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Abstract
【解決手段】本発明による窒化物発光素子は、基板上に順次に形成されたn型窒化物半導体層、活性層及びp型窒化物半導体層を含むが、上記活性層は多数の量子障壁層と量子井戸層を具備する多重量子井戸構造から成り、上記量子障壁層のうち一部量子障壁層はバンドギャップ変調された多層膜から成っている。
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103 n型窒化物半導体層
105a,105b,105c,105d 量子井戸層
110 量子障壁層
112,113,114,115 多層膜量子障壁層
120,140,150 活性層
130 p型窒化物半導体層
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- 基板上に順次に形成されたn型窒化物半導体層、活性層及びp型窒化物半導体層を含み、
前記活性層は多数の量子障壁層と量子井戸層を具備する多重量子井戸構造から成り、前記量子障壁層のうち一部量子障壁層はバンドギャップ変調された多層膜から成ることを特徴とする窒化物半導体発光素子。 - 前記多層膜は、InxAlyGa(1−x−y)N(0≦x≦1、0≦y≦1、0≦x+y≦1)から成ることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 前記多層膜の少なくとも一部は、n型不純物でドーピングされることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 前記多層膜を構成する各層のドーピング濃度は、互いに異なることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 前記多層膜を構成する各層の厚さは、0.2乃至5nmであることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 前記多層膜は、バンドギャップが互いに異なる2層が繰り返され積層された構造を有することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 互いに異なるバンドギャップを有する前記2層は、互いに異なる組成を有することを特徴とする請求項6に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 前記多層膜は、第1バンドギャップを有するInxAlyGa(1−x−y)N(0≦x≦1、0≦y≦1、0≦x+y≦1)から成る第1窒化物半導体層と、前記第1バンドギャップより小さい第2バンドギャップを有するInmAlnGa1−m−nN(0≦n≦1、0≦m≦1、0≦m+n≦1)から成る第2窒化物半導体層が互いに交代で積層された構造を有することを特徴とする請求項6に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 前記多層膜は、バンドギャップが互いに異なるInxGa1−xN層(0≦x<1)とInmGa1−mN層(0<m≦1、x<m)が交代で繰り返され積層された構造を有することを特徴とする請求項8に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 前記第1窒化物半導体層及び第2窒化物半導体層のうち少なくとも一つの組成が変わることを特徴とする請求項8に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 前記第2窒化物半導体層は、InGaNから成り、前記p型窒化物半導体層に近いほど前記第2窒化物半導体層のIn組成が大きくなることを特徴とする請求項10に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 前記第2窒化物半導体層は、InGaNから成り、前記p型窒化物半導体層に近いほど前記第2窒化物半導体層のIn組成が小さくなることを特徴とする請求項10に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 前記多層膜は、バンドギャップが互いに異なる2層以上が一つのグループを形成し、該グループが2回以上繰り返され積層された構造を有することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 前記各グループのドーピング濃度は、互いに異なることを特徴とする請求項13に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 前記各グループのバンドギャップ変調は、互いに異なることを特徴とする請求項13に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 前記多層膜は、第1バンドギャップを有する第1窒化物半導体層、前記第1バンドギャップより小さい第2バンドギャップを有する第2窒化物半導体層、及び前記第2バンドギャップより小さいバンドギャップを有する第3窒化物半導体層が一つのグループを成し、該グループが2回以上繰り返して積層された構造を有することを特徴とする請求項13に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 前記多層膜は、前記量子井戸層の間に介在された量子障壁層のうち前記n型窒化物半導体層に隣接した1または2個の量子障壁層位置のみに形成されていることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
- 2個以上の量子障壁層がバンドギャップ変調された多層膜から成り、
多層膜から成る前記2個以上の量子障壁層は互いに同一の多層膜構成を有することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。 - 2個以上の量子障壁層がバンドギャップ変調された多層膜から成り、
多層膜から成る前記2個以上の量子障壁層は互いに異なる多層膜構成を有することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。 - 多層膜から成る前記2個以上の量子障壁層は、互いに異なる多層膜組成を有するか互いに異なるようバンドギャップ変調されることを特徴とする請求項19に記載の窒化物半導体発光素子。
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