WO2015008627A1 - 半導体レーザ装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a semiconductor laser device.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a surface emitting laser element having a two-dimensional periodic structure.
- This surface emitting laser element includes a photonic crystal layer.
- the photonic crystal layer disclosed in this document has a structure in which holes are periodically provided in two orthogonal directions.
- Non-Patent Document 1 discloses an example in which a phase shift region having a period different from that of the periphery is inserted between the hole forming regions. By using the phase shift region, it is possible to obtain a beam pattern different from the case where this is not used.
- the annular beam is effective for optical tweezers and the like. Although it is difficult to capture an opaque material with a normal unimodal beam, an annular beam can also be used to capture an opaque material (Non-Patent Document 2).
- Patent Document 2 discloses a projector using a surface emitting laser element.
- a projector is a device that forms a desired image by selectively transmitting / blocking light for each pixel.
- the projector does not control the phase of the wavefront for each pixel.
- the semiconductor laser device is expected to have various applications. It is known that when a hologram is subjected to Fourier transform, a reproduced image is obtained, and such an apparatus is expected to be used for hologram design and the like.
- the Fourier transform image is also used for image processing and pattern matching in an inspection apparatus.
- the present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object thereof is to provide a semiconductor laser device capable of forming a desired laser beam pattern that can be changed.
- a semiconductor laser device is a semiconductor laser device including a semiconductor laser chip and a spatial light modulator optically coupled to the semiconductor laser chip, the semiconductor laser chip being An active layer, a pair of cladding layers sandwiching the active layer, and a diffraction grating layer optically coupled to the active layer, the spatial light modulator including a common electrode, a plurality of pixel electrodes, A liquid crystal layer disposed between the common electrode and the pixel electrode, and a laser beam output along a thickness direction of the diffraction grating layer is transparent between the common electrode and the pixel electrode.
- Laser light output in the thickness direction from the diffraction grating layer reaches the liquid crystal layer via the pixel electrode or the common electrode.
- the dielectric constant (refractive index) of the liquid crystal layer changes depending on the voltage applied to the pixel electrode. Therefore, the optical path length of the liquid crystal layer with respect to the laser light changes and the phase changes.
- the phase of the laser beam reflected so as to reciprocate through the liquid crystal layer is modulated for each pixel electrode. Therefore, wavefront control can be performed for each minute region, and a desired laser beam pattern that can be changed can be formed by overlapping the wavefronts.
- the semiconductor laser device further includes a selection circuit that is disposed on the semiconductor laser chip and selectively applies the driving voltage between the pixel electrode and the common electrode located at a desired address.
- a selection circuit that is disposed on the semiconductor laser chip and selectively applies the driving voltage between the pixel electrode and the common electrode located at a desired address.
- a storage device that stores an initial correction value of the drive voltage for each pixel electrode can be provided. In this case, it is possible for the device to output a desired pattern even when the phase of the spatial light modulator has variations in the plane during manufacture.
- the semiconductor laser chip includes a laser beam generation region in which the active layer is formed, and a deflection region that is adjacent to the laser beam generation region and deflects the laser beam, and the diffraction grating layer includes the laser beam It extends so as to be located in both the light generation region and the deflection region, deflects laser light in the thickness direction of the diffraction grating layer, and the spatial light modulator is mounted on the deflection region. It is characterized by that. In this case, it is possible to optimize the characteristics in each region by separately providing the laser light generation region and the deflection region.
- the semiconductor laser chip includes a laser light generation region in which the active layer is formed, and the diffraction grating layer is located in the laser light generation region, and laser is directed toward the thickness direction of the diffraction grating layer.
- the light is emitted, and the spatial light modulator is mounted on the laser light generation region.
- the apparatus can be reduced in size by arranging the spatial light modulator on the laser light generation region.
- the semiconductor laser device is provided on a surface of the semiconductor laser chip opposite to the spatial light modulator, and a quarter wavelength plate disposed between the semiconductor laser chip and the spatial light modulator.
- the polarizing plate is further provided.
- the laser beam that has entered the spatial light modulator via the quarter-wave plate, reciprocated through the spatial light modulator, and again passed through the quarter-wave plate in the reverse direction has a polarization orientation rotated by 90 degrees. That is, when the laser light is incident on the quarter-wave plate as linearly polarized light having the first polarization direction, the laser beam is rotated 90 degrees with respect to the first polarization direction after passing through this twice. It becomes linearly polarized light having the second polarization direction.
- the semiconductor laser chip includes a laser beam generation region in which the active layer is formed, and a deflection region that is adjacent to the laser beam generation region and deflects the laser beam, and the diffraction grating layer includes the laser beam It extends so as to be located in both the light generation region and the deflection region, and the deflection region is surrounded by the laser light generation region.
- the spatial light modulator is mounted on the deflection region.
- the diffraction grating layer includes a basic layer and a plurality of different refractive index regions that are periodically formed in the basic layer and have a refractive index different from that of the basic layer. And each planar shape of the different refractive index region of the diffraction grating layer in the deflection region is rotationally asymmetric.
