GaN-based laser unit and super-radiation light-emitting diode as well as manufacturing method thereof

A superluminescence and laser technology, applied in lasers, laser parts, semiconductor lasers, etc., can solve the problems of reduced current injection efficiency, deterioration of device performance, small lateral divergence angle of light spot, etc., to improve device reliability and avoid engraving. Etch damage, the effect of eliminating the etching operation

Active Publication Date: 2017-05-24
SUZHOU INST OF NANO TECH & NANO BIONICS CHINESE ACEDEMY OF SCI
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Since dry etching usually introduces surface states and defects, these surface states and defects will become leakage channels, affecting the reliability and stability of the device
In order to reduce the impact of etching damage, a dielectric film is usually deposited at the etching site to passivate the surface states and defects. However, the lattice mismatch and thermal mismatch between the dielectric film and the nitride are usually large, and the etching cannot be completely passivated. damage
In order to reduce the impact of etching damage, conventional lasers and superluminescent light-emitting diodes basically use shallow etching, usually only etching to the upper confinement layer, but etching damage will still affect the characteristics of the laser
[0004] Since lasers and superluminescent light-emitting diodes are etched only to the upper confinement layer by shallow etching, the remaining upper confinement layer, upper waveguide layer and quantum well will become optical waveguides, causing the light field to leak, resulting in weakened lateral confinement. As a result, the lateral divergence angle of the laser and superluminescent light-emitting diode spots is small, the aspect ratio is large, and it is elliptical, which affects the coupling of the spot, etc.
[0005] Also, the upper confinement layer of lasers and superluminescent light-emitting diodes is usually an AlGaN / GaN superlattice structure. Due to polarization effects, there are two-dimensional hole gases in GaN at the interface of the superlattice, resulting in a relatively low lateral transmission resistance of the superlattice. Small, much smaller than its longitudinal transmission resistance, so the upper confinement layer that has not been etched completely will act as a current expansion channel, and the holes injected from the ridge are easy to expand laterally here, extending to the current and light field beyond the ridge Miscoincidence, unable to generate gain, no help to laser lasing, equivalent to leakage current, resulting in reduced current injection efficiency, increased threshold current of lasers and superluminescent light-emitting diodes, and degraded device performance
[0006] In addition, the functional layers in lasers and superluminescent light-emitting diodes are uniformly and continuously grown on heterogeneous substrates. As the size of the substrate increases, the stress in lasers and superluminescent light-emitting diodes gradually increases, which easily leads to excessive warping of epitaxial wafers. , which is not conducive to the subsequent device manufacturing process and affects the device yield; when the stress is large enough, cracks will occur in the epitaxial wafer, which seriously affects the device performance and yield

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[0051] Embodiment 1 The GaN-based blue laser and superluminescent light-emitting diode structure of this embodiment can refer to Figure 4 , which can be grown and formed by the selective area epitaxy method, which specifically includes the following steps:

[0052] S1: Put the substrate into MOCVD, raise the temperature to about 1080°C, and pretreat the substrate at high temperature for about 5 minutes in a hydrogen atmosphere to remove impurities on the surface of the substrate, and then inject a small amount of NH 3 Nitriding the substrate surface;

[0053] S2: Cool down to about 530°C, grow a GaN nucleation layer of about 25nm, perform high temperature (about 1000°C) annealing on the GaN nucleation layer, and grow an undoped GaN layer of about 1 μm and n-GaN of about 2 μm at high temperature layer, such as figure 1 shown;

[0054] S3: After the growth is over, take out the epitaxial wafer, and deposit about 200nm of SiO on the surface of the sample by plasma enhanced ch...

Embodiment 2

[0061] Embodiment 2 The GaN-based blue laser and the superluminescent light-emitting diode of this embodiment can be based on Figure 5 The growth and formation of the substrate shown specifically includes the following steps:

[0062] S1: Put the substrate into MOCVD, raise the temperature to about 1080°C, and pretreat the substrate at high temperature for about 5 minutes in a hydrogen atmosphere to remove impurities on the surface of the substrate, and then inject a small amount of NH 3 Nitriding the substrate surface;

[0063] S2: Cool down to about 530°C, grow a GaN nucleation layer of about 25nm, perform high temperature (about 1000°C) annealing on the GaN nucleation layer, and grow an undoped GaN layer of about 1 μm and n-GaN of about 2 μm at high temperature layer, such as figure 1 shown;

[0064] S3: After the growth is over, take out the epitaxial wafer, and deposit about 200nm of SiO on the surface of the sample by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD)...

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Abstract

The invention discloses a GaN-based laser unit and a super-radiation light-emitting diode as well as a manufacturing method thereof. A ridged structure of the laser unit and the super-radiation light-emitting diode is directly formed through epitaxial growth, and comprises a substrate and an epitaxial layer, wherein strip-shaped step structures are distributed on the surface of the substrate, the epitaxial layer is arranged on the substrate, covers the strip-shaped step structures and is provided with the ridged structure, and the epitaxial layer comprises a lower contact layer, a lower limiting layer, a lower waveguide layer, an active layer, an upper waveguide layer, an electronic blocking layer, an upper limiting layer and an upper contact layer which are sequentially formed on the substrate. Through a method of forming a window area in the substrate or pre-etching to form the step structures, the ridge shape of laser unit and the super-radiation light-emitting diode is directly grown on the substrate, and optical limiting layers are grown at two sides of the ridge structure, so that transverse limit of an apparatus is effectively improved, threshold-value current of the apparatus is reduced, and etching operation can be further omitted, and therefore, etching loss is avoided, threshold-value current of the apparatus is further reduced, and reliability of the apparatus is improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a semiconductor laser, a superluminescent light-emitting diode and a preparation method thereof, in particular to a GaN-based laser with a ridge waveguide structure, a superluminescent light-emitting diode and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the field of semiconductor photoelectric technology. Background technique [0002] III-V nitride semiconductors are called third-generation semiconductor materials, which have the advantages of large band gap, good chemical stability, and strong radiation resistance; their band gap covers the entire visible light range, so they can be used to make semiconductor light-emitting Devices such as light-emitting diodes, lasers, and superluminescent light-emitting diodes. Lasers and superluminescent light-emitting diodes based on III-V nitride semiconductors have the advantages of simple fabrication, small size, light weight, long life, and high efficiency, and have been widely used in ...

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IPC IPC(8): H01S5/343
Inventor 孙钱冯美鑫周宇杨辉池田昌夫刘建平张书明李德尧张立群
Owner SUZHOU INST OF NANO TECH & NANO BIONICS CHINESE ACEDEMY OF SCI
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