WO2005124950A1 - Iii族窒化物半導体光素子およびその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a semiconductor optical device having a current confinement layer.
- Group III nitride semiconductors typified by gallium nitride can emit blue-violet light with high efficiency. Therefore, light emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasers (1 aser diode, LD) ) It has been attracting attention as a material.
- LEDs light emitting diodes
- LDs are expected to be used as light sources for large-capacity optical disc devices.
- high-power LDs have been energetically developed as light sources for writing.
- high-frequency characteristics are important with the high transfer speed of optical disks, and it is necessary to reduce the element resistance and the parasitic capacitance of the element as much as possible.
- LDs having a ridge-type structure are widely used.
- the ridge type LD has a ridge formed by dry etching on the LD structure.
- the upper part of the ridge is covered with an insulating film having a stripe-shaped opening, and a p-type electrode is provided in the opening.
- the current confinement is performed by the stripe-shaped electrodes, and the lateral mode is controlled by adjusting the ridge width and the ridge height.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a structure of an embedded structure type (inner 'stripe type') LD described in Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-261160.
- an amorphous layer is formed on the active layer 305.
- a high-resistance layer made of a crystalline or polycrystalline nitride-based compound semiconductor layer is grown, and a stripe-shaped opening 320 is formed by wet etching to form a current confinement layer 308.
- the second cladding layer is irradiated with charged particles by removing the striped portion, and the carrier trap is increased.
- a high-resistance current constriction layer 308 is formed at a high density. The current injection layer 308 improves carrier injection efficiency.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a semiconductor laser described in JP-A-2003-347238.
- this semiconductor laser fine irregularities are formed in the p-type GaN contact layer 28 to improve the adhesion of the p-side electrode 36.
- the formation of the unevenness is performed as follows.
- a p-type GaN contact Grow layer 28 At the end of the growth of the ⁇ -type GaN contact layer 28, the substrate temperature is not kept for 1 minute while continuing to supply TMG, TMI, Me Cp Mg, and NH gas to the deposition chamber.
- the temperature is lowered to room temperature to complete the formation of the laminated structure.
- a groove-like recess having a typical depth of l to 2 nm is formed on the outermost surface of the formed p-type GaN contact layer 28 in an irregular network at intervals of several tens to several hundreds of nm over the entire surface.
- the structure that spreads out is formed.
- striped ridges 30 and mesas 32 are formed in the same manner as in the conventional method, and SiO films 34 are formed on both side surfaces of the ridges 30 and the remaining layer of the p-type AlGalnN cladding layer 26.
- a p-side electrode 36 is provided on the p-type GaN contact layer 28, and an n-side electrode 38 is provided on the n-type GaN contact layer 16.
- the operating voltage is low
- the adhesion and the adhesion between the metal film of the p-side electrode 36 and the p-type GaN contact layer are improved, and the P-side electrode 36 is not easily peeled off. It is said that it can be done.
- FIG. 4 shows the semiconductor laser of this document. As shown, this is a ridge-type semiconductor laser (LD), not an inner-strip type.
- 1 is a substrate
- 2 is a buffer layer
- 3 is an undoped GaN layer
- 4 is an AlGaN layer
- 5 is an Mg-doped p-type GaN layer
- 6 is a p-electrode.
- Au is deposited on the surface and A photoresist pattern is formed on the substrate by photolithography.
- the exposed Au part is removed by etching, and a structure is created in which only the required part is exposed to p-type GaN and the others are covered with Au.
- the sample was treated with dihydrogen phosphate ammonium (NH
- a p-electrode 6 is formed thereon, and the structure shown in the figure is obtained.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to improve the adhesion of an upper electrode and reduce the device resistance in a group III nitride semiconductor optical device having a current confinement layer inside.
- a semiconductor layer made of a group III nitride semiconductor, a current confinement layer provided on the semiconductor layer and having a predetermined opening, and provided on the semiconductor layer and the opening above the opening A m-nitride semiconductor optical device, comprising: a contact layer having an uneven surface; and an electrode provided on the uneven surface of the contact layer.
