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US 11,004,893 · App. 16/473,010 · Granted May 11, 2021

Photonic integrated device and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Ziyang Zhang (Suzhou, CN); Hongmei Chen (Suzhou, CN); Yuanqing Huang (Suzhou, CN); Qinglu Liu (Suzhou, CN)
Assignee: QINGDAO YICHENLEISHUO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
H01L27/156H01L33/0045H01L33/0062H01L33/06H01L33/12H01L33/30H01L33/38H01L33/44H01L33/502H01L33/505H01L33/58H01S5/005H01S5/0206H01S5/026H01S5/028H01S5/0421H01S5/343H01S5/3412H01S5/4025H01L2933/0016H01L2933/0025H01L2933/0041H01L2933/0058
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Patent No.
US 11,004,893
App. No.
16/473,010
Granted
May 11, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A photonic integrated device is provided, includes a substrate, a two-dimensional material unit and semiconductor light-emitting units located at both sides thereof are disposed on the substrate; the two-dimensional material unit is provided with a luminescent two-dimensional material of which a luminous band is longer than that of the semiconductor light-emitting unit, and the semiconductor light-emitting unit provides a pump light source for the two-dimensional material unit to pump the luminescent two-dimensional material to emit light. The photonic integrated device in the present disclosure can obtain different luminous bands by changing the number of layers or kinds of the luminescent two-dimensional material. Meanwhile, the photonic integrated device according to the present disclosure adopts an optical pumping luminescence method without forming a p-n junction, which simplifies process difficulty compared with an electrical pumping luminescence method of manufacturing the p-n junction based on the luminescent two-dimensional material in the prior art.

Claims (51)

1. A photonic integrated device, comprising:

a substrate, wherein:

a two-dimensional material unit and semiconductor light-emitting units located at both sides thereof are disposed on the substrate;

the two-dimensional material unit is comprised of a luminescent two-dimensional material of which a luminous band is longer than that of the semiconductor light-emitting units and of a dielectric film entirely coating the luminescent two-dimensional material, and

the semiconductor light-emitting units provide a pump light source for the two-dimensional material unit to pump the luminescent two-dimensional material to emit light.

2. The photonic integrated device of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the semiconductor light-emitting units are arranged spaced apart at each of the both sides of the two-dimensional material unit.

3. The photonic integrated device of claim 2 , wherein light outlets of the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting units at the both sides of the two-dimensional material unit are opposite in a staggered manner.

4. The photonic integrated device of claim 3 , wherein the semiconductor light-emitting unit is a semiconductor laser or a superluminescent diode.

5. The photonic integrated device of claim 2 , wherein two to fifty the semiconductor light-emitting units are disposed at each of the both sides of the two-dimensional material unit; a distance between each two adjacent semiconductor light-emitting units is 20 μm to 500 μm; and the semiconductor light-emitting unit has a length of 0.5 mm to 5 mm and a width of 5 μm to 200 μm.

6. The photonic integrated device of claim 1 , wherein the luminescent two-dimensional material is selected from at least one of black phosphorus, transition metal compound, graphene, and boron nitride.

7. The photonic integrated device of claim 6 , wherein the luminescent two-dimensional material has a thickness of 1 ML to 2 μm.

8. The photonic integrated device of claim 1 , wherein

the semiconductor light-emitting unit comprises sequentially laminated a buffer layer, a lower coating layer, a lower waveguide layer, an active layer, an upper waveguide layer, an upper coating layer and an ohmic contact layer.

9. The photonic integrated device of claim 8 , wherein:

the buffer layer, the lower coating layer and a portion of the lower waveguide layer adjacent to the lower coating layer in a plurality of the semiconductor light-emitting units extend and connect into a whole; and

the active layer and a portion of the upper waveguide layer adjacent to the active layer in the plurality of the semiconductor light-emitting units extend and connect into a whole.

10. The photonic integrated device of claim 8 , wherein the dielectric film extends towards a top surface of the semiconductor light-emitting unit to form an extension part on which a positive electrode is disposed, and the positive electrode penetrates the extension part and is in contact with the ohmic contact layer; and a negative electrode is disposed on the substrate.

11. A manufacturing method of the photonic integrated device of claim 1 , comprising:

selecting a substrate and manufacturing an etching base layer on the substrate, the etching base layer comprising a buffer material layer, a lower coating material layer, a lower waveguide material layer, an active region material layer, an upper waveguide material layer, an upper coating material layer and an ohmic contact material layer sequentially laminated on the substrate;

etching the etching base layer in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, and forming a two-dimensional material filling slot and semiconductor light-emitting units located at both sides of the two-dimensional material filling slot on the substrate, wherein a plurality of the semiconductor light-emitting units are formed at both sides of the two-dimensional material filling slot, respectively;

forming a two-dimensional material unit which comprising a luminescent two-dimensional material and a dielectric film entirely coating the luminescent two-dimensional material in the two-dimensional material filling slot; and

manufacturing a positive electrode on the ohmic contact layer and a negative electrode on the substrate.

