US Patent:
20110007766, Jan 13, 2011
Inventors:
Robert M. Farrell - Goleta CA, US
Matthew T. Hardy - Goleta CA, US
Hiroaki Ohta - Goleta CA, US
Steven P. DenBaars - Goleta CA, US
James S. Speck - Goleta CA, US
Shuji Nakamura - Santa Barbara CA, US
Assignee:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - Oakland CA
International Classification:
H01S 5/343
H01S 5/34
H01L 33/04
H01L 33/30
US Classification:
372 4501, 438 31, 977755, 977951, 257E33067, 438 47, 257E33005, 257E33023
Abstract:
A structure for improving the mirror facet cleaving yield of (Ga,Al,In,B)N laser diodes grown on nonpolar or semipolar (Ga,Al,In,B)N substrates. The structure comprises a nonpolar or semipolar (Ga,Al,In,B)N laser diode including a waveguide core that provides sufficient optical confinement for the device's operation in the absence of p-type doped aluminum-containing waveguide cladding layers, and one of more n-type doped aluminum-containing layers that can be used to assist with facet cleaving along a particular crystallographic plane.