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US 11,146,040 · App. 16/498,385 · Granted Oct 12, 2021

Semiconductor multilayer film reflecting mirror and vertical cavity light-emitting element

Inventors: Tetsuya Takeuchi (Aichi, JP); Isamu Akasaki (Aichi, JP); Kazuki Kiyohara (Tokyo, JP); Masaru Takizawa (Tokyo, JP); Ji-Hao Liang (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: MEIJO UNIVERSITY; STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H01S5/18361
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Patent No.
US 11,146,040
App. No.
16/498,385
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Included is a semiconductor multilayer film in which a non-doped InAlN layer and a GaN layer formed on said InAlN layer and containing a dopant are stacked a plurality of times.

Claims (20)

1. A semiconductor multilayer film reflecting mirror comprising:

a substrate; and

a semiconductor multilayer film which is formed on said substrate and which includes a plurality of first layers and a plurality of second layers which are stacked on each other in an alternating manner,

wherein each of said first layers comprises a non-doped InAlN layer, and

wherein each of said second layers comprises a GaN layer containing a dopant.

2. The semiconductor multilayer film reflecting mirror according to claim 1 , wherein said dopant is Si.

3. The semiconductor multilayer film reflecting mirror according to claim 2 , wherein an Si concentration is at least 3×10 18 atoms/cm 3 in said GaN layer containing said dopant in each of said second layers.

4. The semiconductor multilayer film reflecting mirror according to claim 1 , wherein said dopant is Mg.

5. The semiconductor multilayer film reflecting mirror according to claim 1 , wherein each of said second layers consists of a first GaN layer and a second GaN layer, and only one of said first GaN layer or said second GaN layer contains said dopant.

6. The semiconductor multilayer film reflecting mirror according to claim 5 , wherein each of said first layers consist of a single non-doped InAlN layer.

7. The semiconductor multilayer film reflecting mirror according to claim 6 , wherein, in each of said second layers, said first GaN layer contains said dopant and said second GaN layer does not contain said dopant, and

wherein said plurality of first layers and said plurality of second layers are stacked on each other in said semiconductor multilayer film such that said first GaN layer of said second layers is stacked on a surface of said InAlN layer of said first layers.

8. The semiconductor multilayer film reflecting mirror according to claim 7 , wherein, in each of said second layers, said first GaN layer is thinner than said second GaN layer.

9. A vertical cavity light-emitting element comprising:

a semiconductor structure layer including a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type opposite to said first conductivity type; and

first and second reflecting mirrors opposite to each other with said semiconductor structure layer interposed therebetween,

wherein:

said first reflecting mirror comprises a semiconductor multilayer film which includes a plurality of first layers and a plurality of second layers which are stacked on each other in an alternating manner,

wherein each of said first layers comprises a non-doped InAlN layer; and

wherein each of said second layers comprises a GaN layer containing a dopant.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY DATA AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 051918 FRAME: 0076. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 27, 2021
From: TAKEUCHI, TETSUYA; KIYOHARA, KAZUKI; TAKIZAWA, MASARU; LIANG, JI-HAO
To: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; MEIJO UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 055126/0053 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 25, 2020
From: TAKEUCHI, TETSUYA; KIYOHARA, KAZUKI; TAKIZAWA, MASARU; LIANG, JI-HAO
To: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; MEIJO UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 051918/0076 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-060345 · Mar 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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