12. The manufacturing method of claim 11 , wherein a distance between a bottom surface of the two-dimensional material filling slot and the substrate is 20 nm to 500 nm less than the distance between a bottom of the active region material layer and the substrate; and the two-dimensional material filling slot has a length of 0.1 mm to 10 mm and a width of 10 μm to 500 μm.

13. The manufacturing method of claim 11 , wherein:

a plurality of the semiconductor light-emitting units are arranged spaced apart at each of the both sides of the two-dimensional material unit; and

light outlets of the plurality of semiconductor light-emitting units at the both sides of the two-dimensional material unit are opposite in a staggered manner.

14. The manufacturing method of claim 11 , wherein:

the two-dimensional material unit comprises the luminescent two-dimensional material and a dielectric film entirely coating the luminescent two-dimensional material; and

the semiconductor light-emitting unit comprises sequentially laminated a buffer layer, a lower coating layer, a lower waveguide layer, an active layer, an upper waveguide layer, an upper coating layer and an ohmic contact layer.

15. The manufacturing method of claim 14 , wherein:

the buffer layer, the lower coating layer and a portion of the lower waveguide layer adjacent to the lower coating layer in a plurality of the semiconductor light-emitting units extend and connect into a whole; and

the active layer and a portion of the upper waveguide layer adjacent to the active layer in the a plurality of the semiconductor light-emitting units extend and connect into a whole.

16. The manufacturing method of claim 14 , wherein:

the dielectric film extends towards a top surface of the semiconductor light-emitting unit to form an extension part on which a positive electrode is disposed;

the positive electrode penetrates the extension part and is in contact with the ohmic contact layer; and

a negative electrode is disposed on the substrate.

17. The manufacturing method of claim 12 , wherein:

the two-dimensional material unit comprises the luminescent two-dimensional material and a dielectric film entirely coating the luminescent two-dimensional material;

the semiconductor light-emitting unit comprises sequentially laminated a buffer layer, a lower coating layer, a lower waveguide layer, an active layer, an upper waveguide layer, an upper coating layer and an ohmic contact layer; and

the buffer layer, the lower coating layer and a portion of the lower waveguide layer adjacent to the lower coating layer in a plurality of the semiconductor light-emitting units extend and connect into a whole, the active layer and a portion of the upper waveguide layer adjacent to the active layer in the a plurality of the semiconductor light-emitting units extend and connect into a whole.

18. The manufacturing method of claim 13 , wherein:

the two-dimensional material unit comprises the luminescent two-dimensional material and a dielectric film entirely coating the luminescent two-dimensional material;

the semiconductor light-emitting unit comprises sequentially laminated a buffer layer, a lower coating layer, a lower waveguide layer, an active layer, an upper waveguide layer, an upper coating layer and an ohmic contact layer;

the dielectric film extends towards a top surface of the semiconductor light-emitting unit to form an extension part on which a positive electrode is disposed; and

the positive electrode penetrates the extension part and is in contact with the ohmic contact layer; and a negative electrode is disposed on the substrate.

19. The photonic integrated device of claim 3 , wherein:

the two-dimensional material unit comprises the luminescent two-dimensional material and a dielectric film entirely coating the luminescent two-dimensional material; and

the semiconductor light-emitting unit comprises sequentially laminated a buffer layer, a lower coating layer, a lower waveguide layer, an active layer, an upper waveguide layer, an upper coating layer and an ohmic contact layer.

20. The photonic integrated device of claim 4 , wherein:

the two-dimensional material unit comprises the luminescent two-dimensional material and a dielectric film entirely coating the luminescent two-dimensional material; and

the semiconductor light-emitting unit comprises sequentially laminated a buffer layer, a lower coating layer, a lower waveguide layer, an active layer, an upper waveguide layer, an upper coating layer and an ohmic contact layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2019
From: SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO-TECH AND NANO-BIONICS(SINANO), CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
To: QINGDAO YICHENLEISHUO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 051025/0518 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2019
From: ZHANG, ZIYANG; CHEN, HONGMEI; HUANG, YUANQING; LIU, QINGLU
To: SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO-TECH AND NANO-BIONICS(SINANO), CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Reel/Frame 049615/0903 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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