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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2011
Andrew Felker, Livermore, CA (US);
Nicholas A. Vickers, Hayward, CA (US);
Rafael Aldaz, Pleasanton, CA (US);
David Press, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas J. Pfister, Goleta, CA (US);
James W. Raring, Goleta, CA (US);
Mathew C. Schmidt, Goleta, CA (US);
Kenneth John Thomson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew Felker, Livermore, CA (US);
Nicholas A. Vickers, Hayward, CA (US);
Rafael Aldaz, Pleasanton, CA (US);
David Press, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas J. Pfister, Goleta, CA (US);
James W. Raring, Goleta, CA (US);
Mathew C. Schmidt, Goleta, CA (US);
Kenneth John Thomson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Soraa Laser Diode, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for forming optical devices includes providing a gallium nitride substrate having a crystalline surface region and a backside region. The backside is subjected to a laser scribing process to form scribe regions. Metal contacts overly the scribe regions.