An optoelectronic semiconductor light emitting device configured to emit light having a wavelength in the range from about 150 nm to about 425 nm is disclosed. In embodiments, the device comprises a substrate having at least one epitaxial semiconductor layer disposed thereon, wherein each of the one or more epitaxial semiconductor layers comprises a metal oxide. An epitaxial semiconductor layer of the device can include a first single crystal oxide material. The first single crystal oxide material can include: at least one of magnesium, nickel, and zinc; at least one of aluminum and gallium; and oxygen. The first single crystal oxide material can also include a cubic crystal symmetry.

An optoelectronic semiconductor light emitting device configured to emit light having a wavelength in the range from about 150 nm to about 425 nm is disclosed. In embodiments, the device comprises a substrate having at least one epitaxial semiconductor layer disposed thereon, wherein each of the one or more epitaxial semiconductor layers comprises a metal oxide. At least one of the epitaxial semiconductor layers can include single crystal A.sub.xB.sub.1-xO.sub.n, where: 0<x<1.0; A is Al and/or Ga; and B is Mg, Ni, a rare earth, Er, Gd, Ir, Bi, or Li.

A device which detects and/or emits infrared radiation in the mid-infrared to far- infrared region is disclosed herein. The device comprises a first layer comprising a first transition metal dichalcogenide, and a second layer comprising a second transition metal dichalcogenide, wherein the second layer is deposited adjacent to the first layer to form a first interface which interlayer excitons are producible from for rendering the device operable to detect and/or emit infrared radiation in the mid-infrared to far-infrared region.

The present invention provides a semiconductor light emitting device including a substrate, a first semiconductor layer, a first cladding layer, an active layer, a second cladding layer and a second semiconductor layer, and a manufacturing method. The first semiconductor layer may be an n-type semiconductor including a III-V semiconductor or a II-VI semiconductor. The second semiconductor layer may be a p-type semiconductor including a I-VII semiconductor. The semiconductor light emitting device may further include a third cladding layer between the active layer and the second cladding layer, the third cladding layer including a III-V semiconductor or a II-VI semiconductor. Therefore, by providing the hybrid type semiconductor light emitting device and the manufacturing method thereof, the luminous efficiency limit of the p-type semiconductor can be overcome.

A light-emitting element which uses a plurality of kinds of light-emitting dopants emitting light in a balanced manner and has high emission efficiency is provided. Further, a light-emitting device, a display device, an electronic device, and a lighting device each having reduced power consumption by using the above light-emitting element are provided. A light-emitting element which includes a plurality of light-emitting layers including different phosphorescent materials is provided. In the light-emitting element, the light-emitting layer which includes a light-emitting material emitting light with a long wavelength includes two kinds of carrier-transport compounds having properties of transporting carriers with different polarities. Further, in the light-emitting element, the triplet excitation energy of a host material included in the light-emitting layer emitting light with a short wavelength is higher than the triplet excitation energy of at least one of the carrier-transport compounds.

Quantum dots and electroluminescent device including the same. The quantum dots include an alloy core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal including indium (In), gallium (Ga), and phosphorous (P), and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the alloy core, wherein the quantum dots do not include cadmium, wherein the quantum dots are configured to emit blue light having a maximum emission peak wavelength that is greater than or equal to about 440 nanometers (nm) and less than or equal to about 490 nm, wherein in the quantum dots, a mole ratio of gallium with respect to a sum of indium and gallium is greater than or equal to about 0.2:1 and less than or equal to about 0.75:1, and wherein the semiconductor nanocrystal shell includes a zinc chalcogenide.

A method for growing a transition metal dichalcogenide layer involves arranging a substrate having a first transition metal contained pad is arranged in a chemical vapor deposition chamber. A chalcogen contained precursor is arranged upstream of the substrate in the chemical vapor deposition chamber. The chemical vapor deposition chamber is heated for a period of time during which a transition metal dichalcogenides layer, containing transition metal from the first transition metal contained pad and chalcogen from the chalcogen contained precursor, is formed in an area adjacent to the first transition metal contained pad.

Disclosed are a quantum light source and an optical communication apparatus including the same. The quantum light source device includes a vertical reflection layer disposed on a substrate, a lower electrode layer disposed on the vertical reflection layer, a horizontal reflection layer disposed on the lower electrode layer, a quantum light source disposed in the horizontal reflection layer, and an upper electrode layer disposed on the horizontal reflection layer.

This invention relates generally to the field of quasicrystalline strictures, In preferred embodiments, the stopgap structure is more spherically symmetric than periodic structures facilitating the formation of stopgaps in nearly all directions because of higher rotational symmetries. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of quasicrystalline structures for optical, mechanical, electrical and magnetic purposes. In some embodiments, the invention relates to manipulating, controlling, modulating and directing waves including electromagnetic, sound, spin, and surface waves, for pre-selected range of wavelengths propagating in multiple directions.

Embodiments disclose LEDs that operate using impact ionization. Devices include a first conductivity type layer, an intrinsic layer, and an impact ionization layer. In some embodiments, a charge layer is on the intrinsic layer, where the charge layer comprises a first material and has a net charge. The impact ionization layer comprises a second material. The charge layer forms a barrier for transporting carriers until a bias of at least 1.5 times a bandgap of the second material is applied, and a resulting electric field in the impact ionization layer is greater than or equal to a threshold for the second material. In some embodiments the first intrinsic layer is on the first conductivity type layer and is made of the first material, and a compositional step at an interface between the intrinsic layer and the impact ionization layer creates a barrier for transporting carriers.