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Etch process monitors for buried heterostructures

US4652333A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 1985
Grant dateMar 24, 1987
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/2275
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention describes the use of etch process monitors or indicators to improve the reproducibility of etching hourglass shaped mesas for buried heterostructure laser/amplifier structures or integrated optical components in III-V compounds (e.g. GaAs/AlGaAs or InP/InGaAsP).

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