- a desired variable laser beam pattern can be formed.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a semiconductor laser device.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of the semiconductor laser device.
- FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the semiconductor laser device according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the semiconductor laser device according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the semiconductor laser device according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the semiconductor laser device according to the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 7 is a plan view of the diffraction grating layer.
- FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view (A) of a part of a semiconductor laser device provided with a tapered waveguide, and a plan view (B) of the waveguide WG.
- FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modification of the semiconductor laser device shown in FIG.
- FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modification of the semiconductor laser device shown in FIG.
- FIG. 11 is a plan view of
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a semiconductor laser device.
- the semiconductor laser device includes a semiconductor laser chip LDC made of a compound semiconductor and a spatial light modulator SLM optically coupled to the semiconductor laser chip LDC.
- the semiconductor laser chip LDC includes a light emitting layer LL including an active layer, a pair of cladding layers 2 and 7 sandwiching the light emitting layer LL, and a diffraction grating layer 6 optically coupled to the light emitting layer LL.
- the light emitting layer LL includes an active layer and a light guide layer that sandwiches the active layer as necessary.
- the semiconductor laser chip LDC includes a semiconductor substrate 1. The thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate 1 is taken as the Z axis, and the two directions perpendicular thereto are taken as the X axis and the Y axis.
- each semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown sequentially on the surface in the ⁇ Z-axis direction of the semiconductor substrate 1.
- the lower cladding layer 2, the light emitting layer LL, the diffraction grating layer 6, the upper cladding layer 7, and the contact layer 8 are sequentially formed on the semiconductor substrate 1.
- An electrode E1 is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 1 on the + Z-axis side
- an electrode E2 is formed on the surface of the contact layer 8 on the ⁇ Z-axis side.
- the light emitting layer LL and the electrodes E1 and E2 are formed only in the laser light generation region LD, and are not formed in the deflection region DF.
- the light emitting layer LL emits light. That is, when a drive current is supplied between the first electrode E1 and the second electrode E2, recombination of electrons and holes occurs in the active layer 4, and the active layer 4 emits light.
- the carriers contributing to the light emission and the generated light are efficiently confined between the upper and lower light guide layers 3 and 5 and the cladding layers 2 and 7 (FIGS. 3 to 6, 9, and 10). reference).
- the laser beam LB generated in the light emitting layer LL propagates in the diffraction grating layer 6, travels in the ⁇ X axis direction, and reaches the deflection region DF.
- the deflection region DF the diffraction grating layer 6 deflects the laser light in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, that is, in the Z-axis direction.
- the deflected laser light travels in the + Z-axis direction and enters the spatial light modulator SLM via the cladding layer 2 and the semiconductor substrate 1.
- the spatial light modulator SLM is attached to the deflection region DF of the semiconductor laser chip LDC so that the laser light LB output along the thickness direction of the diffraction grating layer 6 is input.
- the laser light is incident on the liquid crystal layer LC through the transparent one of the common electrode 25 and the pixel electrode 21 of the spatial light modulator SLM (see FIG. 3).
- the spatial light modulator SLM modulates the phase of each minute region of the laser light LB with a drive voltage applied between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, reflects the phase-modulated laser light, and converts the semiconductor laser chip Output to the outside.
- the laser light LB output from the spatial light modulator SLM is superposed with the phase of each minute region adjusted to form various laser beam patterns.
- the far-field image of the superimposed laser beam LB shows an image forming the letter “A”.
- the semiconductor laser device is arranged on a semiconductor laser chip LDC, and a selection circuit (row selection circuit DR1, column selection circuit DR2) that selectively applies a drive voltage between a pixel electrode located at a desired address and a common electrode. Is further provided. By providing this selection circuit on the semiconductor laser chip, the spatial light modulator can be controlled without installing a large-scale external wiring group.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of the semiconductor laser device.
- the spatial light modulator SLM includes a transparent common electrode 25, a plurality of transparent pixel electrodes 21, and a liquid crystal layer LC disposed between the common electrode 25 and the pixel electrode 21.
- the liquid crystal layer LC is made of nematic liquid crystal or ferroelectric liquid crystal.
- a drive current is supplied from the drive circuit DR to the laser light generation region LD constituting the semiconductor laser element.
- the laser beam LB is output from the light emitting layer LL, and the laser beam LB reaches the liquid crystal layer LC via the pixel electrode 21 of the spatial light modulator and is phase-modulated by the liquid crystal layer LC, and then reflected by the reflecting mirror or the reflecting layer. The light is reflected by the film 23 and output to the outside through the common electrode 25.
- the common electrode 25 is connected to a fixed potential (ground), and the pixel electrode 21 is connected to the row selection circuit DR1 via the switch element Q1 and the row line.
- a column line extends from the column selection circuit DR2, and is connected to the control terminal of the switch element Q1.
- the switch element Q1 is a field effect transistor. In this case, the control terminal is the gate of the transistor.