- a group nitride semiconductor optical device is provided.
- a group III nitride semiconductor refers to a semiconductor having a group III element and nitrogen as constituent elements.
- a typical example is a semiconductor represented by the general formula In GaAlN (0 ⁇ x ⁇ l, 0 ⁇ y ⁇ l, 0 ⁇ x + y ⁇ l) (hereafter, GaN-based semiconductor and! / ⁇ ⁇ ). Is mentioned.
- the contact layer may have a shape extending in a horizontal direction along the uneven surface above the current constriction layer.
- the contact layer since the contact layer has a cross-sectional shape along the uneven surface above the current constriction layer, current flows in the contact layer along the uneven surface.
- a wide range of electrode forces can collect the injected current in the opening, and a device having low device resistance and good IV characteristics can be realized.
- the contact layer may be formed continuously from a region above the current confinement layer to a region above the opening. According to this configuration, when a current flows in the contact layer, the current can be collected not only from the electrode portion provided above the opening but also from the electrode portion above the current constriction layer. Thus, an element having good IV characteristics can be realized.
- the contact layer may have a concavo-convex surface above the current constriction layer and a flat surface above the opening. According to this configuration, since the electrode is provided on the uneven surface of the contact layer, excellent electrode adhesion can be obtained, and the element resistance can be effectively reduced. On the other hand, since the surface of the contact layer is flat in the current-carrying region where the opening is provided, it is possible to preferably conduct current in the stacking direction. In other words, the crystal that directly contributes to laser oscillation is not affected by the irregularities.
- the contact layer is made of InGaAlN (0 ⁇ a ⁇ l, 0 ⁇ b ⁇ l, a + b ⁇ l a b 1— a— b
- the current confinement layer can be formed of In x Ga y Al N (0 ⁇ x ⁇ 1, 0 ⁇ y ⁇ 1, x + y ⁇ 1).
- the root mean square roughness (Roughness) of the uneven surface is larger than the thickness of the contact layer.
- the root-mean-square roughness of the uneven surface is preferably at least 10 nm, more preferably at least 100 nm. There is no particular upper limit, but it is sufficient to set it to 1 m or less. With such irregularities, excellent electrode adhesion can be obtained.
- the uneven surface may be constituted by a crystal plane. With this configuration, a contact with the electrode is established through the crystal plane, so that a low device resistance can be stably realized.
- the contact layer is made of GaN or AlGaN
- the crystal plane can be a (1-101) plane when the contact layer has a (0001) plane.
- etch the uneven surface If the crystal growth surface is used instead of the surface formed by etching, damage to the contact layer and the like due to etching can be avoided, and the contact layer is formed to extend in the horizontal direction, improving the current collection effect from the electrodes. The element resistance can be sufficiently reduced.
- the uneven surface may be configured to include hexagonal pyramid-shaped pits. By doing so, hexagonal pyramid-shaped pits are formed, so that excellent electrode adhesion and good element resistance can be obtained.
- a cladding layer having a superlattice structure is provided between the current confinement layer and the contact layer, and the thin layer constituting the superlattice structure extends in the horizontal direction along the uneven surface. May be provided.
- the device of the present invention can be applied to various devices.
- a structure including an active layer below the semiconductor layer may be employed.
- it is suitably applied to light emitting diodes, semiconductor lasers and the like.
- a step of forming a semiconductor layer made of a group III nitride semiconductor on the substrate, and a step of forming a current confinement layer having a predetermined opening on the semiconductor layer Growing a group III nitride semiconductor at a growth temperature of 1,000 ° C. or less on the semiconductor layer and the opening to form a contact layer having an uneven surface; Forming a group III-nitride semiconductor optical device.
