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TWI303505B
TWI303505B TW95119529A TW95119529A TWI303505B TW I303505 B TWI303505 B TW I303505B TW 95119529 A TW95119529 A TW 95119529A TW 95119529 A TW95119529 A TW 95119529A TW I303505 B TWI303505 B TW I303505B
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AOC-06-09-TW 1303505 九、發明說明: 【發明所屬之技術領域】 本發明係有關一種穩定極化的垂直腔面射型雷射,尤指 一種在第二鏡面結構上,加入一個雜質誘發混亂層所形成之 非對稱發光窗口,來達到破壞雷射共振腔之兩軸向的對稱性, 進而控制極化(Polarization-lock)。 【先前技術】 按,第一圖所示係習用一種典型之垂直腔面射塑雷射 (VCSEL)之截面剖示圖,該VCSEL(IO)主要包括有:一 n-摻雜 之砷化鎵(GaAs)基材(11),一 η-摻雜之第一鏡面結構(12)係 形成在GaAs基材(11)上;一下彼覆層(13)係沈積在該第一鏡 面結構(12)上;一主動層(14)係形成在下披覆層(13)上;一上 彼覆層(15)係形成在主動層(14)上;一第二鏡面結構(16)係 形成在上彼覆層(15)上,該第二鏡面結構(16)上形成一 p型 電極(17),而基材(11)底面則形成一 η型電極(18)。 仍請參閱第一圖所示,該下彼覆層(13)與上披覆層(15) 使該第一及第二鏡面結構(12)、(16)分開,因此形成光腔。當 光腔在特定波長共振時,會控制鏡面分離,使其在預定波長 下共振,至少部分之第二鏡面結構(16)包含提供電流侷限區 (19),侷限區(19)通常藉由將質子佈植在第二鏡面結構(16) 中而形成,或藉由氧化物層而形成,或是電流侷限區(19)界定 出導電環狀中心開口(D),因此中心開口(D)形成通過電流通 過電流侷限區(19)至主動層(14)之導電路徑。操作時,外加偏 麼使電流(20)由Ρ型電極(17)流向η型電極(18),電流侷限區 -5-AOC-06-09-TW 1303505 IX. Description of the invention: [Technical field of the invention] The present invention relates to a vertically polarized vertical cavity surface type laser, in particular to an impurity added to a second mirror structure. The asymmetric illuminating window formed by the chaotic layer is induced to achieve the symmetry of destroying the two axial directions of the laser cavity, thereby controlling the polarization (locking-lock). [Prior Art] According to the first figure, a cross-sectional view of a typical vertical cavity surface-projected laser (VCSEL) is used. The VCSEL (IO) mainly includes: an n-doped gallium arsenide. a (GaAs) substrate (11), an η-doped first mirror structure (12) is formed on the GaAs substrate (11); and a lower cladding layer (13) is deposited on the first mirror structure (12) Upper; an active layer (14) is formed on the lower cladding layer (13); an upper cladding layer (15) is formed on the active layer (14); a second mirror structure (16) is formed on the upper layer On the cladding layer (15), a p-type electrode (17) is formed on the second mirror structure (16), and an n-type electrode (18) is formed on the bottom surface of the substrate (11). Still referring to the first figure, the lower cladding layer (13) and the upper cladding layer (15) separate the first and second mirror structures (12), (16), thereby forming an optical cavity. When the cavity resonates at a particular wavelength, it controls the specular separation to resonate at a predetermined wavelength, at least a portion of the second mirror structure (16) includes a current confinement region (19), and the confinement region (19) is typically The proton is formed in the second mirror structure (16), or formed by an oxide layer, or the current confinement region (19) defines a conductive annular central opening (D), so the central opening (D) is formed The current path through the current confinement region (19) to the active layer (14). During operation, the external bias causes the current (20) to flow from the Ρ-type electrode (17) to the η-type electrode (18), and the current confinement region -5-

1303505 AOC-06-09-TW (19)限制該電流,形成電流(20)之部分電子在主動層(i 4)中 轉化成光子。此等光子束在第一鏡面結構(12)及第二鏡面結 構(16)間來回(共振),部分光子以光(2丨)通過p型電極(17)之 穿孔(d)而離開垂直腔面射型雷射(1〇)表面。然查,一般垂直 腔面射型雷射在製程上都是使用圓形或方形的形狀,因此形 成兩晶軸的對稱,以致造成極化特性的不穩定,為其缺失。 次按,垂直腔面射型雷射由於具有低臨界電流(Low Threshold Current)、光束成圓對稱、發散角小、適合作二維 陣列、製作容易等優點,近年來已經成為受矚目的光源。現 有的面射型雷射已經成功的應用在光通訊的收發模組 (transceiver),但是在光通訊上的應用主要是用多模態 (multiple mode)面射型雷射,在300-500公尺的短距離傳輸; 而單橫模腔面射型雷射(Single Transverse Mode VCSEL),除 了可以應用在短程的光通訊系統中之外,更可用在光儲存, 雷射印刷和光電滑鼠等内部的傳感器上。但是在這些應用 上,為盤體(disc)或者鼓體(drum)提供電射功率的光學元件 有一定程度的極化敏感性(polarization sensitivity)。當該光 線的極化(或稱偏振)飄移(drift)時,該飄移將被轉變成有害 的輸出功率波動。基於上述原因,這種應用中的光源必須具 有穩定的固定極化,同時,對於生產出的每一個雷射,該極化 的方向必須相同。 然而,相對於入射的電流和操作溫度,該類型的極化是 不穩定的。兩種退化的直角極化狀態和基本的模式一起經 常在臨近區域附近和臨界點之上被觀察到。