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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2012
Applicants:

Daniel F. Feezell, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Mathew C. Schmidt, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Kwang-choong Kim, Seoul, KR;

Robert M. Farrell, Goleta, CA (US);

Daniel A. Cohen, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

James S. Speck, Goleta, CA (US);

Steven P. Denbaars, Goleta, CA (US);

Shuji Nakamura, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel F. Feezell, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Mathew C. Schmidt, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Kwang-Choong Kim, Seoul, KR;

Robert M. Farrell, Goleta, CA (US);

Daniel A. Cohen, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

James S. Speck, Goleta, CA (US);

Steven P. DenBaars, Goleta, CA (US);

Shuji Nakamura, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 33/32 (2010.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); H01L 33/16 (2010.01); H01L 33/02 (2010.01); H01L 33/06 (2010.01); H01S 5/32 (2006.01); H01S 5/343 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 33/32 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); H01L 33/02 (2013.01); H01L 33/06 (2013.01); H01S 5/3211 (2013.01); H01S 5/34333 (2013.01); H01L 33/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for fabricating AlGaN-cladding-free nonpolar III-nitride based laser diodes or light emitting diodes. Due to the absence of polarization fields in the nonpolar crystal planes, these nonpolar devices have thick quantum wells that function as an optical waveguide to effectively confine the optical mode to the active region and eliminate the need for Al-containing waveguide cladding layers.


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