An intermediate ultraviolet laser diode device includes a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate member comprising a surface region, a release material overlying the surface region, an n-type gallium and nitrogen containing material; an active region overlying the n-type gallium and nitrogen containing material; a p-type gallium and nitrogen containing material; a first transparent conductive oxide material overlying the p-type gallium and nitrogen containing material; and an interface region overlying the first transparent conductive oxide material.

A method for tuning the frequency of THz radiation is provided. The method utilizes an apparatus comprising a spin injector, a tunnel junction coupled to the spin injector, and a ferromagnetic material coupled to the tunnel junction. The ferromagnetic material comprises a Magnon Gain Medium (MGM). The method comprises the step of applying a bias voltage to shift a Fermi level of the spin injector with respect to the Fermi level of the ferromagnetic material to initiate generation of non-equilibrium magnons by injecting minority electrons into the Magnon Gain Medium. The method further comprises the step of tuning a frequency of the generated THz radiation by changing the value of the bias voltage.

A patterned epitaxial structure laser lift-off device, including a substrate, reshaping structures, a transmittance adjustment structure, a patterned epitaxial structure, gas transmission systems, an ultraviolet source, a lift-off chamber and a light entry window. The gas transmission systems are at two sides of the lift-off chamber; the light entry window is on the lift-off chamber; the ultraviolet source is above the outside of the light entry window; the patterned epitaxial structure is inside the lift-off chamber; the substrate is on the patterned epitaxial structure. The patterned epitaxial structure includes an epitaxial structure, a sapphire substrate, patterned structures, oblique interfaces and planar interfaces, several patterned structures being uniformly designed on the epitaxial structure, each of the patterned structures being a V-shaped groove structure formed by two oblique interfaces, two adjacent patterned structures being connected by means of a planar interface.

A method for tuning the frequency of THz radiation is provided. The method utilizes an apparatus comprising a spin injector, a tunnel junction coupled to the spin injector, and a ferromagnetic material coupled to the tunnel junction. The ferromagnetic material comprises a Magnon Gain Medium (MGM). The method comprises the step of applying a bias voltage to shift a Fermi level of the spin injector with respect to the Fermi level of the ferromagnetic material to initiate generation of non-equilibrium magnons by injecting minority electrons into the Magnon Gain Medium. The method further comprises the step of tuning a frequency of the generated THz radiation by changing the value of the bias voltage.

A light emitting device includes: a first n-type semiconductor layer disposed on a substrate; a tunnel junction layer disposed on a part of the first n-type semiconductor layer; a p-type semiconductor layer disposed on the first n-type semiconductor layer and covering the tunnel junction layer; an active layer disposed on the p-type semiconductor layer; and a second n-type semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer.

A method for manufacturing a restored substrate includes: removing a nitride semiconductor layer from a stacked-layer in which the nitride semiconductor layer has been laminated on a substrate; oxidizing material adhering to the substrate to produce an oxide deposit after the removing of the nitride semiconductor layer from the stacked-layer; and removing the oxide deposit from the substrate. A method for manufacturing a light emitting element includes stacking nitride semiconductor layers including an active layer on the restored substrate obtained by the above method.

A Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) including a light emitting III-nitride active region including quantum wells (QWs), wherein each of the quantum wells have a thickness of more than 8 nm, a cavity length of at least 7 , or at least 20 , where lambda is a peak wavelength of the light emitted from the active region, layers with reduced surface roughness, a tunnel junction intracavity contact. The VCSEL is flip chip bonded using In-Au bonding. This is the first report of a VCSEL capable of continuous wave operation.

A method for fabricating a laser diode device includes providing a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate member comprising a surface region, a release material overlying the surface region, an n-type gallium and nitrogen containing material; an active region overlying the n-type gallium and nitrogen containing material, a p-type gallium and nitrogen containing material; and a first transparent conductive oxide material overlying the p-type gallium and nitrogen containing material, and an interface region overlying the first transparent conductive oxide material. The method includes bonding the interface region to a handle substrate and subjecting the release material to an energy source to initiate release of the gallium and nitrogen containing substrate member.

A semiconductor laser diode is disclosed. In an embodiment a semiconductor laser diode includes a first resonator and a second resonator, the first and second resonators having parallel resonator directions along a longitudinal direction and being monolithically integrated into the semiconductor laser diode, wherein the first resonator includes at least a part of a semiconductor layer sequence having an active layer and an active region configured to be electrically pumped to generate a first light, wherein the longitudinal direction is parallel to a main extension plane of the active layer, and wherein the second resonator has an active region with a laser-active material configured to be optically pumped by at least a part of the first light to produce a second light which is partially emitted outwards from the second resonator.

A surface emitting laser includes: a semiconductor layer containing a nitride semiconductor, and including a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer that are stacked in this order, in which the semiconductor layer includes a light emitting region; and a first light reflecting layer and a second light reflecting layer that are opposed to each other with the semiconductor layer being disposed therebetween. The first semiconductor layer has a high dislocation portion disposed outside the light emitting region. The high dislocation portion has an average dislocation density higher than an average dislocation density of the light emitting region.