摘要:
A semiconductor laser device is provided which is constituted by semiconductor materials so as to emit laser light from a cavity end facet, the laser light being excited in a waveguide within an active layer sandwiched between a pair of cladding layers, wherein a window layer made of a semiconductor material having a band gap greater than that of the active layer is formed on the cavity end facet from which the laser light is emitted, so as to have a thickness sufficient to prevent local generation of crystal defects by lattice mismatching between the semiconductor material of the window layer and the semiconductor materials at the cavity end facet. There is also provided a method for producing such a semiconductor laser device with high efficiency.
摘要:
A semiconductor light emitting device which allows part of an active layer to generate light by supplying current to the part of the active layer is disclosed. The semiconductor light emitting device includes: a semiconductor substrate having upper and lower surfaces, the upper surface having a stepped portion, the stepped portion dividing the upper surface into at least a first area and a second area; a current confining layer, formed on the upper surface of the substrate, the current confining layer being discontinuous at the stepped portion, the current flowing through an area between the first area and the second area of the substrate; a multilayer structure formed on the current confining layer, the multilayer structure including the active layer; a first electrode which covers only part of an upper surface of the multilayer structure; and a second electrode formed over the lower surface of the substrate. In the semiconductor light emitting device, the light generated from part of the active layer is extracted to the outside through a portion of the upper surface of the multilayer structure which is not covered with the first electrode.
摘要:
A surface electrode on a surface of a LED has a pad, and further, at least first-order branches linearly extending from the pad, second-order branches diverged and linearly extending from the first-order branches, and third-order branches diverged and linearly extending from the second-order branches. The pad out of the surface electrode is not in electrical contact with a underlying semiconductor layer, whereas the surface electrode and the semiconductor layer are in electrical contact with each other at ends of the highest-order branches. Also, the semiconductor layer is provided along a pattern of the surface electrode in a mesa shape. Thus, ineffective light emission underneath the surface electrode is relatively reduced so that external quantum efficiency can be improved, and moreover even shorter-wavelength light can be allowed to go out at high efficiency by omitting a current diffusion layer.
摘要:
A method for producing a semiconductor laser device includes the steps of: forming window layers on either one of a top surface of an internal structure or a reverse surface of a substrate and on light-emitting end facets of the internal structure; forming a reflection film on the light-emitting end facets; removing the window layer formed on either one of the top surface or the reverse surface by using an etchant which hardly etches the reflection film; and forming electrodes on the surface from which the window layer is removed by etching and on the other surface. Another method for producing a semiconductor laser device includes the steps of: forming window layers on light-emitting end facets of the bars; inserting the bars into an apparatus having openings for forming electrodes and a supporting portion for preventing a positional shift between the bars and the openings, and forming the electrodes on the top surfaces and the reverse surfaces of the bars; and cutting the bars into the chips.
摘要:
A light-emitting diode includes: a semiconductor substrate; and a layered structure, made of an AlGaInP type compound semiconductor material and provided on the semiconductor substrate. The layered structure includes: a light-emitting structure composed of a pair of cladding layers and an active layer for emitting light provided between the pair of cladding layers; and a current diffusion layer which is lattice-mismatched with the light-emitting structure. A lattice mismatch Δ a/a of the current diffusion layer with respect to the light-emitting structure defined by the following expression is −1% or smaller: Δa/a=(ad−ae)/ae where ad is a lattice constant of the current diffusion layer, and ae is a lattice constant of the light-emitting structure.
摘要翻译:发光二极管包括:半导体衬底; 以及由AlGaInP型化合物半导体材料制成并设置在半导体基板上的分层结构。 层状结构包括:由一对包覆层和用于发射设置在该对包覆层之间的光的有源层构成的发光结构; 以及与发光结构晶格失配的电流扩散层。 电流扩散层相对于由下式表示的发光结构的晶格失配Δa/ a为-1%以下:<?in-line-formula description =“In-line Formulas”end =“ 导数“?> Deltaa / a =(a sub> -a sub> / a <?in-line-formula description =”In 线公式“end =”tail“?>其中a是电流扩散层的晶格常数,并且λe是发光的晶格常数 结构体。
摘要:
A light-emitting diode includes: a semiconductor substrate; and a layered structure, made of an AlGaInP type compound semiconductor material and provided on the semiconductor substrate. The layered structure includes: a light-emitting structure composed of a pair of cladding layers and an active layer for emitting light provided between the pair of cladding layers; and a current diffusion layer which is lattice-mismatched with the light-emitting structure. A lattice mismatch Δa/a of the current diffusion layer with respect to the light-emitting structure defined by the following expression is −1% or smaller: Δa/a=(ad−ae)/ae where ad is a lattice constant of the current diffusion layer, and ae is a lattice constant of the light-emitting structure.
摘要翻译:发光二极管包括:半导体衬底; 以及由AlGaInP型化合物半导体材料制成并设置在半导体基板上的分层结构。 层状结构包括:由一对包覆层和用于发射设置在该对包覆层之间的光的有源层构成的发光结构; 以及与发光结构晶格失配的电流扩散层。 相对于由下式表示的发光结构的电流扩散层的晶格失配Deltaa / a为-1%以下:<?in-line-formula description =“In-line Formulas”end =“lead “?”>Δa/ a =(a-d e e e))<<<<---------“ 线公式“end =”tail“?>其中a是电流扩散层的晶格常数,并且λ是发光结构的晶格常数 。
摘要:
A semiconductor light-emitting element has a semiconductor laminate including an active layer emitting light of a prescribed emission wavelength and a step located at an in-depth position beyond the active layer. The element also has a substrate transparent to the emission wavelength, a first electrode provided on a surface of the semiconductor laminate, and a second electrode provided on the step. The substrate transparent to the emission wavelength improves the external emission efficiency. The locations of the first and second electrodes substantially prevent current to flow through a direct connection interface between the semiconductor laminate and the substrate. Thereby, the element exhibits satisfactory electrical characteristics even when an incomplete junction attributed to hillock or the like is generated in the direct connection interface.
摘要:
An optical information processing apparatus including a substrate of a transparent material, first and second optical waveguides formed on opposite faces of said transparent substrate, a light introducing device for introducing reflected light from an information writing medium into the first and second optical waveguides, and a detecting device for detecting reproduction signal, tracking error signal and focusing error signal based on the reflected light introduced into the first and second optical waveguides.
摘要:
An internal-reflection-interference semiconductor laser device comprising a first laser operation area ranging from one facet to the internal reflecting section and a second laser operation area ranging from the other facet to the internal reflecting section, wherein when the internal-cavity length l.sub.1 of the first laser operation area is shorter than the internal-cavity length l.sub.2 of the second laser operation area, the reflectivity R.sub.1 at the facet on the side of the first laser operation area is smaller than the reflectivity R.sub.2 at the facet on the side of the second laser operation area.
摘要:
A hyper-resolution optical device which can focus a beam of light to a diameter less than the diffraction limit. The optical device has an optical system disposed on a transmissive substrate. One component in the optical system is a hyper-resolution optical component which passes or reflects light and which has a central portion which does not pass or reflect light, respectively. The hyper-resolution optical component can be integrated with the transmissive substrate. Such optical devices are particularly suitable for optical pick-up devices, laser printers, sensors.