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Efficient light emitting diodes and lasers

US6881983B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 2002
Grant dateApr 19, 2005
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2022

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/3425
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optoelectronic device such as an LED or laser which produces spontaneous emission by recombination of carriers (electrons and holes) trapped in Quantum Confinement Regions formed by transverse thickness variations in Quantum Well layers of group III nitrides.

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