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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1993
Masao Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshino Iochi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Miyajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Masafumi Ozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiro Akimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Ishibash, Kanagawa, JP;
Futoshi Hiei, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor laser capable of emitting blue or green light is disclosed. The semiconductor laser comprises an n-type ZnMgSSe cladding layer, an active layer, a p-type ZnMgSSe cladding layer, a p-type ZnSe contact layer and a p-type ZnTe contact layer which are stacked in this sequence on an n-type GaAs substrate. A p-side electrode is provided on the p-type ZnTe contact layer. An n-side electrode is provided on the back surface of the n-type GaAs substrate. A multiquantum well layer comprising quantum wells made of p-type ZnTe and barriers made of p-type ZnSe is provided in the depletion layer produced in the p-type ZnSe contact layer along the junction interface between the p-type ZnSe contact layer and the p-type ZnTe contact layer. Holes injected from the p-side electrode pass through the junction by the resonant tunneling effect through quantum levels formed in the quantum wells of the multiquantum well layer.