WO2013176202A1 - 垂直共振面発光レーザ素子、垂直共振面発光レーザアレイ素子 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a vertical cavity surface emitting laser element that irradiates laser light in a direction orthogonal to a mounting surface, and a vertical cavity surface emitting laser array element in which a plurality of such vertical cavity surface emitting laser elements are arranged.
- a first DBR (multilayer distributed Bragg reflector) layer is formed on the upper layer of the base substrate.
- a first spacer layer is formed above the first DBR (multilayer distributed Bragg reflector) layer.
- An active layer including a quantum well is formed on the first spacer layer.
- a second spacer layer is formed on the active layer.
- a second DBR layer is formed on the second spacer layer.
- An anode electrode is formed on the second DBR layer. Then, by applying a drive signal between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode conducting to the first DBR layer, laser light having sharp directivity is generated in a direction perpendicular to the substrate (parallel to the stacking direction).
- the VCSEL element forms a laminated body by laminating the above-described layers on the surface of the base substrate, and irradiates laser light from the surface of the laminated body.
- the VCSEL element is mounted on a mounting circuit board including an external circuit so that the base substrate side is in contact with the VCSEL element.
- a die bond agent is applied in advance to the mounting position of the VCSEL element, and a vertical cavity surface emitting laser element is placed on the applied die bond agent.
- the VCSEL element is mounted by the following process. First, the VCSEL element is picked up using a die collet or the like from an arrangement position before mounting (the surface of the dicing tape or the like). The VCSEL element is carried to the mounting position on the mounting circuit board while being picked up by the die collet. The VCSEL element is placed on the die bond agent by a die collet.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining problems that occur when a conventional VCSEL element is mounted on a mounting circuit board.
- FIG. 8A is a diagram showing a pickup state of the VCSEL element when normal pickup is performed.
- FIG. 8B is a diagram showing a mounting state of the VCSEL element on the mounting circuit board when normal pickup is performed.
- FIG. 8C is a diagram showing a pickup state of the vertical cavity surface emitting laser element when it is picked up in an inclined state.
- FIG. 8D is a diagram showing a mounting state of the VCSEL element on the mounting circuit board when it is picked up in an inclined state.
- a pyramid collet that picks up a VCSEL element so that only the corners of the VCSEL element are in contact with each other is generally used as a die collet DC.
- the bottom surface of the pickup part of the die collet DC, the light emitting surface of the VCSEL element 10P, and the mounting surface facing the light emitting surface are parallel.
- the VCSEL element 10P is placed on the surface of the die bond agent DB, as shown in FIG. 8B, the mounting surface of the VCSEL element 10P and the mounting surface of the mounting circuit board PCB become parallel. Therefore, the laser light irradiation direction of the VCSEL element 10P is orthogonal to the mounting surface of the mounting circuit board PCB, and an ideal mounting state is obtained.
- the VCSEL element 10P is picked up with the bottom surface of the pickup part of the die collet DC and the light emitting surface and mounting surface of the VCSEL element 10P having a predetermined inclination.
- the VCSEL element 10P is placed on the surface of the die bond agent DB, the mounting surface of the VCSEL element 10P and the mounting surface of the mounting circuit board PCB are not parallel to each other as shown in FIG. 8D. .
- the VCSEL element must be picked up so that the mounting surface of the VCSEL element is surely parallel to the mounting surface of the mounting circuit board.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a vertical cavity surface emitting laser element and a vertical cavity surface emitting laser array element that are not damaged when a mounting type vertical cavity surface emitting laser element (VCSEL element) is mounted on a mounting circuit board.
- VCSEL element vertical cavity surface emitting laser element
- the vertical cavity surface emitting laser is mounted on an external circuit board by adsorbing the light emitting region multilayer portion side of the base substrate.
- the formation region of the light emitting region multilayer portion is different from the adsorbed region when viewed from the surface side of the base substrate.
- the suction jig when the vertical cavity surface emitting laser element is attracted to the suction jig, the suction jig can be prevented from coming into contact with the light emitting region multilayer portion formed by stacking the semiconductors in multiple layers.