- the spatial light modulator when a specific address (x, y) is designated, an ON signal is output from the column selection circuit DR2 to the column line at the coordinate x, and a desired potential is output from the row selection circuit DR1 to the row line at the coordinate y. Is given.
- a drive voltage is applied between the pixel electrode 21 at the address (x, y) and the common electrode 25, the refractive index of the liquid crystal layer changes, the optical path length changes, and the laser light The phase is adjusted.
- the row direction and the column direction are determined by the subjectivity, and are directions that can be replaced with each other.
- the magnitude of the drive voltage is determined by the output potential from the row selection circuit DR1 and the output potential of the column selection circuit DR2, and can be constant. However, when more precise phase control is performed, for example, A variable resistor may be connected to each switch element Q1, and the value of the variable resistor may be controlled by a selection circuit having the same configuration.
- phase distribution of the spatial light modulator is measured in advance so that the device outputs a desired pattern even when the phase of the spatial light modulator has variations in the plane during manufacturing.
- a drive circuit for a spatial light modulator that generates a drive voltage applied to each pixel electrode via a selection circuit based on data stored in the storage device. That is, this semiconductor laser device measures the phase distribution of the spatial light modulator in advance, stores the initial phase correction value for correcting the in-plane variation of the phase based on the measurement value, and stores the spatial light modulator. It is possible to provide a storage device for providing different initial phases for each pixel electrode. In other words, this device includes a storage device MEM that stores an initial correction value of the drive voltage for each pixel electrode.
- the drive voltage is applied from the control device CONT to each of the selection circuits DR1 and DR2, and the drive voltage and the initial correction value are stored in the storage device MEM.
- the reference phase distribution and the measured phase distribution are compared, and the drive voltage value corresponding to the phase difference for each pixel can be used as the initial correction value.
- the drive voltage of the initial correction value is applied to the pixel electrode. If given, a reference phase distribution is realized. In order to obtain a desired phase distribution, the desired drive voltage can be superimposed on the drive voltage corresponding to the initial correction value.
- FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the semiconductor laser device according to the first embodiment.
- the laser light output from the diffraction grating layer 6 in the thickness direction reaches the liquid crystal layer LC via the common electrode 25 (or the pixel electrode 21 when the position is replaced with the pixel electrode).
- the dielectric constant (refractive index) of the liquid crystal layer LC changes depending on the voltage applied to the pixel electrode 21. Therefore, the optical path length of the liquid crystal layer LC with respect to the laser light changes, and the phase changes.
- the phase of the laser beam LB that has passed through the liquid crystal layer LC and reciprocated is modulated for each pixel electrode 21. Therefore, wavefront control can be performed for each minute region, and a desired laser beam pattern that can be changed can be formed by overlapping the wavefronts.
- a transparent insulating film 9 made of SiO 2 or SiNx is formed on the deflection region DF.
- a common electrode 25 of the spatial light modulator SLM is disposed on the transparent insulating film 9, and a frame-like spacer 24 for holding liquid crystal is provided on the common electrode 25, and a space inside the spacer 24 is filled with a liquid crystal layer LC.
- a reflective film 23 is formed on the spacer 24 and the liquid crystal layer LC, and a plurality of pixel electrodes 21 are disposed on the reflective film 23 with a protective film 22 interposed therebetween. The pixel electrode 21 is located between the substrate 20 and the protective film 22.
- the pixel electrode 21 is preferably formed on the substrate 20 made of a semiconductor, and then the protective film 22 is covered with the protective film 22 so that the surface thereof is planarized.
- a reflective film 23 is formed on the film 22, and the intermediate substrate is inverted and placed on the frame-like spacer 20.
- Appropriate alignment films are provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the liquid crystal layer LC.
- the laser beam LB reflected by the reflective film 23 on the liquid crystal layer LC is output to the outside through the common electrode 25 and the semiconductor laser chip LDC.
- the light emitting layer LL shown in FIG. 1 includes an active layer 4 and light guide layers 3 and 5 sandwiching the active layer 4, and these are formed only in the laser light generation region.
- the contact layer 8 is provided as necessary.
- the semiconductor laser chip includes a laser light generation region LD in which the active layer 4 is formed, and a deflection region DF that is adjacent to the laser light generation region LD and deflects the laser light. It extends so as to be located in both the light generation region LD and the deflection region DF.
- the diffraction grating layer 6 deflects the laser light in the thickness direction of the diffraction grating layer 6.
- the spatial light modulator SLM is mounted on the deflection region DF. In the case of the first embodiment, by providing the laser light generation region LD and the deflection region DF separately, it is possible to optimize the characteristics in each region.
- FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the semiconductor laser device according to the second embodiment.
- the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that it further includes a quarter-wave plate ( ⁇ / 4 phase difference plate) and a polarizing plate, and the other points are the same. That is, this apparatus is provided on the surface of the semiconductor laser chip LDC opposite to the spatial light modulator SLM and the quarter wavelength plate 26 disposed between the semiconductor laser chip LDC and the spatial light modulator SLM.