隨著入射電流 的增加,將傾向於射出一種和基本的極化相垂直,帶有極化1303505 AOC-06-09-TW (19) Limit this current, and part of the electrons forming the current (20) are converted into photons in the active layer (i 4). The photon beams are back and forth (resonant) between the first mirror structure (12) and the second mirror structure (16), and some of the photons exit the vertical cavity with light (2丨) through the perforations (d) of the p-type electrode (17). Surface-emitting laser (1 〇) surface. However, in general, vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers use a circular or square shape in the process, thus forming a symmetry of the two crystal axes, resulting in instability of polarization characteristics, which is missing. Sub-press, vertical cavity surface type laser has become a high-profile light source in recent years due to its low critical current (Low Threshold Current), rounded symmetry of the beam, small divergence angle, suitable for two-dimensional array, and easy fabrication. The existing surface-emitting laser has been successfully applied to the transceiver of optical communication, but the application in optical communication mainly uses multi-mode surface-emitting lasers at 300-500 metric meters. Short-distance transmission of the ruler; Single Transverse Mode VCSEL, in addition to being used in short-range optical communication systems, can be used for optical storage, laser printing, and optical mouse. On the internal sensor. However, in these applications, optical components that provide electrical power for a disc or drum have a degree of polarization sensitivity. When the polarization (or polarization) of the light is drifted, the drift will be converted into unwanted output power fluctuations. For the above reasons, the light source in this application must have a stable fixed polarization, and the polarization must be the same for each laser produced. However, this type of polarization is unstable relative to the incident current and operating temperature. The two degenerate right-angle polarization states, together with the basic modes, are often observed near the vicinity and above the critical point. As the incident current increases, it will tend to emit a polarization perpendicular to the fundamental polarization.

1303505 AOC-06-09-TW 的一種更兩級模式的橫模。由於缺乏對極化狀態的選擇,隨 著電流的增加,將出現不穩定的極化接通,其導致過多的雜 訊並增加位元的錯誤,因此,在寬廣的電流範圍内穩定的極 化對低雜訊的應用非常必要。 對於單模態垂直腔面射型雷射極化特性的控制,目前已 經進行了若干的嘗試。在美國專利No.5995531中,使用垂直 腔面射型雷射組成材料的原子,分子或者電子結構中的各向 異性,通過各向異性的結構配置,產生各向異性的特性,提供 垂直腔面射型雷射特性處理的偏置排列,或者在垂直腔面射 型y射内部形成各向異性的結構,從而對射出的光束的極化 進行控制。在於1999年11月30日授予Gaw et al的美國專 利No.5995531中也透露了使用橢圓形的,頂部區域互相交 叉的鏡子來形成一種突起,該突起被蝕刻入一離子植入區域 以形成一種拉長的形狀,極化的光線從該元件中射出。眾所 周知,在先前的設計類型中,通過在尾部射出的雷射上使用 矩形的空氣加速結構,不對稱的氧化物小孔和一個橢圓孔對 極化進行控制。在於2000年11月28日授予Y〇shikawa的 美國專利No.599553 1中透露的垂直腔面射型雷射,通過對 頂部鏡子的交叉區域尺寸進行限制對極化方向進行控制,使 得鏡子提供的光波引導中只有一種單基本橫模。研製一種 不圓的或者橢圓型的元件對極化進行控制。 上述到的所有元件都透過底層進行餘刻,導致這些元 件表面被破壞,並非平面製程。這在很大程度上增加了加工 的複雜程度並影響元件的散熱性能。如果在一塊非單片電 路的元件上的安裝的部件上加上一個外部的應力,將導致不 -7-1303505 AOC-06-09-TW A transverse mode of a more two-stage mode. Due to the lack of choice of polarization state, as the current increases, unstable polarization turns on, which leads to excessive noise and increases bit error, thus stable polarization over a wide current range. It is necessary for the application of low noise. Several attempts have been made to control the polarization characteristics of single-mode vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers. In U.S. Patent No. 5,995,531, the vertical cavity surface type laser is used to form an anisotropic atom, molecular or electronic structure, and anisotropic structural configuration produces anisotropic properties, providing a vertical cavity surface. The offset arrangement of the laser-type characteristic processing, or the formation of an anisotropic structure inside the vertical cavity surface