WO2004086580A1 - 半導体レーザおよびその製造方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a semiconductor laser using a GaN-based semiconductor substrate and a method for manufacturing the same.
- GaN-based semiconductors such as gallium nitride
- LED light-emitting diode
- LD laser diode
- LDs are expected to be used as light sources for large-capacity optical disc devices, and in recent years, high-power LDs have been actively developed as light sources for writing.
- Devices using GAN-based semiconductors have traditionally been fabricated using dissimilar material substrates such as sapphire and SiC.
- a wurtzite-type GaN (OOOOl) layer was grown on a sapphire or SiC substrate using a two-step growth method, and a device structure was fabricated using these GaN layers as a substrate. This is because a good quality GaN single crystal GaN substrate could not be obtained.
- a GaN substrate with a wurtzite crystal structure does not have cleavage planes in two directions perpendicular to each other on the wafer surface, and a rectangular chip cannot be obtained by cleavage alone.
- the GaN substrate is very hard, and cracks are likely to occur when cutting on a plane other than the cleavage direction. For this reason, cracks are a problem in chip separation.
- This light-emitting diode has a C-plane (0001) n-type GaN substrate 100, an n-type GaN buffer layer 101, an n-type Al GaN cladding layer 102, an active layer 103, and a p-type A1 GaN cladding. It comprises a layer 104, a p-type GaN contact layer 105, an n-type electrode 106, a p-type electrode 107, an A-th split groove 108, and a B-th split groove 109. After the A-th split groove 108 is formed by dry etching, the B-th split groove 109 is formed by a scriber.
- the vacuum chuck is released, the wafer is removed from the table, and an n-type electrode 106 is formed on the entire surface of the wafer on the GaN substrate side.
- an adhesive sheet is attached to the surface on the crystal growth side (the surface on which the p-type electrode is formed), and a large number of 350 m ⁇ 250 square chips are obtained from a 2-inch ⁇ wafer by lightly pressing it from the GaN substrate side with a roller.
- the crack generation mechanism at the time of element isolation is considered as follows.
- In the nitriding gully ⁇ beam based semiconductor laser In x A l y Ga 1 _ x _ y N mixed crystal containing GaN and In Ya A l is used as an active layer is laminated.
- In LDs n-type GaN contact layer, n-type A 1 GaN optical confinement layer, n-type GaN optical guide layer, InGaN multiple quantum well active layer, p-type GaN optical guide layer, p-type A 1 GaN optical confinement layer, p Type GaN contact layers are sequentially stacked.
- the lattice constant of A 1 is smaller than that of G a N, and the lattice constant of mixed crystal A 1 G a N is smaller than that of G a N. Therefore, the internal stress in the tensile mode remains in the A 1 GaN layer laminated on the GaN substrate.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances.
- a stacked structure including a GaN-based semiconductor substrate, a GaN-based semiconductor cladding layer formed on the GaN-based semiconductor substrate, including A1, and an active layer formed thereon is provided. And a side surface of the laminated film along a cavity direction of the semiconductor laser, the cavity width of which is reduced from the GaN-based semiconductor substrate side toward the upper part of the laminated film.
- a semiconductor laser characterized by being inclined in a certain direction.
- the side surface of the laminated film serves as a separation surface when the laser element is separated from the wafer.
- the semiconductor laser of the present invention has a configuration in which the separation surface is inclined. For this reason, damage to the semiconductor layer at the cut portion, in particular, loss at the corner of the uppermost layer of the semiconductor layer can be suppressed.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining this. In a semiconductor laser having a conventional structure having a separation plane in a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface, as shown in FIG. 11A, defects are likely to occur at the corners of the uppermost layer of the semiconductor layer. to this On the other hand, according to the structure of the present invention, as shown in FIG.
- the uppermost layer corner of the semiconductor layer is formed at an angle larger than a right angle, so that the occurrence of such defects is effectively suppressed.
- the “resonator direction” in this specification is a direction in which the resonator extends, and refers to a direction parallel to the light emission direction.
