A layered structure comprising a substrate having a first deformation. Also one or more device layers forming a device and having a second deformation. A deformation control layer which is pseudomorphic with respect to the substrate and having a third deformation. The deformation control layer is selected such that a sum of the first, second and third deformations matches a target level of deformation. Advantageously the layered structure has a controlled, known deformation which can be compressive, tensile or zero.

A photon source comprising:

a quantum dot; and an optical cavity,

the optical cavity comprising: a diffractive Bragg grating “DBG”; and a planar reflection layer,

the DBG comprising a plurality of concentric reflective rings surrounding a central disk and at least one conductive track extending from the central disk across the plurality of concentric rings, the quantum dot being provided within the central disk and the planar reflection layer being provided on one side of the DBG to cause light to be preferentially emitted from the opposing side of the DBG.

Resonant optical cavity light emitting devices and method of producing such devices are disclosed. The device includes a substrate, a first spacer region, a light emitting region, a second spacer region, and a reflector. The light emitting region is configured to emit a target emission deep ultraviolet wavelength, and is positioned at a separation distance from the reflector. The reflector has a metal composition comprising elemental aluminum. Using a three-dimensional electromagnetic spatial and temporal simulator, it is determined if an emission output at an exit plane relative to the substrate meets a predetermined criterion. The light emitting region is placed at a final separation distance from the reflector, where the final separation distance results in the predetermined criterion being met.

A UV LED package and an LED module including the same. The UV LED package includes an upper semiconductor layer; a mesa disposed under the upper semiconductor layer, having an inclined side surface, and comprising an active layer and a lower semiconductor layer; a first insulation layer covering the mesa and having an opening exposing the upper semiconductor layer; a first contact layer contacting the upper semiconductor layer through the opening of the first insulation layer; a second contact layer formed between the mesa and the first insulation layer and contacting the lower semiconductor layer; a first electrode pad and a second electrode pad disposed under the first contact layer and electrically connected to the first contact layer and second contact layer, respectively; and a second insulation layer located between the first contact layer and the first and second electrode pads, wherein the active layer emits UV light having a wavelength of 405 nm or less. With this structure, the LED package has high efficiency and high heat dissipation characteristics.

A light emitting device includes a light emitting chip which generates a first light having a first color, a first cavity layer disposed on the light emitting chip and which generates a second light having a second color and has a first refractive index, a second cavity layer disposed on the first cavity layer and which generates a third light having a third color and has a second refractive index, a first half mirror layer disposed between the first cavity layer and the light emitting chip and which reflects at least a portion of the second light, a second half mirror layer disposed between the first cavity layer and the second cavity layer and which reflects at least a portion of the third light, and a third half mirror layer disposed on the second cavity layer and which transmits the first light.

Apparatus, systems, methods, and articles of manufacture to generate, trap, and convert light using a micro light emitting diode (LED) or similar device are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first mirror to reflect a first wavelength light and a second wavelength light. The example apparatus includes a micro LED on the first mirror, the micro LED to generate the first wavelength light. The example apparatus includes a quantum dot film on the micro LED, the quantum dot film to convert the first wavelength light to the second wavelength light. The example apparatus includes a second mirror on the quantum dot film, the second mirror to reflect the first wavelength light and transmit the second wavelength light.

An optoelectronic component includes a housing having a cavity in which an optoelectronic semiconductor chip having an emission face that emits light rays and a transparent potting material are arranged, wherein the cavity includes at least one side wall at least partly reflecting light rays incident on the side wall and reflectivity of which decreases as an operating period of the component increases, conversion particles are embedded into the potting material, which conversion particles convert light rays having a first wavelength incident on the conversion particles into light rays having a second wavelength, and scattering particles are embedded into the potting material, which scattering particles scatter light rays incident on the scattering particles and the scattering capability of which scattering particles increases as the operating period increases.

A method for producing a plurality of semiconductor components and a semiconductor component is disclosed. In some embodiment, the method includes forming a semiconductor layer sequence, structuring the semiconductor layer sequence by forming trenches thereby structuring semiconductor bodies, applying an auxiliary substrate on the semiconductor layer sequence, so that the semiconductor layer sequence is arranged between the auxiliary substrate and the substrate and removing the substrate from the semiconductor layer sequence. The method further comprises applying an anchoring layer covering the trench and vertical surfaces of the semiconductor bodies, forming a plurality of tethers by structuring the anchoring layer in regions covering the trench, locally detaching the auxiliary substrate from the semiconductor bodies, wherein the tethers remain attached to the auxiliary substrate and selectively picking up a semiconductor body by separating the tethers from the auxiliary substrate, the semiconductor body including a portion of the layer sequence.

In an embodiment, a device includes: an interconnect structure including a first contact pad, a second contact pad, and an alignment mark; a light emitting diode including a cathode and an anode, the cathode connected to the first contact pad; an encapsulant encapsulating the light emitting diode; a first conductive via extending through the encapsulant, the first conductive via including a first seed layer, the first seed layer contacting the second contact pad; a second conductive via extending through the encapsulant, the second conductive via including a second seed layer, the first seed layer and the second seed layer including a first metal; and a hardmask layer between the second seed layer and the alignment mark, the hardmask layer including a second metal, the second metal different from the first metal.

A semiconductor light source including a planar optical component that focuses long-wavelength (e.g., infrared) light emitted in a resonant cavity into a nonlinear crystal, which then converts the long-wavelength light into light having a shorter wavelength (e.g., visible light) by frequency doubling. A wavelength-selective reflection layer on the nonlinear crystal reflects the long-wavelength light back into the resonant cavity to form an external cavity and transmits the light having the shorter wavelength out of the external cavity. The resonant cavity includes an active region that emits the long-wavelength light at a high efficiency. The planar optical component includes a micro-lens formed in semiconductor layers or a gradient refractive index lens formed in the nonlinear crystal.