- the vertical cavity surface emitting laser element of the present invention preferably has the following configuration.
- the base substrate has a first length in the first direction and a second length in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, the first length being longer than the second length.
- the formation region of the light emitting region multilayer portion is arranged so as to be in contact with or separated from the adsorption region. It is arranged at a predetermined position along one direction.
- This configuration shows a more specific structure of the vertical cavity surface emitting laser element.
- the surface side is generally adsorbed. And implement.
- the suction surface of the collet as a suction jig is in contact with the vertical cavity surface emitting laser element as much as possible on the surface side, and from the outer shape of the vertical cavity surface emitting laser element Is set so as not to become large.
- the second length of the suction surface of the collet that is the suction jig Adsorption performance is good when matched with the length.
- the vertical cavity surface emitting laser element of the present invention preferably has the following configuration.
- the vertical cavity surface emitting laser element includes an anode pad electrode and a cathode pad electrode.
- the anode pad electrode is formed on the light emitting region multilayer portion side of the base substrate, and is connected to the anode electrode.
- the cathode pad electrode is formed on the light emitting region multilayer portion side of the base substrate, and is connected to the cathode electrode.
- the anode pad electrode and the cathode pad electrode are arranged on the same side with respect to the light emitting region multilayer portion in the second direction.
- anode pad electrode and the cathode pad electrode of the vertical cavity surface emitting laser element according to the present invention may be arranged along the first direction.
- This configuration shows a specific arrangement example of the anode pad electrode and the cathode pad electrode.
- This configuration also shows a specific arrangement example of the anode pad electrode and the cathode pad electrode.
- the distance between the anode pad electrode and the cathode pad electrode along the first direction is constant.
- the distance between the bonding positions on the vertical cavity surface emitting laser element side of wire bonding is constant, so that the wire bonding process and the wire bonding setting process can be simplified.
- the vertical cavity surface emitting laser array element of the present invention includes a plurality of the vertical cavity surface emitting laser elements described above, and the light emitting region multilayer portions of the respective vertical cavity surface emitting laser elements are separated by a predetermined distance. Are arranged.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser device 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- 1 is a cross-sectional view of the vertical cavity surface emitting laser device 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention taken along the plane A-A ′.
- FIG. 1 is a B-B ′ plane cross-sectional view of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser device 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a top view of 1 A of vertical cavity surface emitting laser array elements which concern on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the vertical cavity surface emitting laser array element 1B which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.
- the base substrate 11 is rectangular when viewed from the direction orthogonal to the base substrate 11, that is, from the surface side (in plan view).
- the length (first length) of the rectangular base substrate 11 in the first direction is longer than the length (second length) in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
- the N-type semiconductor contact layer 21 is laminated on the surface of the base substrate 11.
- the N-type semiconductor contact layer 21 is made of a compound semiconductor having N-type conductivity.
- An N-type semiconductor clad layer 31 is stacked on the surface of the N-type semiconductor DBR layer 22.
- the N-type semiconductor clad layer 31 is formed in a partial region of the N-type semiconductor DBR layer 22 serving as a light emitting region described later. In other words, it is formed only in a partial region of the base substrate 11 in plan view.
- the N-type semiconductor clad layer 31 is also made of an AlGaAs material.
- a P-type semiconductor DBR layer 23 is formed on the surface of the P-type semiconductor clad layer 32.
- the P-type semiconductor DBR layer 23 is made of an AlGaAs material, and is formed by laminating a plurality of layers having different composition ratios of Al to Ga.
- a second reflector for generating laser light having a predetermined frequency is formed by such a layer structure.
- the P-type semiconductor DBR layer 23 is formed so that the reflectance is slightly lower than that of the N-type semiconductor DBR layer 31.
- the semiconductor clad layer is provided so as to sandwich the active layer, but the present invention is not limited to this configuration.
- a layer having such a thickness as to generate resonance may be provided in the active layer.
