A nanowire LED, a display module including the nanowire LED, and a method for manufacturing the display module are provided. The method for manufacturing a display module includes forming a template layer including a magnetic layer on a silicon substrate, growing a plurality of nanowire LEDs on the template layer, separating the plurality of nanowire LEDs from the template layer by ultrasonic waves, forming a plurality of unit cells in a state in which the plurality of nanowire LEDs are aligned to have a specific directivity, forming a plurality of unit pixels by transferring the plurality of unit cells onto a unit substrate, arranging the plurality of unit pixels on a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate through a fluidic self-assembly, and bonding the plurality of unit pixels to be connected to an electrode of the TFT substrate.

A light emitting element includes a light emitting element core including a first area and a second area surrounding the first area. The light emitting element core includes a first semiconductor layer doped with a first dopant, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer and doped with a second dopant, an element active layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; and a third semiconductor layer disposed between the element active layer and the second semiconductor layer and doped with the second dopant. The second area of the light emitting element core is located on an outer circumference of the light emitting element core and includes an outer surface of the light emitting element core. A doping concentration of the second dopant of the third semiconductor layer is lower than a defect density of the second area of the light emitting element core.

In an embodiment a light emitting diode includes an n-type n-layer, a p-type p-layer and an intermediate active zone configured to generate ultraviolet radiation, a p-type semiconductor contact layer having a varying thickness and a plurality of thickness maxima directly located on the p-layer and an ohmic-conductive electrode layer directly located on the semiconductor contact layer, wherein the n-layer and the active zone are each of AlGaN and the p-layer is of AlGaN or InGaN, wherein the semiconductor contact layer is a highly doped GaN layer, and wherein the thickness maxima have an area concentration of at least 10.sup.4 cm.sup.−2.

A semiconductor body and a method for producing a semiconductor body are disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor body includes a p-conducting region, wherein the p-conducting region has at least one barrier zone and a contact zone, wherein the barrier zone has a first magnesium concentration and a first aluminum concentration, wherein the contact zone has a second magnesium concentration and a second aluminum concentration, wherein the first aluminum concentration is greater than the second aluminum concentration, wherein the first magnesium concentration is at least ten times less than the second magnesium concentration, wherein the contact zone forms an outwardly exposed surface of the semiconductor body, and wherein the barrier zone adjoins the contact zone, and wherein the semiconductor body is based on a nitride compound semiconductor material.

A semiconductor light-emitting element includes: an n-type contact layer; an n-side inserted layer provided on a first upper surface of the n-type contact layer, made of an AlGaN-based semiconductor material, and having a thickness equal to or smaller than 5 nm; an n-type clad layer provided on the n-side inserted layer; an active layer provided on the n-type clad layer and including a well layer and a barrier layer made of an AlGaN-based semiconductor material; a p-type clad layer provided on the active layer; a p-side inserted layer provided on the p-type clad layer, made of an AlGaN-based semiconductor material, and having a thickness equal to or smaller than 5 nm; and a p-type contact layer provided on the p-side inserted layer. An AlN composition of each of the n-side and p-side inserted layers is higher than an AlN composition of the barrier layer.

A semiconductor light-emitting element includes: an n-type contact layer; an n-side inserted layer provided on a first upper surface of the n-type contact layer, made of an AlGaN-based semiconductor material, and having a thickness equal to or smaller than 5 nm; an n-type clad layer provided on the n-side inserted layer; an active layer provided on the n-type clad layer and including a well layer and a barrier layer made of an AlGaN-based semiconductor material; a p-type clad layer provided on the active layer; a p-side inserted layer provided on the p-type clad layer, made of an AlGaN-based semiconductor material, and having a thickness equal to or smaller than 5 nm; and a p-type contact layer provided on the p-side inserted layer. An AlN composition of each of the n-side and p-side inserted layers is higher than an AlN composition of the barrier layer.

A method for etching a semiconductor structure (110) is provided, the semiconductor structure comprising a sub-surface quantum structure (30) of a first III-V semiconductor material, beneath a surface layer (31) of a second III-V semiconductor material having a charge carrier density of less than 5 × 10.sup.17 cm.sup.-3. The sub-surface quantum structure may comprise, for example, a quantum well, or a quantum wire, or a quantum dot. The method comprises the steps of exposing the surface layer to an electrolyte (130), and applying a potential difference between the first III-V semiconductor material and the electrolyte, to electrochemically etch the sub-surface quantum structure (30) to form a plurality of nanostructures, while the surface layer (31) is not etched. A semiconductor structure, uses thereof, and devices incorporating such semiconductor structures are further provided.

A method of manufacturing a transfer die. The manufactured transfer die comprises a semiconductor device suitable for bonding to a silicon-on-insulator wafer. The method comprises the steps of providing a non-conductive isolation region in a semiconductor stack, the semiconductor stack comprising a sacrificial layer above a substrate; and etching an isolation trench into the semiconductor stack from an upper surface thereof, such that the isolation trench extends only to a region of the semiconductor stack above the sacrificial layer. The isolation trench and the non-conductive isolation region together separate a bond pad from a waveguide region in the optoelectronic device.

A nitride semiconductor light-emitting element includes an n-type semiconductor layer; a p-type semiconductor layer; an active layer provided between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer; and an electron blocking layer provided between the active layer and the p-type semiconductor layer. A film thickness of the electron blocking layer is not more than 100 nm. An average value of a hydrogen concentration over the electron blocking layer in a stacking direction of the n-type semiconductor layer, the active layer, the electron blocking layer and the p-type semiconductor layer is not more than 2.0×10.sup.18 atoms/cm.sup.3. A boundary portion between the p-type semiconductor layer and the electron blocking layer includes an n-type impurity.

A semiconductor device can define a plurality of points on the basis of an In ion concentration, a first dopant concentration, and a second dopant concentration, and identify each layer on the basis of a region between the points defined as above. The Mg concentration in a specific layer may increase along a specific direction and then decrease.