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Semiconductor device having a disordered superlattice
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1990-10-18
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Granted: 1991-07-09
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Expires: 2010-10-18
Abstract
Abstract A method of producing a semiconductor device such as a semiconductor laser having a controllably disordered superlattice. The superlattice is grown epitaxially and in the same epitaxial growth process a heavily selenium doped semiconductor layer is also grown in a known spatial relationship to the superlattice. The doped layer is patterned as by etching and then the device is annealed to diffuse selenium impurities from the doped layer. The time and temperature of annealing are controlled such that the impurities diffuse into and thereby disorder regions of the superlattice layer, leaving a nondisordered region which can serve as a resonator in a laser.
Inventors
- 👤 Takashi Murakami
- 👤 Kaname Otaki
- 👤 Hisao Kumabe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 21:31
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10H; H10H20/00; H10H20/80; H10H20/81; H10H20/811; H10H20/812; B; B82; B82Y; B82Y20/00; H01; H01S; H01S5/00; H01S5/30; H01S5/34; H10H20/01; H10H20/011; H10H20/013
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A semiconductor laser comprising the combination of an epitaxially grown structure formed of successively grown layers on a semiconductor substrate including a lower cladding layer of a first conductivity type, an active layer comprising a superlattice of alternating quantum well and quantum barrier layers, an upper cladding layer of opposite conductivity type to the lower cladding layer, and a selenium doped semiconductor layer; selenium impurities diffused from the selenium doped layer into the upper cladding and active layers in parallel configuration defining external disordered regions of the superlattice bounding a central non-disordered stripe; wherein the disordered regions have a higher band gap and lower refractive index than the central stripe thereby to cause the central stripe to function as a resonator; and a pair of opposed electrodes on the substrate and on the selenium doped layer, respectively.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
137 words
A semiconductor laser comprising the combination of an epitaxially grown structure formed of successively grown layers on a semiconductor substrate including a lower cladding layer of a first conductivity type, an active layer comprising a superlattice of alternating quantum well and quantum barrier layers, an upper cladding layer of opposite conductivity type to the lower cladding layer, and a selenium doped semiconductor layer; selenium impurities diffused from the selenium doped layer into the upper cladding and active layers in parallel configuration defining external disordered regions of the superlattice bounding a central non-disordered stripe; wherein the disordered regions have a higher band gap and lower refractive index than the central stripe thereby to cause the central stripe to function as a resonator; and a pair of opposed electrodes on the substrate and on the selenium doped layer, respectively.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The semiconductor laser of claim 1 wherein the semiconductor substrate is GaAs, the superlattice is alternating layers of GaAs and AlGaAs, and the doped semiconductor layer is GaAs heavily doped with selenium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The semiconductor laser of claim 2 wherein the selenium concentration is about at least 5×10 18 cm -3 .
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The semiconductor laser of claim 1 wherein the semiconductor superlattice is selected from the group comprising AlGaAs, InGaAsP and AlGaInP.
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