- a P-type semiconductor contact layer 24 is laminated on the surface of the P-type semiconductor DBR layer 23.
- the P-type semiconductor contact layer 24 is made of a compound semiconductor having P-type conductivity. Note that the P-type semiconductor DBR layer may also serve as the P-type semiconductor contact layer. That is, the P-type semiconductor contact layer is not essential.
- N-type semiconductor DBR layer 22, N-type semiconductor clad layer 31, active layer 40, P-type semiconductor clad layer 32, P-type semiconductor DBR layer 23, and P-type semiconductor contact layer 24 provide the “light emitting region multilayer portion” of the present invention. Is configured. A region on the base substrate 11 where the light emitting region multilayer portion is formed becomes a light emitting region 700. Laser light is emitted from the light emitting region multilayer portion.
- the thickness of each layer and the composition ratio of Al to Ga are set so that a plurality of quantum wells having one emission spectrum peak wavelength are arranged at the antinode position in the center of the optical standing wave distribution.
- the light emitting region multilayer portion functions as the light emitting portion of the VCSEL element 10.
- An anode electrode 921 is formed on the surface of the P-type contact layer 24.
- the anode electrode 921 is an annular electrode in plan view as shown in FIG.
- the anode electrode does not necessarily have to be annular, and may be, for example, a C-shape or a rectangular shape with a part of the annular opening.
- a region where the N-type semiconductor DBR layer 22 is not formed is provided on the surface of the N-type semiconductor contact layer 21. This region is formed at a position close to the light emitting region 700.
- a cathode electrode 911 is formed.
- the cathode electrode 911 is formed so as to be electrically connected to the N-type semiconductor contact layer 21.
- the cathode electrode 911 is an arc-shaped electrode that conforms to the outer peripheral shape of the light emitting region 700 in plan view.
- cathode pad electrodes 912A and 912B and an anode pad electrode 922 are formed apart from each other.
- the cathode pad electrodes 912A and 912B and the anode pad electrode 922 are formed in regions that do not overlap the light emitting region 700 on the surface of the insulating film 60.
- the cathode pad electrode 912A is connected to the cathode electrode 911 via the cathode wiring electrode 913A.
- the cathode pad electrode 912B is connected to the cathode electrode 911 via the cathode wiring electrode 913B.
- the anode pad electrode 922 is connected to the anode electrode 921 through the anode wiring electrode 923.
- the light emitting region 700 is substantially in contact with the suction region 800 or separated by a predetermined distance on the one end side in the second direction from the suction region 800 in the second direction.
- the cathode pad electrodes 912A and 912B and the anode pad electrode 922 are arranged at predetermined intervals in the first direction in the vicinity of one end in the second direction.
- wire bonding connection is performed from one end side in the second direction to the external circuit board.
- not all wires pass over the light emitting area 700. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the laser light irradiated from the light emitting region 700 in the direction orthogonal to the base substrate 11 from being reflected by the wire and lost.
- FIG. 4 is a plan view of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser array element 1A according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- the VCSEL array element 1A of the present embodiment is obtained by forming VCSEL elements 10A1 and 10A2 having the same stacked structure as the VCSEL element 10 shown in the first embodiment on a single base substrate. Therefore, description of the structure along the stacking direction of the VCSEL elements 10A1 and 10A2 is omitted.
- the anode electrode 9211 of the VCSEL element 10A1 and the anode electrode 9212 of the VCSEL element 10A2 are line symmetric with respect to the central axis.
- the anode pad electrode 9221 of the VCSEL element 10A1 and the anode pad electrode 9222 of the VCSEL element 10A2 are line symmetric with respect to the central axis.
- the anode wiring electrode 9231 of the VCSEL element 10A1 and the anode wiring electrode 9232 of the VCSEL element 10A2 are line symmetric with respect to the central axis.
- the VCSEL elements 10A1 and 10A2 are arranged in a first line symmetrical with respect to the central axis so that the light emitting region 701A and the light emitting region 702A are not included in the adsorption region 800A. Arranging along the direction can prevent the VCSEL elements 10A1 and 10A2 from being damaged during mounting, as in the first embodiment.