- the polarizing plate 27 is further provided.
- the diffraction grating layer 6 has a structure in which, for example, triangular shapes are arranged in a square lattice pattern, and diffracts linearly polarized light in the vertical direction. If the polarization transmission axis of linearly polarized light output from the diffraction grating layer 6 at this time is the axis A, the polarization transmission axis of the polarizing plate 27 is set in a direction orthogonal to the axis A (referred to as axis B). Further, the fast axis of the quarter wave plate is set in a direction rotated by 45 ° from the axis A.
- the laser beam that has entered the spatial light modulator SLM via the quarter-wave plate 26, reciprocated through the spatial light modulator SLM, and again passed through the quarter-wave plate 26 in the opposite direction has a polarization orientation of 90. Rotate degrees. That is, when the laser beam LB is incident on the quarter-wave plate 26 as linearly polarized light having the first polarization direction (axis A), after passing through the quarter wavelength plate 26, the laser light LB changes in the first polarization direction. On the other hand, it becomes linearly polarized light having the second polarization direction (axis B) rotated by 90 degrees.
- the polarization direction in the polarizing plate 27 is matched with the second polarization direction (axis B)
- only the laser light reciprocating through the spatial light modulator SLM is transmitted through the polarizing plate 27, and components in other polarization directions. Is blocked by the polarizing plate 27. Therefore, noise components that are not modulated by the liquid crystal layer LC are removed from the output image, and the contrast is improved.
- the positions of the common electrode 25 and the quarter-wave plate 26 can be interchanged.
- FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the semiconductor laser device according to the third embodiment.
- the third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the position of the spatial light modulator SLM is changed and the electrode structure of the laser is changed, and other configurations are the same.
- This semiconductor laser chip includes a laser light generation region LD in which an active layer 4 is formed, and the diffraction grating layer 6 is located in the laser light generation region LD, and laser light is directed toward the thickness direction of the diffraction grating layer 6.
- LB is emitted.
- the spatial light modulator SLM is mounted on the laser light generation region LD. In this case, the apparatus can be reduced in size by disposing the spatial light modulator SLM on the laser light generation region LD.
- a transparent electrode or a semiconductor region (conductive region E3) having a high impurity concentration is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 1 on the + Z side, and a transparent insulating film 9 is formed thereon.
- the electrode E1 is electrically and physically connected to the conductive region E3 and has an opening shape.
- the spatial light modulator SLM is provided inside the opening shape of the electrode E1.
- the electrode E2 is configured to transmit part or all of the laser light LB.
- a transparent electrode such as ITO, ZnO, graphene, or Ag nanowire, or a mesh structure having a fine opening made of metal such as Au or Ag is used.
- the mesh structure does not necessarily have to be periodic.
- FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the semiconductor laser device according to the fourth embodiment.
- the fourth embodiment is different from the second embodiment in that the position of the spatial light modulator SLM is changed and the electrode structure of the laser is changed, and the other configurations are the same.
- This semiconductor laser chip includes a laser light generation region LD in which an active layer 4 is formed, and the diffraction grating layer 6 is located in the laser light generation region LD, and laser light is directed toward the thickness direction of the diffraction grating layer 6.
- LB is emitted.
- the spatial light modulator SLM is mounted on the laser light generation region LD. In this case, the apparatus can be reduced in size by disposing the spatial light modulator SLM on the laser light generation region LD.
- a transparent electrode or a semiconductor region (conductive region E3) having a high impurity concentration is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 1 on the + Z side, and a transparent insulating film 9 is formed thereon.
- the electrode E1 is electrically and physically connected to the conductive region E3 and has an opening shape.
- the spatial light modulator SLM is provided inside the opening shape of the electrode E1. In this case, since the row selection circuit DR1 and the column selection circuit DR2 are located outside the electrode E1, appropriate connection wiring is provided from these to the pixel electrode and the common electrode.
- FIG. 7 is a plan view of the diffraction grating layer.
- the above-described diffraction grating layer 6 includes, for example, a basic layer 6A and a different refractive index region 6B.
- the different refractive index region 6B is embedded in the basic layer 6A at a predetermined depth, and the refractive index is different from this.
- the planar shape of the different refractive index region 6B is circular, but other shapes such as a triangle and an ellipse may be used.
- a shape having no rotational symmetry of 90 degrees can be used.
- this shape can be, for example, an isosceles triangle, a right triangle, or a right isosceles triangle.
- the different refractive index region 6B is arranged at the lattice point position of the square lattice, but it may be arranged at the lattice point position of the triangular lattice. Since the diffraction grating layer 6 has a periodic structure in which the refractive index changes two-dimensionally by embedding the different refractive index region, it functions as a diffraction grating and also as a photonic crystal layer.
- the periodic structure in the laser light generation region LD and the periodic structure in the deflection region DF are shown to be the same, they may have different shapes.
