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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor luminous element that is easy to fabricate by a semiconductor process and displays satisfactory performance due to excellent crystallinity. SOLUTION: This is a semiconductor luminous element provided with a crystal layer that is selectively grown at an annular opening part formed in a mask layer and has S-planes or the planes that are substantially equivalent to the S-planes tilted to the mask-layer formed plane. In the plane parallel to the S-plane or the plane that is substantially equivalent to the S-plane, the first conductive type layer, an active layer and the second conductive type layer are formed. The crystal layer has an annular top part along the annular opening part, for example, with both sides that are the S-planes or the planes that are substantially equivalent to the S-planes tilted to the mask-formed plane, or the crystal is grown in such a form as to bury the zone surrounded by the annular opening part to have a polygonal cone shape.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor light-emitting element that can be used appropriately, particularly for, a highly precise image display device by diversifying the light-emitting wavelength of the element by a simple manufacturing method, and to provide a method of manufacturing the element and a semiconductor light-emitting device. SOLUTION: The semiconductor light-emitting element has a first semiconductor light-emitting layer 17 which emits prescribed light, and a second semiconductor light emitting layer which is constituted of a semiconductor layer composed of a different crystal system from that of the layer 17 and emits light when the layer 11 is excited by the light emitted from the layer 17. The second light- emitting layer 11 is stuck to a semiconductor structure section having the first light-emitting layer 17. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an element structure that can realize laser oscillation by means of, particularly, a semiconductor laser element using a GaN-based semiconductor and having an inclined crystalline layer to meet the demand for such a semiconductor laser element that has an energy gap capable of generating short-wavelength laser light of blue color, green color, etc., and superior crystallinity, and returns the generated laser light to an active layer, and to provide a method of manufacturing the structure. SOLUTION: The semiconductor laser element is constituted by forming a pair of laminated structures each of which is composed of a first-conductivity clad layer and an active layer and has a triangular cross section on a mask layer having selectively formed openings and second-conductivity clad layers on the structures. The laser element realizes laser oscillation by utilizing the multiple reflection of laser light. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method by which a nitride semiconductor element having superior characteristics, such as a superior light emitting characteristic, etc., can be manufactured by solving problems, such as the deterioration of an active layer, etc., caused by the growth temperatures of the active layer and nitride semiconductor layers which are laminated upon another after the active layer is grown. SOLUTION: The active layer is vapor phase grown on a substrate at a first growth temperature (T3) and all of the nitride semiconductor layers which are laminated upon another after the active layer is grown are grown at another growth temperature (T4) which is higher than the first temperature (T3) by
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve emission efficiency in a semiconductor light-emitting device for taking out light from a substrate side. SOLUTION: An electrode layer 16 is formed on a p-type semiconductor layer (GaN layer) 14 that is formed on an active layer 13, and a nickel layer 15 is formed as a contact metal layer for achieving ohmic contact having the length of intrusion of light that is generated at the active layer 13 or a thickness that is equal to or less than it between the electrode layer 16 and the p-type semiconductor layer (GaN layer) 14. Since the nickel layer 15 is thin enough reflection efficiency can be improved.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vapor phase growing method for nitride semiconductor, whereby a uniform crystal layer can be obtained with a high reproducibility by the vapor phase growth technology for gallium nitride compound semiconductors, etc. SOLUTION: The method comprises forming a protective film for obstructing the crystal growth on a substrate, so that a first nitride semiconductor layer is exposed through window regions partly opened through the protective film, starting the selective growth of a second nitride semiconductor layer from the first nitride semiconductor layer at a required growth starting temperature and rising the temperature over the growth starting temperature to continue the crystal growth. A uniform low-temperature grown layer is obtained by the vapor phase growth at a low temperature before temperature rise, and then a high-temperature grown layer is formed to form a uniform and highly reproducible crystal layer which reflects the uniformity of the low-temperature grown layer.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress irregularities on the end face of a resonator and etching bottom face while enhancing the operational characteristics, the lifetime and the utilization efficiency of a substrate. SOLUTION: A semiconductor layer constituting a laser resonator 2 is grown on an n-type GaAs substrate 1 and after a waveguide stripe 3 is formed on the semiconductor layer, the semiconductor layer is etched at a position in a part corresponding to the waveguide stripe 3 not intersecting the surface of the semiconductor layer thus forming a resonator end face 5 of etching end face. A rising mirror or a photodiode may be formed on the etching end face 1a of the n-type GaAs substrate 1.
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PURPOSE: To miniaturize the whole of an optical device by making the device to be a CLC (confocal laser coupler) constitution in which the return light from an irradiated part is returned in the same optical path as that of the excit light from a light emitting part and light receiv-parts are arranged in the vicinity of confocal positions of the return light. CONSTITUTION: A second light receiving part 15B by a photodetector PD receiving and detecting the return light by the optical path shifted from an outgoing path is provided in the vicinity of the convergent position of the shifted light. At this time, since a difference is generated in convergent positions of optical paths at the time the return light is transmitted and defracted in a mirror plate 20, the detecting of a focus servo signal by an astigmatic method is possible by the second light receiving part 15B by actively utilizing this. In this case, the simplifying and the miniaturizing of the constitution of the whole of the optical device are attained by forming a light emitting part 14 and a first light receiving part 15B on a common semiconductor substrate 16.
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PURPOSE:To make it possible to detect the intensity of a heating beam such as laser beam with a concurrent action to maintain the output utilization efficiency of the heating beam at high level, and enhance detection accuracy by introducing a beam intensity detection means through an area between a heating beam emission means and a recording material storage part during the non- heating time of a recording material. CONSTITUTION:If data is optically recorded, i.e., if a dye 22 is not heated by a laser beam, a light-receiving element 79 is inserted into an area between a laser 18 and a dye storage part 37 and the laser beam L having the same output intensity as an emitted laser beam L during recording is emitted directly into the light-receiving element 79 for front monitoring. A printer head 40 can use an output of the laser beam L required for the gasification of the dye on a recording sheet to a maximum extent without wasting the output. This is because the light-receiving element 79 is introduced into the proceeding direction of the emitted laser beam L only when the output is monitored, and the light- receiving element 79 is restored to an original position when recording data.
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PURPOSE:To facilitate the leading-out of a signal for detecting the distance from an irradiation part, e.g. the leading-out of a servo signal for focusing control of light irradiation to the irradiation part. CONSTITUTION:The equipment is provided with the following; an irradiation part 2, an optical element 21 having a light emitting part 1 and a first light receiving part 41, at least a second light receiving part 42 and a third light receiving part 43 which put the optical element 21 between them and are arranged on both sides of the element 21, and a covergent means 3. The first light receiving part 41 is arranged in the vicinity of the light emitting part 1, and receives the return light LR of the emitted light from the light emitting part 1 which return light travels from the irradiation part 2 toward the light emitting part 1. The second light receiving part 42 and the third light receiving part 43 are arranged step-wise in the manner in which one of the distances between the light receiving surfaces of the parts 42, 43 and the irradiation part 2 is large and the other is small as compared with the distance between the light receiving surface of the first light receiving part 41 and the irradiation part 2.