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公开(公告)号:WO2019045873A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-07
申请号:PCT/US2018/040531
申请日:2018-07-02
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: LIN, Chin Han , LI, Weiping , FAN, Xiaofeng
Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a semiconductor substrate (10) and an array of optoelectronic cells (12), formed on the semiconductor substrate. The cells include first epitaxial layers defining a lower distributed Bragg-reflector (DBR) stack (20); second epitaxial layers formed over the lower DBR stack, defining a quantum well structure (22); third epitaxial layers, formed over the quantum well structure, defining an upper DBR stack (24); and electrodes (30) formed over the upper DBR stack, which are configurable to inject an excitation current into the quantum well structure of each optoelectronic cell. A first set of the optoelectronic cells are configured to emit laser radiation in response to the excitation current. In a second set of the optoelectronic cells (16), interleaved with the first set, at least one element of the optoelectronic cells, selected from among the epitaxial layers and the electrodes, is configured so that the optoelectronic cells in the second set do not emit the laser radiation.
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公开(公告)号:WO2021003139A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-07
申请号:PCT/US2020/040263
申请日:2020-06-30
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: DRADER, Marc A. , LIN, Chin Han , TAN, Fei , LAFLAQUIERE, Arnaud , LYON, Keith , LI, Weiping
IPC: H01S5/026 , H01S5/183 , H01S5/42 , G01S7/4912
Abstract: Disclosed herein are self-mixing interferometry (SMI) sensors, such as may include vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) diodes and resonance cavity photodetectors (RCPDs). Structures for the VCSEL diodes and RCPDs are disclosed. In some embodiments, a VCSEL diode and an RCPD are laterally adjacent and formed from a common set of semiconductor layers epitaxially formed on a common substrate. In some embodiments, a first and a second VCSEL diode are laterally adjacent and formed from a common set of semiconductor layers epitaxially formed on a common substrate, and an RCPD is formed on the second VCSEL diode. In some embodiments, a VCSEL diode may include two quantum well layers, with a tunnel junction layer between them. In some embodiments, an RCPD may be vertically integrated with a VCSEL diode.
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公开(公告)号:EP3656028A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-27
申请号:EP18743354.5
申请日:2018-07-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: LIN, Chin Han , LI, Weiping , FAN, Xiaofeng
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公开(公告)号:EP4047762A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-24
申请号:EP22159829.5
申请日:2018-07-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: LIN, Chin Han , LI, Weiping , FAN, Xiaofeng
Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a semiconductor substrate (10) and an array of optoelectronic cells (12), formed on the semiconductor substrate. The cells include first epitaxial layers defining a lower distributed Bragg-reflector (DBR) stack (20); second epitaxial layers formed over the lower DBR stack, defining a quantum well structure (22); third epitaxial layers, formed over the quantum well structure, defining an upper DBR stack (24); and electrodes (30) formed over the upper DBR stack, which are configurable to inject an excitation current into the quantum well structure of each optoelectronic cell. A first set of the optoelectronic cells are configured to emit laser radiation in response to the excitation current. In a second set of the optoelectronic cells (16), interleaved with the first set, at least one element of the optoelectronic cells, selected from among the epitaxial layers and the electrodes, is configured so that the optoelectronic cells in the second set do not emit the laser radiation.
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公开(公告)号:EP3994776A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-11
申请号:EP20743919.1
申请日:2020-06-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: DRADER, Marc A. , LIN, Chin Han , TAN, Fei , LAFLAQUIERE, Arnaud , LYON, Keith , LI, Weiping
IPC: H01S5/026 , H01S5/183 , H01S5/42 , G01S7/4912
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