- a periodic structure in which perfect circular holes are arranged in a square lattice may be used in the laser light generation region LD
- a periodic structure in which triangular holes are arranged in a square lattice may be used in the deflection region DF.
- the semiconductor laser element described above is a surface emitting laser, and a part thereof is taken out from the lateral direction (FIGS. 3 and 4) or taken out from the thickness direction (FIGS. 5 and 6) and input to the spatial light modulator SLM. is doing.
- this semiconductor laser element is an edge emitting laser, the following structure can be considered.
- FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view (A) of a part of a semiconductor laser device provided with a tapered waveguide, and a plan view (B) of the waveguide WG.
- the portions not shown are the same as those in FIG. 3 or FIG. 4, and the diffraction grating layer 6 can be omitted.
- the laser beam LB output from the active layer 4 in the lateral direction is input to the waveguide WG adjacent thereto.
- the waveguide WG includes a tapered waveguide WG1 and a waveguide (diffusion part) WG2 having a rectangular planar shape.
- the width of the laser light in the Y-axis direction is widened by the tapered waveguide WG1, and a wide range of laser light is deflected in the thickness direction (Z-axis direction) of the substrate by the diffusion portion WG2.
- the same diffraction grating as that shown in FIG. 7 is formed, and this functions as a diffraction grating layer.
- the deflected laser light enters the spatial light modulator SLM as described above. Note that the diffusion portion WG2 of the waveguide WG is optically coupled to the active layer.
- each semiconductor laser device is a semiconductor laser device including a semiconductor laser chip and a spatial light modulator optically coupled to the semiconductor laser chip.
- the semiconductor laser chip includes an active layer, an active layer, and an active layer.
- the spatial light modulator includes a common electrode, a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a common electrode and a pixel electrode, and a pair of cladding layers sandwiching the layer and a diffraction grating layer optically coupled to the active layer.
- a semiconductor laser chip so that laser light output along the thickness direction of the diffraction grating layer is input via a transparent one of the common electrode and the pixel electrode.
- the phase of each minute region of the laser light is modulated by a driving voltage applied between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and the phase-modulated laser light is reflected and output to the outside.
- the semiconductor substrate 1 is made of GaAs
- the lower cladding layer 2 is made of AlGaAs
- the lower light guide layer 3 is made of AlGaAs
- the active layer 4 is a multiquantum.
- the well structure MQW carrier layer: AlGaAs / well layer: InGaAs
- the upper light guide layer 5 comprises lower layer AlGaAs / upper layer GaAs
- the upper cladding layer 7 comprises AlGaAs
- the contact layer 8 comprises GaAs.
- the basic layer 6A is made of GaAs, and the different refractive index region (buried layer) 6B embedded in the basic layer 6A is made of AlGaAs.
- the first conductivity type (N-type) impurity or the second conductivity type (P-type) impurity is added to each layer (impurity concentration is 1 ⁇ 10 17 to 1 ⁇ 10 21 / cm 3 ).
- the semiconductor substrate 1 is N type
- the lower cladding layer 2 is N type
- the lower light guide layer 3 is I type
- the active layer 4 is I type
- the lower layer of the upper light guide layer 5 is P or I type
- the upper layer is I type
- the diffraction grating layer 6 can be I-type
- the upper cladding layer 7 can be P-type
- the contact layer 8 can be P-type.
- a region to which no impurity is intentionally added is intrinsic (I type).
- the I-type impurity concentration is 1 ⁇ 10 16 / cm 3 or less.
- the thickness of the semiconductor substrate 1 is 150 ⁇ m (80 ⁇ m to 350 ⁇ m)
- the thickness of the lower cladding layer 2 is 2 ⁇ 10 3 nm (1 ⁇ 10 3 nm to 3 ⁇ 10 3 nm)
- the thickness of the active layer 4 is 30 nm (10 nm to 100 nm)
- the thickness of the lower layer of the upper light guide layer 5 is 50 nm (10 nm to 100 nm)
- the thickness of the upper layer is 50 nm (10 nm to 200 nm)
- the thickness of the lattice layer 6 is 100 nm (50 nm to 200 nm)
- the thickness of the upper cladding layer 7 is 2 ⁇ 10 3 nm (1 ⁇ 10 3 nm to 3 ⁇ 10 3 nm)
- the thickness of the contact layer 8 is 200 nm (50 nm to 500 nm).
- the energy band gap of the cladding layer is larger than the energy band gap of the light guide layer, and the energy band gap of the light guide layer is set larger than the energy band gap of the well layer of the active layer 4.
- the energy band gap and the refractive index can be easily changed by changing the Al composition ratio.
- Al X Ga 1-X As when the composition ratio X of Al having a relatively small atomic radius is decreased (increased), the energy band gap that is positively correlated with this decreases (increases), and GaAs has an atomic radius. When large In is mixed to make InGaAs, the energy band gap becomes small.