- the electrode is provided on the uneven surface of the contact layer. Therefore, excellent electrode adhesion can be obtained, and the element resistance can be effectively reduced.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing the structure of an inner stripe semiconductor laser according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a structure of a conventional inner'stripe type semiconductor laser.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a structure of a conventional ridge-type semiconductor laser.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a structure of a conventional semiconductor laser.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a structure of a semiconductor laser having an uneven surface formed by etching.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a state of irregularities formed on a contact layer surface in the inner-stripe semiconductor laser according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a structure of an AlGaNZGaN superlattice cladding layer in the inner-stripe semiconductor laser according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a structure of an AlGaNZGaN superlattice cladding layer formed at an optimum temperature, which is used when forming an uneven surface by etching.
- the symbols shown in the figure have the following meanings.
- Si-doped n-type GaN layer 103 on the n-type GaN substrate 102 Si concentration 4 X 10 17 cm_ 3, thickness: m
- Si-doped n-type Al Ga N Si concentration 4 X 10 17 cm_ 3 , thickness
- ⁇ -type cladding layer 104 which also has 2 ⁇ ) force
- 11-type optical confinement layer 105 composed of Si-doped ⁇ -type GaN (Si concentration 4 ⁇ 10 17 cm _3 , thickness 0.1 111), 111 Ga N (thickness 3 nm )
- MQW Multiple quantum well
- a contact layer 111 made of Mg-doped p-type GaN (Mg concentration l ⁇ 10 2 ° cm_3 , thickness 0.02 m) is laminated.
- the root-mean-square roughness on the top surface of the contact layer 111 is about 150 nm Are formed.
- a 300 hPa reduced-pressure MOVPE (metal-organic chemical vapor deposition) apparatus was used for manufacturing the element structure.
- a mixed gas of hydrogen and nitrogen was used as a carrier gas, and trimethylgallium (TMG), trimethylaluminum (TMA), and trimethylindium (TMI) were used as Ga, Al, and In sources, respectively.
- TMG trimethylgallium
- TMA trimethylaluminum
- TMI trimethylindium
- SiH silane
- bis-six is used for p-type dopant.
- an n-type GaN substrate 102 is prepared.
- a 100-m-thick ⁇ -type GaN (0001) substrate manufactured by the FIELO method (A. Usui et al., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 36, L899 (1997)) was used. .
- An active layer, an n-type cladding layer, a p-type cladding layer, and low-temperature A1N growth for current confinement are performed on the GaN substrate.
- this step is referred to as an “active layer growing step”.
- the substrate After putting the n-type GaN substrate 102 into the growth apparatus, the substrate is heated while supplying NH, and the growth is performed.
- Multiple quantum well layer 106 Mg-doped p-type Al GaN cap layer 107, M
- a p-type optical confinement layer 108 that also becomes g-doped p-type GaN is sequentially deposited.
- the substrate temperature was 1,080 ° C
- the TMG supply amount was 58 ⁇ mol / min
- the NH supply amount was 0.
- AlGaN growth was performed at a substrate temperature of 1,080 ° C, a TMA supply of 36 ⁇ mol Zmin, a TMG supply of 58 ⁇ mol / min, and an NH supply of 0.36 molZmin.
- the substrate temperature was 800 ° C
- TMG supply was 8 ⁇ mol / min
- NH was 0.36 molZmin
- TMIn was supplied at 48 ⁇ mol / min for the well layer and 48 ⁇ mol / min for the barrier layer.
- the substrate temperature is subsequently lowered to a predetermined temperature, and a low-temperature-grown A1N layer (which will later become the current confinement layer 109) is deposited.
- Low temperature growth A1N layer Deposition temperature is desirably 200 to 600 ° C.
- the deposition temperature was 300 ° C.
- the TMA and NH feed rates were 36 ⁇ mol / min ⁇ 0.36 mol / mi, respectively.
- n and the deposited film thickness is 0.1 ⁇ m.
- stripe forming step After depositing SiO on the A1N layer with lOOnm and applying resist,
- a 2 m wide stripe 'pattern is formed on the resist by lithography.
- the resist is dissolved in an organic solvent.