- the VCSEL array element 1B of the present embodiment has the same stacked structure as the VCSEL element 10 shown in the first embodiment, and the VCSEL elements 10B1 and 10B2 having different anode and cathode wiring patterns are formed on a single base substrate. It is formed above. Therefore, description of the structure along the stacking direction of the VCSEL elements 10B1 and 10B2 is omitted.
- the VCSEL elements 10B1 and 10B2 are arranged at a predetermined interval along the first direction of the base substrate.
- the VCSEL element 10B1 and the VCSEL element 10B2 have a substantially point-symmetric shape in plan view with the approximate center along the first direction and the center along the second direction of the base substrate 11 as a reference point.
- FIG. 5 shows an example in which the VCSEL elements 10B1 and 10B2 are accurately point-symmetric with respect to the reference point, but it is not necessary to be exactly line-symmetric.
- the VCSEL elements 10B1 and 10B2 may be arranged along the first direction so that the light emitting region 701B and the light emitting region 702B are not included in the adsorption region 800B.
- the VCSEL array element 1C of this embodiment has the same stacked structure as the VCSEL element 10 shown in the first embodiment, and the VCSEL elements 10C1 and 10C2 having different anode and cathode wiring patterns are formed on a single base substrate. It is formed above. Therefore, description of the structure along the stacking direction of the VCSEL elements 10C1 and 10C2 is omitted.
- the cathode electrode 9511 of the VCSEL element 10C1 and the cathode electrode 9512 of the VCSEL element 10C2 are point-symmetric with respect to the reference point.
- the cathode pad electrodes 952A1 and 952B1 of the VCSEL element 10C1 and the cathode pad electrodes 952A2 and 952B2 of the VCSEL element 10C2 are point-symmetric with respect to the reference point, respectively.
- the cathode wiring electrodes 953A1 and 953B1 of the VCSEL element 10C1 and the cathode wiring electrodes 953A2 and 953B2 of the VCSEL element 10C2 are point-symmetric with respect to the reference point.
- the distance between the land positions on the side of the VCSEL elements 10C1 and 10C2 in wire bonding becomes constant. Therefore, the wire bonding process and the wire bonding setting configuration can be simplified, and the work load can be reduced. Further, the minimum size and the minimum interval of the pad electrodes are determined due to restrictions on wire bonding accuracy.
- the chip size can be reduced by arranging them at a constant interval defined by the minimum size and the minimum interval.
- the cathode pad electrodes 972A1 and 972B1 and the anode pad electrode 9821 of the VCSEL 10D1 are arranged along a direction that is not parallel to the first direction and the second direction but has a predetermined angle.
- the cathode pad electrodes 972A2 and 972B2 and the anode pad electrode 9822 of the VCSEL 10D2 are arranged not in parallel to the first direction and the second direction but in a direction having a predetermined angle.
- the arrangement direction of the cathode pad electrodes 972A2 and 972B2 and the anode pad electrode 9822 of the VCSEL 10D2 and the arrangement direction of the cathode pad electrodes 972A1 and 972B1 and the anode pad electrode 9821 of the VCSEL 10D1 are not parallel and are based on the central axis. It is in a line symmetric relationship.
- the adsorption area 800D is an area where a flat collet is adsorbed as in the first embodiment described above, and the diameter of the adsorption area 800D is substantially equal to the second length of the VCSEL array element 1D.
- the flat collet is set to be attached to the VCSEL array element 1D so that the center of the flat collet having such a shape coincides with the center in the first direction and the center in the second direction of the VCSEL array element 1D, As illustrated in FIG. 7, regions that are not included in the suction region 800 ⁇ / b> D are generated at both ends in the first direction.
- the VCSEL elements 10D1 and 10D2 are arranged in a first line symmetrical with respect to the central axis so that the light emitting region 701D and the light emitting region 702D are not included in the adsorption region 800D. Arranging along the direction can prevent the VCSEL elements 10D1 and 10D2 from being damaged during mounting, as in the above-described embodiment.
