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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2013
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Sasaki, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
To suppress or prevent erosion (decrease in film thickness), water absorption, or cracking of a DBR film surface in washing or etching treatment in a downstream process. The DBR film structure of a DBR filmD includes a pair of or a plurality of pairs of a deposited SiOfilm and a deposited TiOfilm. Such a top layer of DBR film structures has hitherto been a deposited SiOfilm that provides high reflectance. In order to prevent erosion while maintaining high reflectance, the top layer herein is a high-refractive-index thin film (for example, a deposited TiOfilm) having a thickness in the range of 1 to 13 nm, and a tapered DBR end portion (a slope having a taper angle in the range of 15 to 45 degrees) is formed by vapor deposition in a lift-off process. The high-refractive-index thin film is overlaid with a reflective metal filmD serving as a first layer.