- the etching of the IN layer is performed using a solution in which phosphoric acid and sulfuric acid are mixed at a volume ratio of 1: 1. 80 ° C for A1N layer in areas not covered by SiO mask
- the solution is removed by etching for 10 minutes in the above solution held in the solution, and a striped opening is obtained. Furthermore, the SiO used as a mask was removed with buffered hydrofluoric acid, and 2N was added to the A1N layer.
- a structure having a ⁇ m-wide stripe-shaped opening is obtained.
- the etchant for the A1N layer may be 50 ° C or more and 200 ° C or less, preferably 80 ° C to 120 ° C from the viewpoint of force controllability that can be achieved even with nitric acid heated to 80 ° C or more. Solutions containing phosphoric acid heated to C are preferred. With these solutions, the A1N layer grown at a low temperature is etched at an etching rate of about 1 to 30 nm / min. On the other hand, crystalline GaN and AlGaN are not etched. As a result, only the low-temperature-grown A1N layer is etched with high selectivity.
- isotropic etching is realized because the etching rate does not depend on the plane orientation as in the case of single crystal A1N. As a result, it is possible to suppress side 'etching at the time of forming the LD stripe.
- SiO was used as an etching mask for the A1N layer.
- cladding regrowth step After feeding into MOV PE equipment, the temperature is raised to 980 ° C, which is the growth temperature, at an NH supply rate of 0.36 molZmin.
- Mg-doped p-type Al GaN (Mg concentration 1 X 10 19 cm _3 , thickness
- a ⁇ -type cladding layer 110 of 0.5 ⁇ m in thickness and a contact layer 111 of Mg-doped ⁇ -type GaN (Mg concentration 1 ⁇ 10 2 ° cm _3 , 0.02 m in thickness) are also grown.
- p-type cladding layer 1 For the growth of the 10 and p-type contact layers 111, the NH flow rate should be lower than the optimal value of 10 slm.
- the V / m ratio is about 4,500.
- the growth temperature of the p-type cladding layer 110 and the p-type GaN contact layer 111 can be selected in the range of 900 to 1,000 ° C.
- the corresponding VZIII ratio is in the range of 2,300 to 14,000. It is important that these conditions have appropriate values depending on the materials and thicknesses of the current confinement layer, the contact layer, and the cladding layer.
- an LD wafer having a p-type contact layer, an A1N current confinement layer, p-type and n-type cladding layers, p-type and n-type guide layers, and an active layer is obtained.
- P-type and n-type electrodes are formed on this LD wafer. This step is called an “electrode step”. 5 nm of Ti and 20 nm of Al are vacuum-deposited in this order on the back surface of the n-type GaN substrate, and then 10 nm of Ni and 10 nm of Au are vacuum-deposited in this order on the p-type contact layer.
- the above sample is put into an RTA (Rapid Thermal Sealing) apparatus, and subjected to alloying at 600 ° C.
- Au is vacuum-deposited to a thickness of 500 nm on TiAl on the back surface of the substrate and NiAu on the front surface to form an n-type electrode 101 and a p-type electrode 112.
- the sample after electrode formation is cleaved in the direction perpendicular to the stripe to form an LD chip.
- a typical element length is 500 ⁇ m. The following evaluation was performed for the semiconductor laser manufactured as described above! / Puru.
- the surface was observed with a scanning electron microscope.
- a defect such as a crack or a pit was observed just above the stripe-shaped opening 113.
- hexagonal pyramid pits were formed on the surface, and irregularities were formed.
- the side surface of the hexagonal pyramid was often the (1-101) plane of (Al) GaN and a plane equivalent thereto.
- the p-type GaN contact layer 111 is formed on the current confinement layer 109 in a horizontal direction along the uneven surface. In this case, the region force above the current constriction layer 109 was also formed continuously over the region above the opening 113 (the contact layer 111 in FIG. 1).
- Example 1 As a control experiment, the semiconductor laser of Example 1 was experimentally manufactured using dry etching.
