Quantum cascade laser integrated device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9917420-B2
Application number	US-201715608664-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 30, 2017
Priority date	Jun 2, 2016
Publication date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	Mar 13, 2018

Abstract

A quantum cascade laser integrated device includes: first and second lower semiconductor mesas extending in a direction of a first axis; a covering region disposed on top and side faces of the first and second lower semiconductor mesas, and including first and second upper semiconductor mesas, the first and second upper semiconductor mesas extending in the direction of the first axis on the first and second lower semiconductor mesas, respectively; and first and second electrodes respectively disposed on the upper semiconductor mesas, the first lower semiconductor mesa and the second lower semiconductor mesa each including a quantum cascading core layer, the covering region including a current blocking semiconductor region embedding the first and second lower semiconductor mesas, and a first conductivity-type semiconductor region disposed on the first and second lower semiconductor mesas and the current blocking semiconductor region, and the first conductivity-type semiconductor region including an upper cladding region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A quantum cascade laser integrated device including:
a first lower semiconductor mesa extending in a direction of a first axis;
a second lower semiconductor mesa extending in the direction of the first axis;
a covering region disposed on top and side faces of each of the first lower semiconductor mesa and the second lower semiconductor mesa, the covering region including a first upper semiconductor mesa and a second upper semiconductor mesa extending in the direction of the first axis on the first lower semiconductor mesa and the second lower semiconductor mesa, respectively;
a first electrode disposed on the first upper semiconductor mesa; and
a second electrode disposed on the second upper semiconductor mesa,
the first lower semiconductor mesa and the second lower semiconductor mesa each including a core layer for quantum cascading,
the covering region including a current blocking semiconductor region and a first conductivity-type semiconductor region, the current blocking semiconductor region embedding the first lower semiconductor mesa and the second lower semiconductor mesa, the first conductivity-type semiconductor region being disposed on the first lower semiconductor mesa, the second lower semiconductor mesa and the current blocking semiconductor region,
the first upper semiconductor mesa and the second upper semiconductor mesa being separated from each other, and
the first conductivity-type semiconductor region including an upper cladding region.

2. The quantum cascade laser integrated device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the covering region further includes an insulating layer and a groove, the insulating layer covers sides of the first upper semiconductor mesa and the second upper semiconductor mesa, and the groove has a first side, a second side and a bottom, and
the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on the first side and the second side of the groove, repectively.

3. The quantum cascade laser integrated device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first upper semiconductor mesa and the second upper semiconductor mesa each have a bottom located in the current blocking semiconductor region.

4. The quantum cascade laser integrated device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first upper semiconductor mesa and the second upper semiconductor mesa each have a bottom located in the upper cladding region.

5. The quantum cascade laser integrated device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first upper semiconductor mesa and the second upper semiconductor mesa each have a bottom located at a top of the upper cladding region.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• Yoshinaga Hiroyuki

Classifications

• H01S5/2275

  mesa created by etching · CPC title

• H01S5/3401 Primary

  having no PN junction, e.g. unipolar lasers, intersubband lasers, quantum cascade lasers · CPC title

• H01S5/4087

  emitting more than one wavelength · CPC title

• H01S5/22

  having a ridge or stripe structure · CPC title

• G01N21/39

  using tunable lasers · CPC title