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Gallium nitride group compound semiconductor laser diode
Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-12-26
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Granted: 1993-09-21
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Expires: 2011-12-26
Abstract
Abstract A gallium nitride group compound semiconductor laser diode includes at least one pn junction layer disposed between an n-type layer and a p-type layer. The n-type layer is formed from a gallium nitride group compound semiconductor material defined by the composition equation (Al x Ga 1-x ) y In 1-y N (where 0≦x≦1 and 0≦y≦1). The p-type layer, doped with an acceptor impurity, is obtained by electron beam irradiating a gallium nitride group compound semiconductor material defined by the composition equation (Al x' Ga 1-x' ) y' In 1-y' N (where 0≦x'≦1, 0≦y'≦1, x=x' or x≠x', and, y=y' or y≠y'). The improved gallium nitride group semiconductor laser diode of the present invention is found to emit light in the visible short wavelength spectrum of light which includes the blue, violet and ultraviolet regions.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuo Okazaki
- 👤 Katsuhide Manabe
- 👤 Isamu Akasaki
- 👤 Hiroshi Amano
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-01 18:21
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10H; H10H20/00; H10H20/80; H10H20/81; H10H20/822; H10H20/824; H10H20/825; H01; H01S; H01S5/00; H01S5/30; H01S5/32; H01S5/323; H01S5/32308; H01S5/32341; H01S2301/00; H01S2301/17; H01S2301/173; H01S2304/00; H01S2304/04; H01S5/02; H01S5/0206; H01S5/021; H01S5/0213; H01S5/04; H01S5/042; H01S5/0421; H01S5/0422; H01S5/0425; H01S5/04256; H01S5/04257; H01S5/3202; H01S5/320225; H01S5/3211
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
A gallium nitride group compound semiconductor laser diode comprising at least one pn junction layer constituting an active layer disposed between an n-type layer formed from a gallium nitride group compound semiconductor material defined by the composition equation (Al x Ga 1-x ) y In 1-y N (where 0≦x≦1 and 0≦y≦1) and a p-type layer, doped with an acceptor impurity, which is obtained by electron beam irradiating a gallium nitride group compound semiconductor material defined by the composition equation (Al x' Ga 1-x' ) y' In 1-y' N (where 0≦x'≦1, 0≦y'≦1, x=x' or x≠x', and, y=y' or y≠y'), contact portions of said p-type layer constituting electrode contacts.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
107 words
A gallium nitride group compound semiconductor laser diode comprising at least one pn junction layer constituting an active layer disposed between an n-type layer formed from a gallium nitride group compound semiconductor material defined by the composition equation (Al x Ga 1-x ) y In 1-y N (where 0≦x≦1 and 0≦y≦1) and a p-type layer, doped with an acceptor impurity, which is obtained by electron beam irradiating a gallium nitride group compound semiconductor material defined by the composition equation (Al x' Ga 1-x' ) y' In 1-y' N (where 0≦x'≦1, 0≦y'≦1, x=x' or x≠x', and, y=y' or y≠y'), contact portions of said p-type layer constituting electrode contacts.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The gallium nitride group compound semiconductor laser diode of claim 1, wherein said n- and p-type lasers are defined as having band gap energies of equal value.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
The gallium nitride group compound semiconductor laser diode of claim 1, wherein at least one layer of said n- type layer and said p-type layer has a junction formed with two layers of a comparatively large band gap energy and a comparatively small band gap energy.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
68 words
The gallium nitride group compound semiconductor laser diode of claim 1, wherein said pn junction has a comparatively small band energy gap formed from a gallium nitride group compound semiconductor material which is defined by the composition equation (Al x' Ga 1-x' ) y' In 1-y' N (where 0≦x'≦1, 0≦y'≦1, and excluding x'=y'=1), said n-type and p-type layers having comparatively large band gaps of equal or different value.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
101 words
The gallium nitride group compound semiconductor laser diode of claim 4, wherein said active layer comprises two or more laminated layers and includes a first layer formed from a gallium nitride group compound semiconductor material defined by the composition equation (Al x Ga 1-x ) y In 1-y N (where 0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1) and a second layer formed from a gallium nitride group compound semiconductor material which is defined by the composition equation (Al x' Ga 1-x' ) y' In 1-y' N (where 0≦x'≦1, 0≦y'≦1, x=x' x≠x' or and y=y' or y≠y'), said first and second layers having different band gap energies.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The gallium nitride group compound semiconductor laser diode of claim 1, wherein said contact portions of said p-type layer form a strip-like shape.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The gallium nitride group compound semiconductor laser diode of claim 1, further comprising a substrate made from any one of a group of sapphire, Si, 6H-SiC and GaN.
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