摘要:
A semiconductor optical device includes a GaAs substrate of a first conductivity type; a III-V compound semiconductor layer provided on the GaAs substrate; an active layer provided on the III-V compound semiconductor layer; and a cladding layer of a second conductivity type provided on the active layer, wherein the band gap energy of the III-V compound semiconductor layer is larger than the band gap energy of the GaAs substrate, wherein the band gap energy of the active layer is smaller than the band gap energy of the GaAs substrate, and wherein the thickness of the III-V compound semiconductor layer is not more than 0.2 μm.
摘要:
The present invention provides a semiconductor laser diode that has the buried mesa stripe and a current blocking layer without involving any pn-junction. The laser diode includes a lower cladding layer, an active region and an upper cladding layer on the GaAs substrate in this order. The mesa stripe, buried with the current blocking layer, includes the first portion of the upper cladding layer in addition to the active region. The current blocking layer of the invention is made of one of un-doped GaInP and un-doped AlGaInP grown at a relatively low temperature below 600° C. and shows high resistivity greater than 105 Ω·cm for the bias voltage below 5 V.
摘要翻译:本发明提供一种半导体激光二极管,其具有埋入的台面条纹和电流阻挡层,而不涉及任何pn结。 该激光二极管依次包括在GaAs衬底上的下包层,有源区和上覆层。 与电流阻挡层一起埋设的台面条带除了有源区域之外还包括上覆层的第一部分。 本发明的电流阻挡层由在低于600℃的较低温度下生长的未掺杂的GaInP和未掺杂的AlGaInP中的一种制成,并且显示出大于10Ω·cm的高电阻率 偏置电压低于5 V.
摘要:
A semiconductor optical amplifier according to the present invention comprises a lower cladding layer of a first conductive type, an upper cladding layer of a second conductive type, an active layer, and a diffraction grating layer. The lower cladding layer includes first and second regions. The first and second regions are arranged in a predetermined direction, and the upper cladding layer is supported by the first region. The active layer is provided between the first region of the lower cladding layer and the upper cladding layer, and the diffraction grating layer has a diffraction grating. The diffraction grating extends in the predetermined direction. The diffraction grating layer is supported by the second region, and the diffraction grating layer is optically coupled to the active layer.