y-ray, controls the polarization of the emitted beam. U.S. Patent No. 5,995,531, issued to Gaw et al., issued Nov. 30, 1999, also discloses the use of elliptical, top-crossing mirrors to form a protrusion that is etched into an ion implantation region to form a In the elongated shape, polarized light is emitted from the element. It is well known that in previous design types, a rectangular air-accelerated structure was used on the laser exiting the tail, and asymmetric oxide holes and an elliptical hole were used to control the polarization. The vertical cavity surface-emitting laser disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 599,553, issued to U.S. Patent No. 599,553, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by There is only one single basic transverse mode in the light wave guidance. Develop a non-circular or elliptical component to control polarization. All of the above-mentioned components are left through the underlying layer, causing the surface of these components to be destroyed, not a planar process. This greatly increases the complexity of the process and affects the thermal performance of the component. If an external stress is applied to a mounted component on a component other than a monolithic circuit, it will result in no -7-

1303505 AOC-06-09-TW 統一性和可靠性的問題。 【發明内容】 +本發明纟要目的,其係提供—種穩定極化的垂直腔面射 ’雷射.,其利用雜質誘發混亂層(Impurity_induced • is曰ordermg Layer)所形成的非對稱發光窗口來改變雷射兩 _ :軸方向光知失的差異性,進而控制極化特性,因 為此方 〉疋平面製程,因此具有製程容易,均句性高,良率高,和散熱 性佳等優點。 φ 為達上述目的,本發明所採取之技術手段包含: a) ·提供一基材,其底面形成一第一型電極; b) .在该基材上表面形成一第一鏡面結構; c) .在该第一鏡面結構上形成一下披覆層; 句·在該下披覆層上形成一主動層(Active Layer); e).在該主動層上形成一上披覆層; 0·在該上披覆層上形成一第二鏡面結構,並在此一結構 中形成電流侷限區; g) ·在該第二鏡面結構上表面形成一第二型電極,且該 第二電極包含形成供雷射光射出之穿孔;以及 h) ·在該第二鏡面結構上,加入一個雜質誘發混亂層所 形成之非對稱發光窗口,來達到破壞雷射共振腔之兩軸向的 對稱性,進而控制極化者。 依據前揭特徵,本發明進一步引入Zn擴散製程來定義 一種在垂直腔面射型雷射結構中的矩形光學小孔和一種由 離子佈植流程定義的,各向同性的主動層(Is〇tr〇pic Active Layer)。大小比率小於6um:4um的該製造的單模元件可以 -8-1303505 AOC-06-09-TW The issue of uniformity and reliability. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A main object of the present invention is to provide a stable polarization vertical cavity surface projection 'laser.', which utilizes an asymmetric illumination window formed by an impurity-induced disorder layer (Impurity_induced • is曰ordermg Layer) To change the difference between the two lasers _: the optical direction of the axis, and then control the polarization characteristics, because this side> 疋 planar process, therefore has the advantages of easy process, high uniformity, high yield, and good heat dissipation. . For the above purposes, the technical means adopted by the present invention comprises: a) providing a substrate having a first electrode formed on the bottom surface thereof; b) forming a first mirror structure on the upper surface of the substrate; c) Forming a lower cladding layer on the first mirror structure; a sentence forming an active layer on the lower cladding layer; e) forming an upper cladding layer on the active layer; Forming a second mirror structure on the upper cladding layer, and forming a current confinement region in the structure; g) forming a second type electrode on the upper surface of the second mirror structure, and the second electrode is formed to be formed a perforation of the laser light; and h) - adding an impurity-induced asymmetric illuminating window formed by the chaotic layer on the second mirror structure to achieve symmetry of the two axial directions of the laser cavity, thereby controlling the pole The person. According to the foregoing features, the present invention further introduces a Zn diffusion process to define a rectangular optical aperture in a vertical cavity surface-emitting laser structure and an isotropic active layer defined by an ion implantation process (Is〇tr 〇pic Active Layer). The manufactured single-mode component with a size ratio of less than 6um: 4um can be -8-

