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Superlattice optical device

US4616241A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 22, 1983
Grant dateOct 7, 1986
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E10/544
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A semiconductor optical device which includes a superlattice having direct transitions between conduction band and valence band states with the same wave vector, the superlattice being formed from a plurality of alternating layers of two or more different materials, at least the material with the smallest bandgap being an indirect bandgap material.

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