- the Al composition ratio of the cladding layer is larger than the Al composition ratio of the light guide layer, and the Al composition ratio of the light guide layer is equal to or larger than the barrier layer (AlGaAs) of the active layer.
- the Al composition ratio of the cladding layer is set to 0.2 to 0.4, and is 0.3 in this example.
- the Al composition ratio of the barrier layer in the light guide layer and the active layer is set to 0.1 to 0.15, and is 0.1 in this example.
- a layer of about 10 to 100 nm with an Al composition equivalent to that of the cladding layer is inserted between the second conductivity type (p-type) cladding layer. May be.
- a columnar different refractive index region in the diffraction grating layer 6 may be a gap and a gas such as air, nitrogen, or argon may be enclosed.
- a different refractive index region 6 ⁇ / b> B is disposed at a lattice point position of a square lattice or a triangular lattice in the XY plane.
- the interval between the vertical and horizontal lattice lines in this square lattice is about the wavelength of the laser beam divided by the equivalent refractive index, and is specifically set to about 300 nm.
- the different refractive index regions can be arranged not at the lattice point positions of the square lattice but at the lattice point positions of the triangular lattice.
- the interval between the horizontal and oblique lattice lines is a value obtained by dividing the wavelength by the equivalent refractive index and further dividing by Sin 60 °, and is preferably set to about 350 nm.
- the common electrode and the pixel electrode described above are made of ITO or ZnO when they are transparent. Such a material is transparent to the laser beam and can transmit the laser beam.
- the material of the high refractive index material layer (nH) is at least one material (for example, Ta 2 ) selected from an oxide group (insulator group) made of Ta 2 O 5 , TiO 2 , Nb 2 O 5, HfO 2, and the like. O 5 ).
- the material of the low refractive index material layer (nL) includes at least one material (for example, SiO 2 ) selected from an insulator group made of SiO 2, MgF 2, and the like.
- the optical film thicknesses of the high refractive material layer (nH) and the low refractive index material layer (nL) are set to 1 ⁇ 4 of the wavelength ⁇ of the laser light.
- the laminated structure of these dielectric layers the following types can be considered.
- the second structure After the above-described set (A) is repeatedly laminated m times, the low refractive index material layer (nL) is further formed on the high refractive material layer (nH) located on the outermost surface. In this case, the total number of layers is 2 ⁇ A ⁇ m + 1.
- each compound semiconductor layer uses a metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) method. Although crystal growth is performed on the (001) plane of the semiconductor substrate 1, it is not limited to this.
- MOCVD metal organic chemical vapor deposition
- the growth temperature of AlGaAs is 500 ° C. to 850 ° C., and 550 to 700 ° C. is used in the experiment, and TMA (trimethylaluminum), gallium raw material is used as the Al raw material during growth.
- TMG trimethyl gallium
- TEG triethyl gallium
- As raw material AsH 3 arsine
- N-type impurity raw material Si 2 H 6 dilane
- P-type impurity raw material DEZn diethyl zinc Is used.
- TMA trimethyl gallium
- TMG triethyl gallium
- AsH 3 arsine
- Si 2 H 6 dilane
- P-type impurity raw material DEZn diethyl zinc
- InGaAs is manufactured using TMG, TMI (trimethylindium), and arsine.
- the insulating film may be formed by sputtering a target using the constituent material as a raw material.
- AlGaAs N-type cladding layer
- GaAs N-type semiconductor substrate
- An optical guide layer (AlGaAs) 3 a multiple quantum well structure (InGaAs / AlGaAs) 4, and an optical guide layer (GaAs / AaGaAs) 5 are formed on the region, and then a basic layer (GaAs) serving as a photonic crystal layer 6A is epitaxially grown sequentially using MOCVD (metal organic chemical vapor deposition).
- MOCVD metal organic chemical vapor deposition
- a SiN layer is formed on the basic layer 6A by PCVD (plasma CVD), and then a resist is formed on the SiN layer. Further, the resist is exposed and developed, the SiN layer is etched using the resist as a mask, and a part of the SiN layer is left to form an alignment mark. The remaining resist is removed.
- PCVD plasma CVD
- a two-dimensional fine pattern is formed on the resist by drawing and developing a two-dimensional fine pattern on the resist using an electron beam drawing apparatus with reference to the alignment mark.
- a two-dimensional fine pattern having a depth of about 100 nm is transferred onto the basic layer 6A by dry etching to form a hole (hole), and the resist is removed.
- the depth of the hole is 100 nm.
- the compound semiconductor that becomes the different refractive index region 6B AlGaAs
- an upper cladding layer (AlGaAs) 7 and a contact layer (GaAs) 8 are sequentially formed by MOCVD, and an appropriate electrode material is formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate by vapor deposition or sputtering to form first and second electrodes. Form. Further, if necessary, insulating films can be formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate by sputtering or the like.
- the diffraction grating layer 6 When the diffraction grating layer 6 is provided below the active layer, the diffraction grating layer may be formed on the lower cladding layer before the formation of the active layer and the lower light guide layer.