- Example 1 Up to the current confinement layer 109 in Example 1, it was formed in the same manner as in Embodiment 1. Thereafter, a p-type cladding layer 110 and a p-type GaN contact layer 111 were formed at a growth temperature of 1,080 ° C. Subsequently, a mask patterned into a predetermined shape was provided on the surface of the p-type GaN contact layer 111, and the p-type GaN contact layer 111 was selectively etched using the mask to form an uneven surface.
- the p-type contact layer 111 When the p-type contact layer 111 was formed, the surface was observed with a scanning electron microscope. Irregularities were formed on the entire surface of the p-type contact layer 111. When the cross section of the obtained LD structure was observed, the p-type GaN contact layer 111 had a shape divided at the concave portion, as shown in FIG.
- the operating voltage at a laser output of 30 mW was 5.5 V.
- the A1N current confinement layer 109 is formed by low-temperature growth, the film quality of the cladding layer and the contour outer layer is improved, and the substantial effective area of the electrode is increased. And the element resistance can be greatly reduced.
- the A1N layer deposited at a high temperature of 1,000 ° C. or higher was selectively removed by etching to form the A1N current confinement layer 109.
- the current blocking layer is made of SiO or the like.
- the polycrystal deposited on it does not inherit the underlying crystal information at all, and has no order and no conductivity.
- an amorphous layer is formed by low-temperature deposition at a temperature of 600 ° C. or lower, an opening is formed by etching, and then the non-connection is performed.
- a step of converting an amorphous layer into a crystal layer by forming a layer above the p-type cladding layer 110 at a temperature higher than the crystal layer formation temperature is employed.
- the Mg-doped p-type AlGaN cladding layer 110 and the Mg-doped p-type GaN contact layer 111 on the current confinement layer 109 are p-type conductive.
- the substrate temperature was set to 980 ° C, which is lower than the optimum value, and the NH flow rate was greatly reduced from the optimum value of 10 slm to 1 slm (vs. The corresponding VZIII ratio was about 4,500).
- moderate irregularities are formed on the surface of the p-type GaN contact layer 111 as described above, and the electrode adhesion is remarkably improved and the device is improved. Resistance can be stably reduced.
- the surface of the Mg-doped p-type AlGaN cladding layer 110 and the surface of the Mg-doped p-type GaN contact layer 111 are uneven above the A1N current confinement layer 109.
- the crystal growth proceeds in a state where the A1N current confinement layer 109 is generated, the crystal growth proceeds on the opening 113 of the A1N current confinement layer 109 while the surface remains flat. Therefore, a structure is obtained in which the interface between the p-type electrode 112 and the p-type GaN contact layer 111 is flat in the current-carrying region and has an uneven surface in the current confinement region. While the electrode adhesion is improved by the uneven surface in the current confinement region, a flat interface is formed in the energized region passing through the opening 113, so that good carrier injection efficiency is stably realized.
- a low-resistance p-type GaN contact layer 111 extends in a horizontal direction along the uneven surface, and extends from a region above the current confinement layer to a region above the opening. It is formed continuously over the area. Therefore, a wide range of electrode current can be collected, and the above-described effects can be obtained.
- the Mg-doped p-type AlGaN cladding layer 11 of the first embodiment is used.
- a Mg-doped p-type AlGaN ZGaN superlattice cladding layer 501 was employed.
- the shape of the irregularities on the surface of the p-type GaN contact layer 111 is a hexagonal pyramid, as in Example 1 (FIG. 7).
- the superlattice cladding layer and the contact layer thereover have an uneven structure.
- the semiconductor laser of the present embodiment can improve the adhesion of the P-type electrode without impairing the original function of the superlattice cladding and can reduce the element resistance.
- an inner'strip type semiconductor laser having a structure similar to that of the semiconductor laser of Example 2 was experimentally manufactured using dry etching.
- the structure of the semiconductor laser of this example will be described with reference to FIG.
