# US 12,119,615 B1 · Semiconductor lasers with substrate mode suppression layers

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- Number: US 12,119,615 B1
- Document ID: US12119615B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 18/638,654
- Filed: 2024-04-17
- Published: 2024-10-03
- Granted: 2024-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2023-03-29
- Assignees: Anhui Gan Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Anhui Gan Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Shuiqing Li; Hongzhu Kan; Jinjian Zheng; Xinghe Wang; Xin Cai; Wanjun Chen; Jiangyong Zhang; Jun Huang; Zihan Liu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119615B1

## CPC

- H01S 5/0653: {Mode suppression, e.g. specific multimode}
- H01S 5/3063: {using Mg}
- H01S 5/34333: {with a well layer based on Ga(In)N or Ga(In)P, e.g. blue laser}
- H01S 5/34346: {characterised by the materials of the barrier layers}
- H01S 5/183: having only vertical cavities, e.g. vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers [VCSEL]
- Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product
- H01S: DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
- Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

## Abstract

Disclosed is a semiconductor laser with a substrate mode suppression layer, comprising a substrate, a first limiting layer, a first waveguide layer, an active layer, a second waveguide layer, an electron blocking layer, and a second limiting layer sequentially stacked from bottom to top. A Si/C concentration ratio of an element Si to an element C of the substrate mode suppression layer≥that of the first sub-limiting layer≥that of the second sub-limiting layer. An In/Al concentration ratio of an element In to an element Al of the substrate mode suppression layer≥that of the first sub-limiting layer≥that of the second sub-limiting layer. An H/C concentration ratio of an element H to an element C of the substrate mode suppression layer≥that of the second sub-limiting layer≥that of the first sub-limiting layer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A semiconductor laser with a substrate mode suppression layer, comprising a substrate, a first limiting layer, a first waveguide layer, an active layer, a second waveguide layer, an electron blocking layer, and a second limiting layer sequentially stacked from bottom to top, wherein the first limiting layer includes a first sub-limiting layer, the substrate mode suppression layer, and a second sub-limiting layer sequentially stacked from bottom to top;
a Si/C concentration ratio of an element Si to an element C of the substrate mode suppression layer is greater than or equal to a Si/C concentration ratio of an element Si to an element C of the first sub-limiting layer, and the Si/C concentration ratio of the element Si to the element C of the first sub-limiting layer is greater than or equal to a Si/C concentration ratio of an element Si to an element C of the second sub-limiting layer; the Si/C concentration ratio of the element Si to the element C of the substrate mode suppression layer is within a range of 200-8000;
an In/Al concentration ratio of an element In to an element Al of the substrate mode suppression layer is greater than or equal to an In/Al concentration ratio of an element In to an element Al of the first sub-limiting layer, and the In/Al concentration ratio of the element In to the element Al of the first sub-limiting layer is greater than or equal to an In/Al concentration ratio of an element In to an element Al of the second sub-limiting layer; and
an H/C concentration ratio of an element H to an element C of the substrate mode suppression layer is greater than or equal to an H/C concentration ratio of an element H to an element C of the second sub-limiting layer, and the H/C concentration ratio of the element H to the element C of the second sub-limiting layer is greater than or equal to an H/C concentration ratio of an element H to an element C of the first sub-limiting layer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The semiconductor laser of claim 1, wherein at least one substrate mode suppression layer is provided between the first sub-limiting layer and the second sub-limiting layer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The semiconductor laser of claim 1, wherein the Si/C concentration ratio of the element Si to the element C of the first sub-limiting layer is within a range of 80-200.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The semiconductor laser of claim 1, wherein the Si/C concentration ratio of the element Si to the element C of the second sub-limiting layer is within a range of 5-80.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The semiconductor laser of claim 1, wherein a maximum value of a range of the In/Al concentration ratio of the element In to the element Al of the substrate mode suppression layer is more than 105 times a minimum value of a range of the In/Al concentration ratio of the element In to the element Al of the first sub-limiting layer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The semiconductor laser of claim 1, wherein a maximum value of a range of the In/Al concentration ratio of the element In to the element Al of the substrate mode suppression layer is more than 105 times a minimum value of a range of the In/Al concentration ratio of the element In to the element Al of the second sub-limiting layer.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The semiconductor laser of claim 1, wherein a material of the first sub-limiting layer and a material of the second sub-limiting layer include AlGaN, and a thickness of the first sub-limiting layer and a thickness of the second sub-limiting layer are within a range of 10-90000 Å; and a material of the substrate mode suppression layer includes any one of AllnGaN, InGaN, AllnN, and AlGaN, or any combination thereof, and a thickness of the substrate mode suppression layer is within a range of 10-90000 Å.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The semiconductor laser of claim 1, wherein the active layer includes a periodic structure consisting of well layers and barrier layers, and a period m of the periodic structure is within a range of 1≤m≤3; a material of each of the well layers of the active layer includes any one of GaN, InGaN, InN, AllnN, AllnGaN, and AlGaN, or any combination thereof, and a thickness p of each of the well layers of the active layer is within a range of 5≤p≤100 Å; a material of each of the barrier layers of the active layer includes any one of GaN, InGaN, InN, AllnN, AllnGaN, and AlN, or any combination thereof, and a thickness q of each of the barrier layers of the active layer is within a range of 10≤q≤200 Å; a thickness x of the first waveguide layer is within a range of 10≤x≤9000 Å; a thickness y of the second waveguide layer is within a range of 10≤y≤9000 Å; a thickness I of the second limiting layer is within a range of 10≤1≤80000 Å; and a thickness n of the electron blocking layer is within a range of 10≤n≤80000 Å.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The semiconductor laser of claim 1, wherein a material of the first waveguide layer, a material of the second waveguide layer, a material of the electron blocking layer, and a material of the second limiting layer include any one of GaN, AlGaN, InGaN, AllnGaN, AlN, InN, AllnN, SiC, Ga2O3, BN, GaAs, GaP, InP, AlGaAs, AllnGaAs, AlGalnP, InGaAs, AllnAs, AllnP, AlGaP, and InGaP, or any combination thereof; and a material of the substrate includes any one of a sapphire, Si, Ge, SiC, AlN, GaN, GaAs, InP, a sapphire/SiO2 composite substrate, a sapphire/AlN composite substrate, sapphire/SiNx, magnesium aluminum spinel MgAl2O4, MgO, ZnO, ZrB2, LiAlO2, and a LiGaO2 composite substrate, or any combination thereof.