- an electrode pattern is formed in the above-described adsorption region, a step is generated by the electrode thickness between the electrode pattern formation region and the region where the electrode pattern is not formed.
- the electrode pattern is thin, even if there is a step due to the electrode pattern, adsorption is possible.
- an insulating film for planarization may be formed only in the adsorption region. Thereby, adsorptivity can further be improved.
- 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D vertical cavity surface emitting laser array element, 10, 10A1, 10A2, 10B1, 10B2, 10C1, 10C2, 10D1, 10D2: vertical cavity surface emitting laser elements, 11: Base substrate, 21: N-type semiconductor contact layer, 22: N-type DBR (multilayer distributed Bragg reflector) layer, 23: P-type semiconductor DBR layer, 24: P-type contact layer, 31: N-type semiconductor clad layer, 32: P-type semiconductor clad layer, 40: active layer, 50: oxidation constriction layer, 60: Insulating film 700, 701A, 702A, 701B, 702B, 701C, 702C, 701D, 702D: light emitting region, 800, 800A, 800B, 800C, 800D: adsorption area, 911A, 911B, 9111, 9112, 9311, 9312, 9511, 9512, 95711, 9712: cathode electrodes, 921, 9211, 9212, 94
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10,10A1,10A2,10B1,10B2,10C1,10C2,10D1,10D2:垂直共振面発光レーザ素子、
11:ベース基板、
21:N型半導体コンタクト層、
22:N型DBR(多層分布ブラッグ反射器)層、
23:P型半導体DBR層、
24:P型コンタクト層、
31:N型半導体クラッド層、
32:P型半導体クラッド層、
40:活性層、
50:酸化狭窄層、
60:絶縁膜、
700,701A,702A,701B,702B,701C,702C,701D,702D:発光領域、
800,800A,800B,800C,800D:吸着領域、
911A,911B,9111,9112,9311,9312,9511,9512,95711,9712:カソード用電極、
921,9211,9212,9411,9412,9611,9612,9811,9812:アノード用電極、
912A,912B,912A1,912B1,912A2,912B2,932A1,932B1,932A2,932B2,952A1,952B1,952A2,952B2,972A1,972B1,972A2,972B2:カソード用パッド電極、
922,9221,9222,9421,9422,9621,9622,9821,9822:アノード用パッド電極、
913A,913B,913A1,913B1,913A2,913B2,933A1,933B1,933A2,933B2,953A1,953B1,953A2,953B2,973A1,973B1,973A2,973B2:カソード配線電極、
923,9231,9232,9431,9432,9631,9632,9831,9832:アノード用配線電極
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- ベース基板と、
該ベース基板の表面に形成されたN型半導体多層膜反射層、量子井戸を備える活性層、P型半導体多層膜反射層と、
前記P型半導体多層膜反射層に接続されるアノード用電極と、