AOC-06-09-TW 1303505 沿者小孔的長邊方向高度穩定的被極化,消失比大於 15db。本發明中所涉及的結構係提供了一種離散(Discrete) 和OEIC’s應用中合適的光源的靈活製造方法。 【實施方式】 首先,請參閱第二、三圖所示,其係本發明較佳實施例的 面射型雷射的截面剖示圖,其相同於第一圖習用面射型雷射 (10)之結構者,以相同圖號表示,由第二、三圖中顯示本發明 面射型雷射(100)其製程及主要結構包含下列步驟: a) .提供一基材(11),其可為η-摻雜之砷化鎵(GaAs)或磷 ® 化銦(InP),但不限定於此,其底面形成一第一型電極(18),例 如為η型電極; b) .在該基材(11)上形成一第一鏡面結構(12),其可由分 散式布拉格反射鏡(DBR)依需求堆疊所構成,主要是由 GaAs/AlAs,InGaAsP/InP等許多對不同成分的交替晶層所 組成,每個交替晶層是四分之一雷射波長厚度,而且交替晶 層的對數必須設計足夠多,以產生足夠之反射率; c) .在該第一鏡面結構(12)上形成一下彼覆層(13); • d).在該下披覆層(13)上形成一主動層(14),其可為單一 晶層或多重量子井結構的發光活性層; e) ·在該主動層(14)上形成一上披覆層(15); f) .在該上彼覆層(15)上形成一第二鏡面結構(16),其可 由DBR所組成,並在此一結構中形成電流侷限區(19);該電 流侷限區(19)包含以離子佈植及水氣氧化法其中任一所製 成,其中該離子佈植之離子包含H+、He+及Ο。 g) .在該第二鏡面結構(16)上表面形成一第二型電極 -9-AOC-06-09-TW 1303505 The long side of the hole is highly stable and polarized, and the disappearance ratio is greater than 15db. The structure involved in the present invention provides a flexible manufacturing method for a suitable light source in Discrete and OEIC's applications. [Embodiment] First, please refer to the second and third figures, which are cross-sectional views of a surface-emitting laser according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which is the same as the first-image surface-emitting laser (10). The structure of the structure is indicated by the same figure. The surface type laser (100) of the present invention is shown in the second and third figures. The process and main structure thereof comprise the following steps: a) providing a substrate (11), It may be η-doped gallium arsenide (GaAs) or phosphorus indium (InP), but is not limited thereto, and a bottom surface of the first type electrode (18) is formed, for example, an n-type electrode; b) A first mirror structure (12) is formed on the substrate (11), which can be formed by a distributed Bragg mirror (DBR) stacked on demand, mainly by GaAs/AlAs, InGaAsP/InP and the like, alternating with different components. The crystal layer is composed, each alternating crystal layer is one quarter laser wavelength thickness, and the logarithm of the alternating crystal layer must be designed enough to generate sufficient reflectivity; c). In the first mirror structure (12) Forming a top layer (13) thereon; • d) forming an active layer (14) on the lower cladding layer (13), which may be a single a luminescent active layer of a crystalline layer or a multiple quantum well structure; e) forming an upper cladding layer (15) on the active layer (14); f) forming a second layer on the upper cladding layer (15) a mirror structure (16), which may be composed of a DBR, and in which a current confinement region (19) is formed; the current confinement region (19) is formed by any one of ion implantation and water vapor oxidation. The ion implanted ions include H+, He+ and strontium. g) forming a second type electrode on the upper surface of the second mirror structure (16) -9-

AOC-06-09-TW AOC-06-09-TW1303505 (17),例如為p型電極,且該第二電極(17)包含形成供雷射光 射出之穿孔(d)。 至此,一典型之面射型雷射大致完成,惟此係一般習知 技術(Prior Art),非本發明之主要專利標的,故其細部製程及 材料,容不贅述。 而,本發明之主要特徵,係在該第二鏡面結構(16)上,加 入一個雜質誘發混亂層(Impurity-induced Disordering Layer)(30)所形成的非對稱發光窗口(3 1),來改變雷射兩個 晶軸方向光損失的差異性,進而控制極化特性。第二圖所示 係該非對稱發光窗口(31)之短邊(A),而第三圖所示,係該非 對稱發光窗口(31)之長邊(B);至於該非對稱窗口(31)之實施 樣態,揭示於第六圖〜第八圖中,容後再述。 請參閱第四、五圖所示,其分別顯示本發明實驗之結果, 即反射率隨辞(Ζ η)擴散深度所造成影響之曲線圖,及臨界增 益隨鋅擴散所造成影響之曲線圖。如第四圖所示,當鋅隨時 間增長深入雷射結構,會破壞鏡面結構,造成反射率下降,導 致雷射共振腔的臨界增益(Threshold)增加;如第五圖所示, 當Zn diffsuion的深度到0.5um時,其臨界增益是未經過Zn diffsuion的四倍,因此能有效的增加共振腔的臨界增益,所 以可以輕易的藉由製程參數的設計來控制極化。 前述雜質誘發混亂層(30)中之雜質包括原子及化合物 其中任一所構成。其中該原子包括鋅(Zn)、鎂(Mg)、鈹(Be)、 1¾ (Sr)、鋇(Ba)、石夕(Si)及鍺(Ge)。又該化合物包括氧化辞 (ZnO)及珅化辞(Zn3As2)。 