- a quarter-wave plate 26 may be disposed on the semiconductor substrate 1 with the insulating film 9 interposed therebetween, and a polarizing plate 27 may be disposed on the surface of the contact layer 8.
- the cladding layer 2 does not need to be etched, and the conductive region E3 is formed in the semiconductor substrate 1 as necessary.
- the rest is formed by the same manufacturing method. be able to.
- the light generated in the active layer is modulated by the diffraction grating layer and oscillated in a two-dimensional single mode, and a part of the oscillated light is generated by the diffraction grating layer. It receives second-order diffraction and is incident on the liquid crystal layer as a plane wave. Since the liquid crystal has refractive index anisotropy, the equivalent refractive index in the direction parallel to the light output changes according to the rotation angle. At this time, since the physical length of the liquid crystal layer is constant, the optical path length changes as the refractive index changes. Accordingly, when a plane wave is incident on the liquid crystal layer from below, the optical path length can be changed for each pixel.
- FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modification of the semiconductor laser device shown in FIG.
- the deflection region DF is surrounded by the laser light generation region LD in a plan view viewed from the Z-axis direction.
- Other configurations are the same.
- the laser light generated by the laser light generation region LD propagates in the lateral direction (X-axis direction), reaches the deflection region DF, and is deflected upward (Z-axis direction) in the deflection region DF.
- the row selection circuit and the column selection circuit are arranged at appropriate positions.
- FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modification of the semiconductor laser device shown in FIG.
- the deflection region DF is surrounded by the laser light generation region LD in a plan view viewed from the Z-axis direction.
- Other configurations are the same.
- the laser light generated by the laser light generation region LD propagates in the lateral direction (X-axis direction), reaches the deflection region DF, and is deflected upward (Z-axis direction) in the deflection region DF.
- the row selection circuit and the column selection circuit are arranged at appropriate positions.
- FIG. 11 is a plan view of the diffraction grating layer 6 applied to the structure of FIGS. 9 and 10 described above.
- the deflection region DF is surrounded by the laser light generation region LD.
- the different refractive index region 6B (IN) existing in the deflection region DF and the different refractive index region 6B (OUT) existing in the laser light generation region LD have different planar shapes.
- the diffraction grating layer 6 includes a basic layer 6A and a different refractive index region 6B.
- the different refractive index region 6B is embedded in the basic layer 6A at a predetermined depth and has a refractive index different from that of the basic layer 6A.
- the planar shape of the inner different refractive index region 6B (IN) is triangular (right triangle), and the outer different refractive index region 6B (OUT) is circular.
- planar shape of the inner different refractive index region 6B (IN) is a rotationally asymmetric shape around the Z axis
- planar shape of the outer different refractive index region 6B (OUT) rotates around the Z axis. It is a symmetrical figure or a figure of arbitrary shape.
- the above-described different refractive index region 6B is arranged at a lattice point of the lattice in the XY plane.
- FIG. 11 shows the case where the lattice is a square lattice.
- the value obtained by dividing the hole interval by the equivalent refractive index is about the wavelength, and oscillation at the ⁇ point in the reciprocal lattice space is obtained.
- oscillation at the ⁇ point light is diffracted in the Z direction in addition to the XY in-plane direction, so that light does not propagate in the Z direction in the light source unit (laser light generation region LD) in order to keep the light use efficiency high.
- a rotationally symmetric shape is preferable as the planar shape of the different refractive index region 6B (OUT) functioning as the light source unit. That is, the ⁇ point of a square lattice can be used as the planar shape of the different refractive index region 6B (OUT) functioning as the light source unit.
- the hole shape is preferably a rotationally symmetric shape.
- oscillation at the M point in the reciprocal lattice space can be obtained by setting the value obtained by multiplying the space between the holes of the square lattice structure by the equivalent refractive index to about 2 -1/2 times the wavelength.
- the planar shape of the different refractive index region 6B (OUT) functioning as the light source unit is arbitrary. May be used. That is, for the planar shape of the different refractive index region 6B (OUT) functioning as the light source unit, the M point of the square lattice can be used.
- the hole shape may be an arbitrary shape.
- the oscillation at the ⁇ point in the reciprocal lattice space can be obtained by setting the value obtained by multiplying the interval between the holes of the triangular lattice structure by the equivalent refractive index to about the wavelength.
- the light source unit does not propagate light in the Z direction in order to keep the light use efficiency high.
- a rotationally symmetric shape is preferable as the planar shape of the different refractive index region 6B (OUT) functioning as the light source unit. That is, the ⁇ point of the triangular lattice can be used as the planar shape of the different refractive index region 6B (OUT) functioning as the light source unit.
- the hole shape is preferably a rotationally symmetric shape.
- the planar shape of the different refractive index region 6B (OUT) functioning as the light source unit is arbitrary. May be used. That is, as the planar shape of the different refractive index region 6B (OUT) functioning as the light source unit, the point J of the triangular lattice can be used. In this case, the hole shape may be an arbitrary shape.
