摘要:
A semiconductor laser device is provided in which an active layer is sandwiched between and upper and lower cladding layer, the lower cladding layer being situated on a semi-insulating substrate. The upper cladding layer includes a raised ridge section running from end to end between the facets or end surfaces of the laser cavity. The ridge section aids in optical confinement. A p+ contact region and an n+ contact region are formed extending though the upper cladding layer, the active region and the lower cladding layer on both sides of the ridge to provide lateral injection of charge carriers into the active region of the laser.
摘要:
Improved p-channel FETs and optoelectronic device make use of reduced hole effective mass achieved with quantum confinement. The devices include multiple one-dimensional p-channel FETs which have electrically induced and controllable one dimensional p-type semiconductor wires; square well two-dimensional p-channel FETs; and laser diodes and light emitting diodes which use one dimensional p-type semiconductor wires.
摘要:
Improved p-channel FETs and optoelectronic devices make use of reduced hole effective mass achieved with quantum confinement. The devices include multiple one-dimensional p-channel FETs which have electrically induced and controllable one dimensional p-type semiconductor wires; square well two-dimensional p-channel FETs; and laser diodes and light emitting diodes which use one dimensional p-type semiconductor wires.
摘要:
A hot electron transistor includes two base regions between the emitter and collector, with the first and second bases separated by a base-base barrier. The emitter injects high energy electrons across an emitter barrier into the first base, which acts as an electron gun to focus and accelerate the electrons and inject them across the base-base barrier into the second base. An input signal is applied to the second base, to modulate the flow of electrons from the second base across a collector barrier and into the collector.
摘要:
A bipolar transistor has a barrier layer interposed between its base and its emitter. The barrier layer is formed of a different, wider band gap, semiconductor material than the base and the emitter and has the same conductivity type as the emitter. The barrier layer exhibits a large difference in the effective electron mass and the effective whole mass, and presents a small barrier to majority carriers. The tunneling emitter bipolar transistor exhibits a comparable current gain while having better temperature stability, less light sensitivity, and a much lower emitter resistance (leading to a much higher cut-off frequency) than conventional heterojunction bipolar transistors.
摘要:
One embodiment provides a computing device. The computing device is configured to couple to a display. The computing device includes an ambient detection module configured to detect a characteristic of ambient light relative to at least a portion of a display area of the display. The computing device further includes a displayed image optimization module configured to optimize a feature of at least a portion of a displayed image based, at least in part, on the characteristic of the ambient light.
摘要:
An ohmic contact to a semiconductor layer including a heterostructure barrier layer and a metal layer adjacent to the heterostructure barrier layer is provided. The heterostructure barrier layer can form a two dimensional free carrier gas for the contact at a heterointerface of the heterostructure barrier layer and the semiconductor layer. The metal layer is configured to form a contact with the two dimensional free carrier gas.
摘要:
A light emitting diode is provided, which includes an n-type contact layer and a light generating structure adjacent to the n-type contact layer. The light generating structure includes a set of quantum wells. The contact layer and light generating structure can be configured so that a difference between an energy of the n-type contact layer and an electron ground state energy of a quantum well is greater than an energy of a polar optical phonon in a material of the light generating structure. Additionally, the light generating structure can be configured so that its width is comparable to a mean free path for emission of a polar optical phonon by an electron injected into the light generating structure. The diode can include a blocking layer, which is configured so that a difference between an energy of the blocking layer and the electron ground state energy of a quantum well is greater than the energy of the polar optical phonon in the material of the light generating structure. The diode can include a composite contact, including an adhesion layer, which is at least partially transparent to light generated by the light generating structure and a reflecting metal layer configured to reflect at least a portion of the light generated by the light generating structure.
摘要:
A device including one or more layers with lateral regions configured to facilitate the transmission of radiation through the layer and lateral regions configured to facilitate current flow through the layer is provided. The layer can comprise a short period superlattice, which includes barriers alternating with wells. In this case, the barriers can include both transparent regions, which are configured to reduce an amount of radiation that is absorbed in the layer, and higher conductive regions, which are configured to keep the voltage drop across the layer within a desired range.
摘要:
A profiled surface for improving the propagation of radiation through an interface is provided. The profiled surface includes a set of large roughness components providing a first variation of the profiled surface having a characteristic scale approximately an order of magnitude larger than a target wavelength of the radiation. The profiled surface also includes a set of small roughness components superimposed on the set of large roughness components and providing a second variation of the profiled surface having a characteristic scale on the order of the target wavelength of the radiation.