又,前揭形成之非對稱發光窗口(31)不限定以雜質誘發 -10-AOC-06-09-TW AOC-06-09-TW1303505 (17), for example, a p-type electrode, and the second electrode (17) includes a perforation (d) for emitting laser light. At this point, a typical surface-emitting laser is roughly completed, but this is a general art (Prior Art), which is not the main patent of the present invention, so its detailed process and materials are not described. However, the main feature of the present invention is to add an asymmetric illuminating window (31) formed by an Impurity-induced Disordering Layer (30) on the second mirror structure (16) to change The difference in light loss between the two crystal axes in the laser, and thus the polarization characteristics. The second figure shows the short side (A) of the asymmetric illuminating window (31), and the third figure shows the long side (B) of the asymmetric illuminating window (31); as for the asymmetric window (31) The implementation mode is disclosed in the sixth to eighth figures, and will be described later. Please refer to the fourth and fifth figures, which respectively show the results of the experiment of the present invention, that is, the graph of the influence of the reflectance on the diffusion depth of the 辞 (Ζη), and the graph of the influence of the critical gain on the diffusion of zinc. As shown in the fourth figure, when zinc grows deep into the laser structure over time, the specular structure is destroyed, causing the reflectivity to decrease, resulting in an increase in the critical gain (Threshold) of the laser cavity; as shown in the fifth figure, when Zn diffsuion When the depth is 0.5um, the critical gain is four times that of the Zn diffsuion, so the critical gain of the cavity can be effectively increased, so the polarization can be easily controlled by the design of the process parameters. The impurities in the impurity-inducing disorder layer (30) include any of an atom and a compound. Wherein the atom includes zinc (Zn), magnesium (Mg), beryllium (Be), 13⁄4 (Sr), barium (Ba), lithium (Si), and germanium (Ge). Further, the compound includes oxidized (ZnO) and bismuth (Zn3As2). Moreover, the asymmetric light-emitting window (31) formed before is not limited to be induced by impurities. -10-

1303505 AOC-06-09-TW 混礼層來形成,其亦可包括採用外部植人高濃度的雜質所製 成。 請參閱第六圖⑷、(b)所示,其係揭示本發明固定離子佈 植之電流侷限區(19)的中心開口(D)為圓形,或是為方形(圖 未示),而改變雜質誘發混亂層(3G)所形成的非料光窗口 (31)為第六圖⑷所示之長方形,或是第六圖⑻所示之擴圓形 如對妝第一、二圖所示,可以清楚得知,表示該非對稱窗 口(31)之短邊,而(B)表示其長邊。 同理,該離子佈植的形狀和雜質誘發混亂層所形成的非 對稱發光窗口(3 1)的形狀可均為第七圖⑷所示之長方形,或 第七圖(b)所示之橢圓形。藉此,破壞雷射共振腔中兩晶軸的 對稱性,進而控制極化。 第八圖(a)、(b)所示,則是本發明另一實施例,其是在兩 晶軸的任一方向,在雷射共振腔上加入兩個平行的雜質誘發 混亂區所形成之發光窗口(3丨),藉此破壞雷射共振腔中兩晶 軸的對稱性,進而控制極化。而以上第六圖(a)、(b)〜第八圖 (a)、(b)所示都是利用離子佈植所形成之電流侷限區(I”及 其中心開口(D),因此是屬平面製程,具有大量生產和均勻性 佳的優點。 而,以上的方法也可擴大到oxide_confined VCSEL,如第 九圖所示,其相同於前揭實施例構造者以相同符號表示,其 差異處僅在於該電流侷限區(19,)不是以離子佈植所形成,而 疋以氧化區(oxidation Region)所形成之電流絕緣區。此_型 態之面射型雷射(1〇1)亦可適用於前揭利用雜質誘發混亂層 所形成之非對稱發光窗口(31),以控制極化者。 -11 -1303505 AOC-06-09-TW The formation of a mixed layer, which may also include the use of externally implanted high concentrations of impurities. Please refer to the sixth figure (4), (b), which discloses that the central opening (D) of the current limited region (19) of the fixed ion implantation of the present invention is circular or square (not shown), and The non-material light window (31) formed by changing the impurity-induced chaotic layer (3G) is a rectangle shown in the sixth figure (4), or the round shape shown in the sixth figure (8) is as shown in the first and second figures of the makeup. It can be clearly seen that the short side of the asymmetric window (31) is indicated, and (B) is the long side thereof. Similarly, the shape of the ion implant and the shape of the asymmetric illuminating window (31) formed by the impurity-induced chaotic layer may be the rectangle shown in the seventh figure (4) or the ellipse shown in the seventh figure (b). shape. Thereby, the symmetry of the two crystal axes in the laser cavity is destroyed, thereby controlling the polarization. 