- “Cavity width” refers to the lateral width of the laser element on a plane perpendicular to the “cavity direction”.
- a mask is formed on the GaN-based semiconductor substrate, the laminated film is formed on the mask, and a side surface of the laminated film along a cavity direction is the mask. Can be used as the growth surface of the semiconductor layer selectively grown from.
- the semiconductor layer growth surface selectively grown from the mask opening becomes the separation surface of the laser element as it is. For this reason, it is possible to effectively suppress the occurrence of cracks due to the cutting of the wafer.
- a GaN-based semiconductor substrate a GaN-based semiconductor cladding layer formed on the GaN-based semiconductor substrate and containing A1, and an active layer formed thereon A pair of groove portions extending in the resonator direction of the semiconductor laser, wherein the active layer is sandwiched between the pair of groove portions.
- a semiconductor laser characterized by being formed in a region is provided.
- the pair of grooves prevent the propagation of cracks.
- a high-quality laminated structure including the active layer can be maintained.
- a mask may be provided on a bottom surface of the pair of grooves, and a side surface of the groove may be a growth surface of a semiconductor layer selectively grown from the mask.
- the pair of grooves may include Ga that includes A 1.
- the side surface of the groove is inclined in a direction in which the width between the grooves decreases from the GaN-based semiconductor substrate side toward the upper part of the laminated film. be able to. With the groove having such a shape, distortion in the semiconductor layer around the groove is reduced, and the reliability of the element can be further improved.
- the cavity facet of the semiconductor laser may be a cleavage plane of the GaN-based semiconductor substrate and the laminated film. According to this configuration, it is possible to effectively suppress the occurrence of cracks on all side surfaces of the semiconductor laser. Since the end face of the resonator serving as the light emitting surface is a cleavage surface, the occurrence of cracks is significantly suppressed. On the other hand, on the side surface perpendicular to the cavity end surface, that is, on the side surface along the cavity direction of the semiconductor laser, damage may occur due to the configuration in which the side surface is inclined or a pair of grooves is provided. Is suppressed.
- the side surface of the groove is inclined in a direction in which the width between the grooves becomes smaller from the GaN-based semiconductor substrate side to the upper part of the stacked film.
- this manufacturing method it is possible to suppress the occurrence of cracks when separating the device from the wafer.
- the groove can be formed without processing such as dry etching, damage to the semiconductor layer around the groove can be reduced.
- the par may be cut in the groove or in a region other than the groove.
- a step of forming, on a wafer made of a GaN-based semiconductor, a laminated film including an Al-containing GaN-based semiconductor clad layer and an active layer formed thereon, and the laminated film Forming a plurality of grooves extending in the resonator direction of the semiconductor laser in the laminated film, and cutting the wafer along a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the grooves extend. Forming a bar, and cutting the bar in a region other than the groove in parallel with the extending direction of the groove, and separating the bar into a semiconductor laser chip including a pair of grooves.
- a method for manufacturing a semiconductor laser is provided.
- a step of forming a separation groove for preventing propagation of cracks is included, so that a highly reliable semiconductor laser can be obtained.
- the pair of grooves includes an exposed surface of the GaN-based semiconductor clad layer including the A1, and a side surface of the groove has a width between the grooves from the GaN-based semiconductor substrate side toward the top of the stacked film. It can be configured to be inclined in the direction in which it becomes smaller.
- the step of forming the par may be performed by cleavage. By doing so, the occurrence of cracks is more remarkably suppressed.
- the “GaN-based semiconductor” includes GaN and A 1 GaN, and preferably uses GaN. In the case of including A1, the aluminum composition is lower than that of the cladding layer.
- the present invention forms a crack propagation preventing groove in which all or a part of a GaN-based semiconductor clad layer containing A1 is removed by selective growth or etching, and suppresses crack generation during scribing or dicing. It is.
- a first gist of the present invention is to form an element isolation groove in which part or all of a GaN-based semiconductor cladding layer including A1 formed on a GaN-based semiconductor substrate is removed, and Element separation is performed by scribing or dicing.
