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Light emitting material

Assignee: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Filing: 1995-03-21
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Granted: 1996-07-30
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Expires: 2015-03-21
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Abstract

Abstract A novel photoluminescent material is disclosed comprising an active layer of ZnS 1-x Te x deposited directly onto a substrate by molecular beam epitaxy. The emitted light is primarily in the blue end of the spectrum. The substrate may be GaAs or more preferably Si. Depositing the material directly onto Si allows the material to be used to manufacture integrated semiconductor light emitting devices. High efficiency may be obtained at low concentrations of Te (0.01≦x≦0.07) which allow good lattice matching of the active layer to an Si substrate.

Inventors

  • 👤 Gui C. Xu
  • 👤 Iam K. Sou
  • 👤 Kam S. Wong
  • 👤 Hong Wang
  • 👤 Zhi U. Yang
  • 👤 George K. L. Wong

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 10:04
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10H; H10H20/00; H10H20/80; H10H20/81; H10H20/822; H10H20/823; C; C09; C09K; C09K11/00; C09K11/08; C09K11/88; C09K11/881; C09K11/883; H10D; H10D62/00; H10D62/80; H10D62/86; H10D62/862; H10H20/01; H10H20/011; H10H20/012; H10H20/0125

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 37 words
A light-emitting material comprising an active luminescent layer of ZnS 1-X Te X (0<x<0.07) deposited directly on a substrate selected from the group consisting of GaAs and Si, said active layer being deposited by molecular beam epitaxy.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 37 words
A light-emitting material comprising an active luminescent layer of ZnS 1-X Te X (0<x<0.07) deposited directly on a substrate selected from the group consisting of GaAs and Si, said active layer being deposited by molecular beam epitaxy.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 14 words
A material as claimed in claim 1 wherein said substrate is Si and 0.01≦x.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 9 words
A material as claimed in claim 2 wherein x=0.03.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 14 words
A material as claimed in claim 1 wherein the substrate is GaAs and 0.01≦x.

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