8(a) and (b) are another embodiment of the present invention, which is formed by adding two parallel impurities to the chaotic region in either direction of the two crystal axes. The illuminating window (3 丨), thereby destroying the symmetry of the two crystal axes in the laser cavity, thereby controlling the polarization. The sixth (a), (b) to the eighth (a) and (b) of the above figure are the current confinement region (I" formed by ion implantation and its central opening (D), so It is a planar process, which has the advantages of mass production and good uniformity. However, the above method can also be extended to the oxide_confined VCSEL, as shown in the ninth figure, which is the same as the constructor of the previous embodiment, and the difference is Only the current confinement zone (19,) is not formed by ion implantation, but is formed by an oxidation zone formed by an oxidation region. This type of surface-emitting laser (1〇1) is also It can be applied to the asymmetric illuminating window (31) formed by the impurity-induced chaotic layer to control the polarizer. -11 -

AOC-06-09-TW AOC-06-09-TW1303505 是以,本發明中揭示一種製造單橫膜腔面射型雷射中對 極化狀態進行控制的簡單方法,其使用一種帶有雜質擴散幾 何結構植入的單橫膜VCSEL來控制極化方向,本發明利用 加入一個雜質誘發混亂層(Impurity-induced Disordering Layer)所形成的非對稱發光窗口,此非對稱性窗口會對雷射 共振腔的兩個晶軸方向產生不同程度的光損失(optical loss),再加上在(001)基板上所磊晶的面射型雷射結構在兩 個晶軸上些微的材料增益(material gain),如此可以加大兩個 晶軸上的光損失的差異性,因此可產生穩定極化操作的單模 態垂直腔面射型雷射。 综上所述,本發明所揭示之技術手段,確具「新穎性」、 「進步性」及「可供產業利用」等發明專利要件,祈請 鈞 局惠賜專利,以勵發明,無任德感。 惟,上述所揭露之圖式、說明,僅為本發明之較佳實施例, 大凡熟悉此項技藝人士,依本案精神範疇所作之修飾或等效 變化,仍應包括本案申請專利範圍内。AOC-06-09-TW AOC-06-09-TW1303505 Therefore, the present invention discloses a simple method for controlling the polarization state in a single-transverse cavity surface-emitting laser, which uses a diffusion with impurities. A single-transparent VCSEL implanted in a geometric structure controls the direction of polarization. The present invention utilizes an asymmetric illumination window formed by the addition of an Impurity-induced Disordering Layer, which is a laser cavity. The two crystal axis directions produce different degrees of optical loss, plus the material gain of the epitaxial laser structure epitaxial on the (001) substrate on the two crystal axes. In this way, the difference in light loss between the two crystal axes can be increased, so that a single-mode vertical cavity surface-emitting laser with stable polarization operation can be produced. In summary, the technical means disclosed in the present invention have the invention patents such as "novelty", "progressiveness" and "available for industrial use", and pray for the patent to be invented by the bureau. German sense. However, the drawings and descriptions disclosed above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art will be able to include modifications or equivalent changes in the spirit of the present invention.

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AOC-06-09-TW 1303505 【圖式簡單說明】 第一圖係習用一種垂直腔面射型雷射(VCSEL)之剖示圖。 第二圖係本發明VCSEL之剖示圖,用以顯示非對稱發 光窗口之短邊(A)。 第三圖係本發明VCSEL之剖示圖,用以顯示非對稱發 光窗口之長邊(B)。 ~ 第四圖係顯示反射率隨鋅擴散深度所造成影響之曲線圖。 第五圖係顯示臨界增益隨鋅擴散所造成影響之曲線圖。 第六圖(a)、(b)係顯示非對稱發光窗口之一種形狀示意圖。 • 第七圖(a)、(b)係顯示非對稱發光窗口之另一種形狀 示意圖。 第八圖(a)、(b)係顯示非對稱發光窗口之又一種形狀 示意圖。 第九圖係本發明另一可行實施例之VCSEL剖示圖。 【主要元件符號說明】 (11) 基材 (12) 第一鏡面結構 ® (13)下彼覆層 (14) 主動層 (15) 上彼覆層 (16) 第二鏡面結構 (17) 第二電極 < (18)第一電極 (19)、(19’)電流侷限區 (2 0)電流 -13-AOC-06-09-TW 1303505 [Simple description of the diagram] The first figure is a cross-sectional view of a vertical cavity surface type laser (VCSEL). The second figure is a cross-sectional view of the VCSEL of the present invention for displaying the short side (A) of the asymmetric light-emitting window. The third figure is a cross-sectional view of the VCSEL of the present invention for displaying the long side (B) of the asymmetric light-emitting window. ~ The fourth graph shows the effect of reflectivity as a function of zinc diffusion depth. The fifth graph shows a plot of the critical gain as a function of zinc diffusion. The