Abstract:
본 발명은 BH(Buried Heterostructure) 레이저에서 능동 도파로 밖으로 흐르는 누설전류를 차단하기 위하여 상부 클래드의 폭을 작게하여 저항값을 증가시킨다. 전류차단층에 걸리는 전압이 감소되어 누설전류가 차단됨으로써 주입된 전류에 대한 광 출력의 비가 향상된다. 본 발명은 반도체층을 형성한 후 도파로 중심으로부터 일정한 폭만 남기고 식각하여 상부 클래드를 형성한다. 식각에 의해 전극과 전류차단층이 아주 얇은 폭의 반도체층으로 연결되는데, 이 연결 부위는 큰 전기적 저항값을 가지므로 전류차단층에 걸리는 전압을 감소시킨다. 따라서 전류차단층으로 흐르는 누설전류를 억제시킬 수 있다. 소자의 제작을 용이하게 하기 위하여 p형 반도체층을 성장시키기 전에 아주 얇은 식각정지층을 형성함으로써 선택적 식각 방법을 이용하여 p형 반도체층을 원하는 폭으로 식각할 수 있다.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: An SG-DFB(Sampled Grating Distributed Feed-Back) tunable semiconductor laser WITH an SG-DBR(Sampled Grating Distributed Bragg Reflector) is provided to tune a wavelength by integrating an SG-DFB structure and an SG-DBR structure and forming a phase control region of the SG-DFB structure. CONSTITUTION: A sampled grating(39) is formed on an n-type InP substrate(31) used as a lower clad layer. A phase control region of an InGaAsP waveguide and a gain region of an active layer are formed on the sampled grating. A p-type InP clad layer(32) used as an upper clad layer is formed thereon. A plurality of electrodes are formed on the p-type InP clad layer. A phase control region electrode(36) is formed on the phase control region. A gain region electrode(37) is formed on the gain region. A non-reflective thin film(33) is formed on a section of a semiconductor laser diode.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A semiconductor optical modulator is provided to keep an interference optical path regular and to simplify the manufacturing process by forming the vertically layered structure with two optical waveguide arms in a modulator arm area. CONSTITUTION: A semiconductor optical modulator consists of an input optical waveguide area(2), a modulator arm area(3) and an output optical waveguide area(4). The input/output optical waveguide areas receive input/output optical waveguide layers(5,6) used as cores respectively. The areas are divided into upper clad layers and upper clad layers centering on the inserted optical waveguide layers. The input/output optical waveguide layers have thickness getting smaller in the forward direction of light in the input optical waveguide area and getting larger in the forward direction in the output optical waveguide area. In the modulator arm, upper/lower optical waveguide layers(7,9) are layered vertically with a p-type metal contact layer(8) having a low band gap energy in the middle. Thereby, the interference optical path is kept regular.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A semiconductor optical modulator is provided to keep an interference optical path regular and to simplify the manufacturing process by forming the vertically layered structure with two optical waveguide arms in a modulator arm area. CONSTITUTION: A semiconductor optical modulator consists of an input optical waveguide area(2), a modulator arm area(3) and an output optical waveguide area(4). The input/output optical waveguide areas receive input/output optical waveguide layers(5,6) used as cores respectively. The areas are divided into upper clad layers and upper clad layers centering on the inserted optical waveguide layers. The input/output optical waveguide layers have thickness getting smaller in the forward direction of light in the input optical waveguide area and getting larger in the forward direction in the output optical waveguide area. In the modulator arm, upper/lower optical waveguide layers(7,9) are layered vertically with a p-type metal contact layer(8) having a low band gap energy in the middle. Thereby, the interference optical path is kept regular.