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Method for making a semiconductor laser

US5314838A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 10, 1992
Grant dateMay 24, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/973
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a vertical cavity, surface-emitting laser. The method includes growing a distributed Bragg reflector having at least 10 layers of alternating composition on a gallium arsenide substrate. The growth surface of the substrate is tilted by an angle of 1.degree.-7.degree. from the orientation of a (100) surface toward the orientation of a (111)A surface. This results in improved reflectivity of the DBR.

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