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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2006
Yoshikatsu Morishima, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Yoshikatsu Morishima, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a superluminescent diode capable of emitting high output super luminescent light having a central wavelength within a range of 0.95 μm to 1.2 μm and an undistorted beam cross section, having a long element life. The super luminescent diode is constituted by: an n-type GaAs substrate; an optical waveguide path constituted by an InGaAs active layer that emits light having a central wavelength within a range of 0.95 μm to 1.2 μm, formed on the GaAs substrate; and a window region layer having a greater energy gap and a smaller refractive index than the active layer, constituted by p-type GaAs that lattice matches with the GaAs substrate, provided at a rear emitting facet of the optical waveguide path. The p-type GaAs window region layer has a favorable crystal membrane with the InGaAs active layer that emits light having the central wavelength within the range of 0.95 μm to 1.2 μm, which does not deteriorate.