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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1998
Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Kashihara, JP;
Masaki Tatsumi, Tenri, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A light-emitting device includes a first guide layer; a second guide layer; and an active layer interposed between the first guide layer and the second guide layer. The active layer has a multiple quantum well structure including a plurality of quantum well layers and a quantum barrier layer interposed between the adjacent quantum well layers. The first guide layer and the second guide layer are disposed to be adjacent to the quantum well layers. The first guide layer and the second guide layer have a forbidden band width which is larger than a forbidden band width of the quantum well layers. The forbidden band width of at least one of the first guide layer and the second guide layer is smaller than a forbidden band width of the quantum barrier layer.