystallinity of the well layer.
摘要:
A nitride semiconductor light emitting device includes a worked substrate including grooves and lands formed on a main surface of a nitride semiconductor substrate, a nitride semiconductor underlayer covering the grooves and the lands of the worked substrate and a nitride semiconductor multilayer emission structure including an emission layer including a quantum well layer or both a quantum well layer and a barrier layer in contact with the quantum well layer between an n-type layer and a p-type layer over the nitride semiconductor underlayer, while the width of the grooves is within the range of 11 to 30 &mgr;m and the width of the lands is within the range of 1 to 20 &mgr;m.
摘要:
A light emitting device of the present invention includes: an LD chip for emitting excitation light; a light emitting body for emitting fluorescence upon irradiation with the excitation light from the LD chip; and a mirror including a light reflecting concave surface for reflecting the fluorescence from the light emitting body, the light reflecting concave surface of the mirror having a through-hole at a region other than a bottom region in the vicinity of the bottom of the light reflecting concave surface, and a truncated pyramid light converging section being inserted into the through-hole in order to guide the excitation light from the LD chip to the light emitting body.