- the planar shape of the outer different refractive index region 6B (OUT) is any shape
- the planar shape of the different refractive index region 6B (IN) that performs light extraction and modulation on the inner side is a rotationally asymmetric shape.
- the inner different refractive index region 6B (IN) can be arranged so that a value obtained by multiplying the hole interval by the equivalent refractive index in a square lattice or a triangular lattice is about the wavelength.
- oscillation at the ⁇ point in the photonic band of the photonic crystal is obtained.
- light is also diffracted in the Z direction in addition to the XY in-plane direction.
- by making the hole shape a rotationally asymmetric shape, light can be extracted efficiently.
- the semiconductor laser chip described above includes a laser light generation region LD in which an active layer is formed, and a deflection region DF that is adjacent to the laser light generation region LD and deflects the laser light.
- the layer 6 extends so as to be located in both the laser light generation region LD and the deflection region DF, and the deflection region DF is surrounded by the laser light generation region LD, so that the laser light generated in the periphery can be efficiently Can be deflected.
- the diffraction grating layer 6 includes a basic layer 6A and a plurality of different refractive index regions 6B that are periodically formed in the basic layer 6A and have a refractive index different from that of the basic layer 6A. As shown in FIG. 11, each planar shape of the different refractive index region 6B of the grating layer 6 is rotationally asymmetric such as a triangle as viewed from the Z-axis direction, and has the above-described effects.
- SLM spatial light modulator
- LDC semiconductor laser chip
- 4 active layer
- 6 diffraction grating layer.
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- 半導体レーザチップ及びこの半導体レーザチップに光学的に結合した空間光変調器を備えた半導体レーザ装置であって、
前記半導体レーザチップは、
活性層と、
前記活性層を挟む一対のクラッド層と、
前記活性層に光学的に結合した回折格子層と、を備え、
前記空間光変調器は、
共通電極と、
複数の画素電極と、
前記共通電極と前記画素電極との間に配置された液晶層と、を備え、
前記回折格子層の厚み方向に沿って出力されたレーザ光が、前記共通電極及び前記画素電極のうちの透明な方を介して、入力されるように、前記半導体レーザチップに取り付けられ、前記レーザ光の微小領域毎の位相を、前記画素電極と前記共通電極との間に印加される駆動電圧により変調し、位相変調したレーザ光を反射させて外部に出力する、
ことを特徴とする半導体レーザ装置。 - 前記半導体レーザチップ上に配置され、所望のアドレスに位置する前記画素電極と前記共通電極との間に、選択的に前記駆動電圧を与える選択回路を更に備えることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の半導体レーザ装置。
- 前記駆動電圧の初期補正値を前記画素電極毎に記憶する記憶装置を備えることを特徴とする請求項2に記載の半導体レーザ装置。
- 前記半導体レーザチップは、
前記活性層の形成されたレーザ光生成領域と、
前記レーザ光生成領域に隣接し、レーザ光を偏向する偏向領域と、
を備え、
前記回折格子層は、前記レーザ光生成領域及び前記偏向領域の双方に位置するように延びており、前記回折格子層の厚み方向に向けてレーザ光を偏向し、
前記空間光変調器は、前記偏向領域上に取り付けられている、ことを特徴とする請求項1~3のいずれか一項に記載の半導体レーザ装置。 - 前記半導体レーザチップは、
前記活性層の形成されたレーザ光生成領域を備え、
前記回折格子層は、前記レーザ光生成領域に位置しており、前記回折格子層の厚み方向に向けてレーザ光を出射し、
前記空間光変調器は、前記レーザ光生成領域上に取り付けられている、ことを特徴とする請求項1~3のいずれか一項に記載の半導体レーザ装置。 - 前記半導体レーザチップと前記空間光変調器との間に配置された1/4波長板と、
前記半導体レーザチップの前記空間光変調器とは反対側の面に設けられた偏光板と、を更に備えることを特徴とする請求項1~5のいずれか一項に記載の半導体レーザ装置。 - 前記半導体レーザチップは、
前記活性層の形成されたレーザ光生成領域と、
前記レーザ光生成領域に隣接し、レーザ光を偏向する偏向領域と、
を備え、
前記回折格子層は、前記レーザ光生成領域及び前記偏向領域の双方に位置するように延びており、
前記偏向領域は、前記レーザ光生成領域によって囲まれている、
ことを特徴とする請求項1~3のいずれか一項に記載の半導体レーザ装置。 - 前記空間光変調器は、前記偏向領域上に取り付けられていることを特徴とする請求項7に記載の半導体レーザ装置。
- 前記回折格子層は、
基本層と、
前記基本層内において周期的に形成され、前記基本層とは異なる屈折率を有する複数の異屈折率領域と、
を備え、
前記偏向領域における前記回折格子層の前記異屈折率領域の個々の平面形状は、回転非対称である、
ことを特徴とする請求項4、7又は8に記載の半導体レーザ装置。
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