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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1998
Satoru Kijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Okuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An n-type cladding layer, the first guiding layer, an active layer, the second guiding layer, a p-type cladding layer, a backing layer, a contact layer, a superlattice layer and a cap layer are stacked in this order on an n-type substrate. The cap layer comprises p-type ZnTe and has a thickness of less than 10 nm. The contact layer is comprised of p-type ZnSe and the concentration of nitrogen added to the contact layer is in the range of 1 to 2×10,cm,. The backing layer comprises p-type ZnSSe mixed crystal and the concentration of nitrogen added to the backing layer is higher than that of the contact layer, in the range of 1 to 3×10,cm,. Before the corresponding Group II-VI compound semiconductor layers are grown by the MBE method, the temperature of cells is once increased. The operating voltage of the semiconductor light emitting device can be lowered by increasing the carrier concentrations of the Group II-VI compound semiconductor layers between the p-side electrode and the p-type cladding layer.