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Vertical cavity surface emitting laser

US7852896B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 8, 2009
Grant dateDec 14, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S2301/176
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A VCSEL includes a GaAs substrate; a first semiconductor distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) disposed on the GaAs substrate and including a first part and a second part on the first part; a semiconductor mesa disposed on the first semiconductor DBR and including an active layer; and a second DBR on the semiconductor mesa. The first part is composed of an undoped semiconductor material. The second part includes third III-V compound semiconductor layers composed of a material containing indium and gallium as the group III element and phosphorus as the group V element and fourth III-V compound semiconductor layers composed of a material containing gallium as the group III element and arsenic as the group V element. The third III-V compound semiconductor layers and the fourth III-V compound semiconductor layers are doped with an n-type impurity.

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