Abstract:
A p-contact that comprises a contact layer of a p-type Group III-nitride semiconductor having an exposed surface and an electrode layer of palladium (Pd) located on the exposed surface of the contact layer. The p-contact is made by providing a p-type Group III-nitride semiconductor contact layer having an exposed surface, and depositing an electrode layer of palladium on the exposed surface of the contact layer. Preferably, the p-contact is annealed for a prolonged annealing time after the electrode layer is deposited, and the exposed surface of the contact layer is etched using hydrofluoric acid (HF) before depositing the electrode layer.
Abstract:
An optical semiconductor device having a plurality of GaN-based semiconductor layers containing a strained quantum well layer in which the strained quantum well layer has a piezoelectric field that depends on the orientation of the strained quantum well layer when the quantum layer is grown. In the present invention, the strained quantum well layer is grown with an orientation at which the piezoelectric field is less than the maximum value of the piezoelectric field strength as a function of the orientation. In devices having GaN-based semiconductor layers with a wurtzite crystal structure, the growth orientation of the strained quantum well layer is tilted at least 1° from the {0001} direction of the wurtzite crystal structure. In devices having GaN-based semiconductor layers with a zincblende crystal structure, the growth orientation of the strained quantum well layer is tilted at least 1° from the {111} direction of the zincblende crystal structure. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the growth orientation is chosen to minimize the piezoelectric field in the strained quantum well layer.
Abstract:
An air conditioner for a vehicle includes a blower that generates blown air; a heating heat exchanger that heats the blown air by heat exchange between the blown air and a heat medium; a target temperature setup device that sets a target temperature for a passenger compartment in accordance with an operation performed by an occupant; and a control device that determines the availability factor of the blower in accordance with the temperature of the heat medium wherein the control device increases the availability factor of the blower as the target temperature increases.
Abstract:
A surface emitting laser is provided which can control a beam shape and can provide higher efficiency and higher power. The surface emitting laser includes a gain region that is provided between a first semiconductor multilayer film reflection mirror and a second semiconductor multilayer film reflection mirror, which are arranged so as to oppose to each other, and that has a first active layer and a second active layer. The surface emitting laser has a current constriction layer for constricting an electric current which is injected into the first active layer and the second active layer. The first active layer and the second active layer have different active layer structures from each other.
Abstract:
A surface emitting laser includes first mirror, a second mirror, and an active layer formed between the first mirror and the second mirror. A third mirror is formed between the first mirror and the active layer. A first cavity is constituted by the first mirror and the second mirror, and a second cavity is constituted by the first mirror and the third mirror.
Abstract:
This invention provides a surface-emitting laser that can prevent delamination at the interface of a selective oxidation layer and a spacer layer, while suppressing any rise of voltage, to improve the reliability of operation.
Abstract:
A surface emitting laser which is configured by laminating on a substrate a lower reflection mirror, an active layer, and an upper reflection mirror, which includes, in a light emitting section of the upper reflection mirror, a structure for controlling reflectance that is configured by a low reflectance region and a concave high reflectance region formed in the central portion of the low reflectance region, and which oscillates at a wavelength of λ, wherein the upper reflection mirror is configured by a multilayer film reflection mirror based on a laminated structure formed by laminating a plurality of layers, the multilayer film reflection mirror includes a phase adjusting layer which has an optical thickness in the range of λ/8 to 3λ/8 inclusive in a light emitting peripheral portion on the multilayer film reflection mirror, and an absorption layer causing band-to-band absorption is provided in the phase adjusting layer.
Abstract:
A novel semiconductor laser device is provided which can suppress internal optical absorption even when In is used as a material for a semiconductor multilayer mirror containing a nitride. The semiconductor laser device has two mirrors disposed to face each other, and an active layer disposed therebetween. At least one of the mirrors is a multilayer mirror having first nitride semiconductor layers containing Ga and second nitride semiconductor layers containing Al, which are alternately laminated to each other. The second nitride semiconductor layer contains In and includes a first region having a refractive index lower than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer, and a second region having a refractive index lower than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer and an In concentration lower than that of the first region. The second region is disposed closer to the active layer than the first region.
Abstract:
A surface emitting laser includes first mirror, a second mirror, and an active layer formed between the first mirror and the second mirror. A third mirror is formed between the first mirror and the active layer. A first cavity is constituted by the first mirror and the second mirror, and a second cavity is constituted by the first mirror and the third mirror.
Abstract:
A surface emitting laser that oscillates at a wavelength λ includes an upper reflector, a lower reflector, an active layer, and a spacer layer. The spacer layer is a laminated structure that includes a first semiconductor sublayer having a composition of AlxGa—−xAs (1≧x≧0) and a second semiconductor sublayer having a composition of AlyGa—−yAs (1>y>0 and x>y).