sixth figure (a) and (b) show a schematic view of a shape of an asymmetric illuminating window. • Figure 7 (a) and (b) show another shape of the asymmetric illuminating window. The eighth figure (a) and (b) show still another shape of the asymmetric illuminating window. Figure 9 is a cross-sectional view of a VCSEL of another possible embodiment of the present invention. [Main component symbol description] (11) Substrate (12) First mirror structure® (13) Lower cladding (14) Active layer (15) Upper cladding (16) Second mirror structure (17) Second Electrode < (18) First electrode (19), (19') current limited region (20) current-13-

AOC-06-09-TW AOC-06-09-TW1303505 (21)光 (30) 雜質誘發混亂區 (31) 非對稱發光窗口 (D)中心開口 (A) 短邊 (B) 長邊 (d)穿孔 (100)、(101)面射型雷射AOC-06-09-TW AOC-06-09-TW1303505 (21) Light (30) Impurity-induced chaotic area (31) Asymmetric light-emitting window (D) Center opening (A) Short side (B) Long side (d) Perforated (100), (101) surface-emitting laser

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1303505 AOC-06-09-TW 十、申請專利範圍: 1·一種穩定極化的垂直腔面射型雷射之製法发+ 驟包含有: …、乂 a) ·提供一基材,其底面形成一第一型電極; b) .在該基材上表面形成一第一鏡面結構; c) ·在該第一鏡面結構上形成一下披覆層; d) ·在該下彼覆層上形成一主動層(Active e) .在該主動層上形成一上彼覆層; 0·在该上披覆層上形成一第二鏡面結構,並在此一結構 中形成電流侷限區; g)·在該第二鏡面結構上表面形成一第二型電極,且該 第二電極包含形成供雷射光射出之開孔;以及 ,h)·在该第二鏡面結構上,加入一個雜質誘發混亂層所 成之非對稱發光自口,來達到破壞雷射共振腔之兩軸向的 對稱性,進而控制極化者。 2 如申叫專利範圍第1項所述之穩定極化的垂直腔 面射型雷射之製法,其中,該雜質包括原子及化合物其中任 一所構成。 3 ·如申請專利範圍第2項所述之穩定極化的垂直腔 面射4雷射之製法,其中,該原子包括鋅(Zn)、鎮(Mg)、皱 (Be)、锶(sr)、鋇(Ba)、矽(si)及鍺(Ge)。 -15 - AOC-06-09-TW 1303505 4 ·如申請專利範圍第2項所述之穩定極化的垂直腔 面射型雷射之製法,其中,該化合物包括氧化鋅(Zn0)及砷化 辞(Zn3As2)〇 . 5·如申請專利範圍第1項所述之穩定極化的垂直腔 面射型雷射之製法,其中,在步驟h)•中所形成之非對稱發光 画口包含採用外部植入高濃度的雜質所製成。 6 ·如申請專利範圍第1項所述之穩定極化的垂直腔 • 面射型雷射之製法,其中,該電流侷限區包含以離子佈植(i〇n implantation)及水氣氧化法其中任一所製成。 7 ·如申請專利範圍第6項所述之穩定極化的垂直腔 面射i Μ射之製法,其中,該離子佈植之離子包含H+、及 Ο。 8·如申請專利範圍第1項所述之穩定極化的垂直腔 _ 面射型雷射之製法,其中,該電流侷限區之形狀為圓形及方 形其中之一所構成,而非對稱發光窗口之形狀為長方形及橢 圓形其中任一所構成。 9 ·如申請專利範圍第i項所述之穩定極化的垂直腔 面射型雷射之製法,其中,該電流侷限區及非對稱發光窗口 之形狀均為長方形及均為橢圓形其中任一所構成。 -16 - 1303505 AOC-06-09-TW 1 ο·如申請專利範圍第丄項所述之穩定極化的垂直 腔面射型雷射之製法,其中,更包括在兩晶軸的任一方向,在 雷射共振腔上加人兩個平行的雜f誘發混亂層所形成之非 對稱毛光自口,藉此破壞雷射共振腔中兩晶軸之對稱性俾 以控制極化。 ’ 11.如申請專利範圍第10項所述之穩定極化的垂 直腔面射5L雷射之製法,其中,該兩個平行非對稱發光窗口 之形狀為長方形及橢圓形其中任一所構成。 1 1 2 ·如申請專利範圍第1項所述之穩定極化的垂直 腔面射型雷射之製法,其中,該基材係選自坤化錄(〇則及 磷化銦(InP)其中任一所構成。 1 3 ·如申請專利範圍第i項所述之穩定極化的垂直 腔面射型雷射之製法,其中,該第一及第二鏡面結構包括由 分散式布拉格反射鏡(DBR)所構成。 -17- 1 4 · 一種穩定極化的垂直腔面射型雷射,包含·· 2 一基材,其底面形成一第一型電極; 一第一鏡面結構,係形成於該基材上表面; 一下彼覆層,係形成於該第一鏡面結構; 一主動層(Active Layer),係形成於該下披覆層上; 一上彼覆層,係形成於該主動層上; 一第一鏡面結構,係形成於該上披覆層上,且於此一結 構中形成電流侷限區; 1303505 AOC-06-09-TW 一第二型電極,係形成於該第二鏡面結構上,其設有供 雷射光射出之穿孔;以及 其中,該第二鏡面結構上,更具備一個非對稱發光窗口。 5.如申請專利範圍第14項所述之穩定極化的垂 直腔面射型雷射盆中# 田町,〃 T,忒非對稱發光窗口包括由雜質誘發 混亂層所構成。 古脱A 申明專利乾圍第1 4項所述之穩定極化的垂 直腔面射型雷射 古、曲㈣併 ’/、中’μ非對稱發光窗口包括由外部植入 南浪度雜質所構成。1303505 AOC-06-09-TW X. Patent application scope: 1. A method for producing a stable polarization vertical cavity surface-emitting laser + the following includes: ..., 乂a) · Providing a substrate with a bottom surface formed a first type electrode; b) forming a first mirror structure on the surface of the substrate; c) forming a lower cladding layer on the first mirror structure; d) forming a layer on the lower cladding layer Active layer. An upper cladding layer is formed on the active layer; 0. a second mirror structure is formed on the upper cladding layer, and a current confinement region is formed in the structure; g)· a second type electrode is formed on the upper surface of the second mirror structure, and the second electrode comprises an opening for emitting laser light; and, h) · adding an impurity to the chaotic layer on the second mirror structure The asymmetric light is emitted from the mouth to achieve the symmetry of destroying the two axial directions of the laser cavity, thereby controlling the polarizer. 2 The method for stably polarizing a vertical cavity surface-emitting laser according to the first aspect of the patent, wherein the impurity comprises any one of an atom and a compound. 