- the Si-doped n-type GaN layer 103 to the Mg-doped p-type GaN optical confinement layer 108 (excluding the InGaN MQW active layer 106), the Mg-doped p-type AlGaNZGaN superlattice cladding layer 501 and Mg
- the doped p-type GaN contact layer 111 is formed at the optimum temperature for forming (Al) GaN of the MOVPE apparatus at 1,080 ° C. Therefore, the surface is flat when the crystal growth is completed. Thereafter, dry etching was performed to form irregularities on the surface.
- the characteristic of the surface irregularities formed by dry etching is Mg-doped p-type AlGa
- the inside of the layer structure such as the interface between the N cladding layer 110 and the Mg-doped p-type GaN contact layer 111, is formed flat (Fig. 8).
- the p-type GaN contact layer 111 and the superlattice cladding layer 501 are partially separated at the concave portions.
- the operating voltage of the obtained semiconductor laser at a laser output of 30 mW was a high value of 5.8 V. If surface irregularities are formed by dry etching, a sufficiently low element resistance cannot be obtained. The reason for the failure was presumed as follows.
- the thin layer constituting the superlattice structure conforms to the shape of the irregular surface formed on the upper surface of the current constriction layer which is initially amorphous. It has a shape extending in the horizontal direction. That is, the layers between the thin layers constituting the superlattice structure are stacked so as to conform to the unevenness formed on the upper surface of the current confinement layer. Since the above thin layer has low resistivity in the lateral direction in the layer, as shown in FIG. 7, a wide range of electrode forces near the laser 'stripe Injected current force gathers in the laser' stripe (opening), and the result and As a result, low resistance and good IV characteristics are realized.
- the thin layer constituting the superlattice structure formed at the optimum temperature for (Al) GaN formation also has The substrates are stacked along a horizontal plane. That is, the surface force between the thin layers constituting the superlattice structure is formed in parallel with the horizontal plane of the substrate. For this reason, the uneven portion formed by dry etching has a structure in which each thin layer is divided, and the current can be collected only by the narrow force that has not been damaged by the dry etching and the range force injected. It is difficult to sufficiently obtain the IV improvement effect of the superlattice cladding layer.
- any other substance may be used as long as it can block a force current using A1N as the material of the current confinement layer 109.
- A1N the material of the current confinement layer 109.
- the layers represented by 0 ⁇ x ⁇ 0.4, 0 ⁇ y ⁇ 0.4, x + y ⁇ 0.4) are the upper and lower layers (for example, p-type GaN guide layer 108 and Mg-doped p-type Al GaN cladding layer 110) and crystal structure and lattice constant
- GaN was used as the contact layer 111.
- the contact layer 111 and a-b may be composed of N (0 ⁇ a ⁇ l, 0 ⁇ b ⁇ l, a + b ⁇ l).
- the p-type contact layer 111 is selected to have a lower A1 composition than the p-type cladding layer 110, and at the same time, the forbidden band width Eg is further reduced.
- the effect of the present invention is more remarkable in an element structure having a p-type doped contact layer as the contact layer 111 and forming a p-type electrode thereon as in the first and second embodiments. It is exhibited in.
- the current concentration in the opening 113 provided in the current constriction layer 109 is caused by the concentration of the current from the p-type electrode 112 to the opening 113 via the p-type contact layer 111 and the p-type cladding layer 110.
- Advances. Therefore, at the interface between the p-type electrode 112 and the p-type contact layer 111, the current density per unit area is reduced.
- the thickness and the doping concentration of the p-type cladding layer 110 and the p-type contact layer 111 can be appropriately selected according to the current concentration process.
- an edge-emitting gallium nitride semiconductor laser has been described.
- a light-emitting element that is not a laser, or a semiconductor optical element that is not a light-emitting element, such as a light-receiving element may be used.
- the present invention can be implemented without any trouble. Further, the present invention can be applied to a surface emitting laser. In this case, a ring-shaped upper electrode is provided on the uneven surface, and the opening is used as a light emitting window.
- the flat surface force at the upper part of the opening also has a structure in which light is emitted, so that a semiconductor laser excellent in light emission efficiency and electrode adhesion can be obtained.
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