前記N型半導体多層膜反射層に接続されるカソード用電極と、を備え、
前記ベース基板の表面側から見て、前記ベース基板よりも狭い領域で少なくとも前記N型半導体多層膜反射層以上の層を含んでおり、レーザ光を発光する発光領域多層部を形成し、
前記ベース基板の前記発光領域多層部側が吸着されて外部回路基板に実装される、垂直共振面発光レーザ素子であって、
前記ベース基板の表面側から見て、前記発光領域多層部の形成領域と、前記吸着される領域とが異なる、垂直共振面発光レーザ素子。 - 前記ベース基板は、第1方向に第1の長さを有し、該第1方向と略直交する第2方向に第2の長さを有し、第1の長さは第2の長さよりも長く、前記吸着領域が前記第1方向および前記第2方向の両方において前記第2の長さと略同じである場合に、
前記発光領域多層部の形成領域は、前記吸着領域に接するもしくは離間するように、前記吸着領域の前記第1方向に沿った所定位置に配置されている、請求項1に記載の垂直共振面発光レーザ素子。 - 前記ベース基板の前記発光領域多層部側に形成され、前記アノード用電極に接続するアノード用パッド電極と、
前記ベース基板の前記発光領域多層部側に形成され、前記カソード用電極に接続するカソード用パッド電極と、を備え、
前記アノード用パッド電極と前記カソード用パッド電極は、前記第2方向に沿って、前記発光領域多層部に対して同じ側に配置されている、請求項2に記載の垂直共振面発光レーザ素子。 - 前記アノード用パッド電極と前記カソード用パッド電極は、前記第1方向に沿って配列して配置されている、請求項3に記載の垂直共振面発光レーザ素子。
- 前記カソード用パッド電極は2個であり、これら2個のカソード用パッド電極は、前記ベース基板の表面側から見て、前記アノード用パッド電極を挟む位置に、形成されている、請求項4に記載の垂直共振面発光レーザ素子。
- 前記アノード用パッド電極と前記カソード用パッド電極との第1方向に沿った間隔は、一定である、請求項4または請求項5に記載の垂直共振面発光レーザ素子。
- 請求項1乃至請求項6のいずれかに記載の垂直共振面発光レーザ素子を複数備え、各垂直共振面発光レーザ素子の各発光領域多層部がそれぞれ所定距離で離間して配置されている垂直共振面発光レーザアレイ素子。
- ベース基板と、
該ベース基板の表面に形成されたN型半導体多層膜反射層、量子井戸を備える活性層、P型半導体多層膜反射層と、
前記P型半導体多層膜反射層に接続されるアノード用電極と、
前記N型半導体多層膜反射層に接続されるカソード用電極と、を備え、
前記ベース基板の表面側から見て、前記ベース基板よりも狭い領域で少なくとも前記活性層以上の層を含んでおり、レーザ光を発光する発光領域多層部を形成した垂直共振面発光レーザ素子を、単一の前記ベース基板に複数配列形成し、
前記ベース基板の前記発光領域多層部側が吸着されて外部回路基板に実装される、垂直共振面発光レーザアレイ素子であって、
前記ベース基板の表面側から見て、前記発光領域多層部の形成領域と、前記吸着される領域とが異なる、垂直共振面発光レーザアレイ素子。 - 前記ベース基板は、第1方向に第1の長さを有し、該第1方向と略直交する第2方向に第2の長さを有し、第1の長さは第2の長さよりも長く、前記吸着領域が前記第1方向および前記第2方向の両方において前記第2の長さと略同じである場合に、
前記複数の垂直共振面発光レーザの発光領域多層部の形成領域は、前記吸着領域に接するもしくは離間するように、前記吸着領域の前記第1方向に沿った所定位置に配置されている、請求項8に記載の垂直共振面発光レーザアレイ素子。 - 前記ベース基板の前記発光領域多層部側に形成され、前記アノード用電極に接続するアノード用パッド電極と、
前記ベース基板の前記発光領域多層部側に形成され、前記カソード用電極に接続するカソード用パッド電極と、を前記複数の垂直共振面発光レーザ毎に備え、
各垂直共振面発光レーザ素子の前記アノード用パッド電極と前記カソード用パッド電極は、前記第2方向に沿って、これら前記アノード用パッド電極と前記カソード用パッド電極が接続される前記発光領域多層部に対して同じ側に配置されている、請求項9に記載の垂直共振面発光レーザアレイ素子。 - 前記複数の垂直共振面発光レーザ素子の前記アノード用パッド電極と前記カソード用パッド電極は、前記第1方向に沿って配列して配置されている、請求項10に記載の垂直共振面発光レーザアレイ素子。
- 前記各垂直共振面発光レーザ素子の前記カソード用パッド電極は2個であり、これら2個のカソード用パッド電極は、前記ベース基板の表面側から見て、前記アノード用パッド電極を挟む位置に、形成されている、請求項11に記載の垂直共振面発光レーザアレイ素子。
- 前記アノード用パッド電極と前記カソード用パッド電極との第1方向に沿った間隔は、一定である、請求項11または請求項12に記載の垂直共振面発光レーザアレイ素子。
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