3. The method of stably polarizing a vertical cavity surface-emitting 4 laser as described in claim 2, wherein the atom comprises zinc (Zn), town (Mg), wrinkle (Be), and strontium (sr). , 钡 (Ba), 矽 (si) and 锗 (Ge). -15 - AOC-06-09-TW 1303505 4 · A method for stably polarizing a vertical cavity surface-emitting laser as described in claim 2, wherein the compound comprises zinc oxide (Zn0) and arsenic (Zn3As2)〇. 5. The method for stably polarizing a vertical cavity surface-emitting laser as described in claim 1, wherein the asymmetric light-emitting image formed in step h)• It is made by externally implanting high concentrations of impurities. 6) The method for stably polarizing a vertical cavity surface-emitting laser according to claim 1, wherein the current limited region comprises ion implantation and water vapor oxidation. Made of either. 7. The method of stably polarizing vertical cavity surface i-irradiation as described in claim 6, wherein the ion implanted ions comprise H+, and Ο. 8. The method for stably polarizing a vertical cavity _ surface-emitting laser according to claim 1, wherein the current confinement region is formed by one of a circle and a square, and the non-symmetrical illumination The shape of the window is composed of any of a rectangle and an ellipse. 9) The method for stably polarizing a vertical cavity surface-emitting laser as described in claim i, wherein the current limited region and the asymmetric illuminating window are both rectangular and elliptical in shape. Composition. -16 - 1303505 AOC-06-09-TW 1 ο· The method for stably polarizing vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers as described in the scope of the patent application, wherein it is included in either direction of the two crystal axes In the laser cavity, two parallel fringes are added to induce the asymmetric hairs formed by the chaotic layer, thereby destroying the symmetry of the two crystal axes in the laser cavity to control the polarization. 11. The method of stably polarizing a vertical cavity surface-emitting 5L laser according to claim 10, wherein the two parallel asymmetric light-emitting windows are formed in any one of a rectangular shape and an elliptical shape. 1 1 2 · The method for stably polarizing a vertical cavity surface-emitting laser according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of Kunming and Indium Phosphide (InP). A method of stably polarizing a vertical cavity surface-emitting laser as described in claim i, wherein the first and second mirror structures comprise a distributed Bragg mirror ( -17 ) -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 -17 The upper surface of the substrate; the lower cladding layer is formed on the first mirror surface structure; an active layer is formed on the lower cladding layer; and an upper cladding layer is formed on the active layer a first mirror structure formed on the upper cladding layer and forming a current confinement region in the structure; 1303505 AOC-06-09-TW a second type electrode formed on the second mirror surface Structurally, it is provided with a perforation for emitting laser light; and wherein the second mirror junction In addition, there is an asymmetric illuminating window. 5. As shown in the patent application scope, the stable polarization of the vertical cavity surface type laser basin is #田町, 〃 T, 忒 asymmetric luminescent window including induced by impurities The composition of the chaotic layer. The ancient polarized surface-type laser of the vertical cavity surface type described in Item No. 14 of the patented dry circumference A. A., and the '/, medium 'μ asymmetric illumination window including external implantation The South Wave is composed of impurities. -18--18-
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