Optical device with low electrical and thermal resistance bragg

Details Optical device with low electrical and thermal resistance bragg Optical device with low electrical and thermal resistance bragg

1995-04-07

1996-10-22

Davie, James W.

Coherent light generators

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Semiconductor

257 21, 257 97, 257 98, 372 96, 372 99, H01S 319

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055684998

ABSTRACT:
A compound-semiconductor optical device and method. The optical device is provided with one or more asymmetrically-graded heterojunctions between compound semiconductor layers for forming a distributed Bragg reflector mirror having an improved electrical and thermal resistance. Efficient light-emitting devices such as light-emitting diodes, resonant-cavity light-emitting diodes, and vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers may be formed according to the present invention, which may be applied to the formation of resonant-cavity photodetectors.

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