- the crack is generated by applying a local mechanical stress to the GaN-based semiconductor cladding layer including A 1 having a large tensile stress. If element isolation is performed in a region where the GaN-based semiconductor cladding layer including A1 is removed, generation of cracks can be suppressed.
- the second gist of the present invention is to form a crack propagation preventing groove formed by removing a part or all of a G a N based semiconductor cladding layer including A 1 formed on a G a N based semiconductor substrate around the element region. It is to perform element isolation by scribing or dicing outside the crack preventing groove. If cracks do not propagate to the active layer region of the device, the device characteristics will not be degraded. In some cases, cracks generated during element separation reach a few centimeters, but the driving force is due to the stress inherent in the GaN-based semiconductor cladding layer including A1.
- the crack does not propagate any further when the region reaches the region.
- the second effect of the crack prevention groove is to reduce the parasitic capacitance.
- high frequency modulation is usually applied during operation to reduce noise.
- the most effective way to reduce the parasitic capacitance is to reduce the effective element area.
- the general device size is 600 im in length and 300 m in width, which is the effective device area.
- the electrically effective width is the distance between the crack preventing grooves sandwiching the active layer, so that it can be about 10 zm. This makes it possible to greatly reduce the parasitic capacitance.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor laser according to an example.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor laser according to the example.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor laser according to the example.
- FIGS. 4A and 4B are cross-sectional views illustrating a process of the semiconductor laser according to the example.
- FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are process cross-sectional views of the semiconductor laser according to the example.
- 6 (a) and 6 (b) are process cross-sectional views of the semiconductor laser according to the example.
- 7A and 7B are process cross-sectional views of the semiconductor laser according to the example.
- FIG. 8 is a process cross-sectional view of the semiconductor laser according to the example.
- FIG. 9 is a process sectional view of a conventional semiconductor laser.
- FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the semiconductor laser according to the example.
- FIGS. 11 (a) and 11 (b) are views for explaining the damage that occurs when the semiconductor laser chip is separated.
- BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described.
- the emission surface of the semiconductor laser is the cleavage plane of the GaN substrate and the GaN-based semiconductor layer, that is, the (1-100) plane.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a semiconductor laser according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- an n-type cladding layer 502 made of A1 GaN
- an n-type optical confinement layer 503 an active quantum well (MQW) layer 504
- a cap layer 505 p -Type optical confinement layer 506, p-type A1. . IGao. 9 N cladding layer 50 7, p-type contact layer 508, Si0 2 insulating film 51 0, p electrode 5 12 composed of a laminated film is formed.
- a mesa unit 509 is provided on the upper part of the laminated film.
- the side surface of the stacked film along the resonator direction is inclined from the self-supporting GaN substrate 501 in the direction in which the resonator width decreases in the stacking direction.
- the illustrated semiconductor laser is inclined at an angle of about 60 degrees with respect to the substrate surface.
- the side surface of the laminated film having the inclination becomes a wafer cut surface at the time of chip separation. Since the structure has such an inclination, damage to the chip separation surface is suppressed. In particular, in the figure, damage to both corners of the p-electrode 5 12 is effectively suppressed.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a semiconductor laser according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the LD structure is the same as in Fig. 1.
- a pair of element isolation grooves 514 reaching the self-supporting GaN substrate 501 is formed.
- An n-type cladding layer 502 made of A 1 GaN is exposed on the side surface of the element isolation groove 514.
- the side surface of the element isolation groove 514 is inclined from the self-standing GaN substrate 501 in the direction in which the resonator width becomes smaller in the stacking direction.
- An LD structure including a multiple quantum well (MQW) layer 504 serving as an active layer is formed in a region interposed between a pair of isolation trenches 514.
- MQW multiple quantum well
- the n-type cladding layer 502 of A 1 GaN on the free-standing GaN substrate 501 has an internal stress in a tensile mode, and is liable to cause crack generation and propagation.
- the element isolation groove 514 is formed so as to divide the n-type clad layer 502 made of A 1 G a N, damage to the LD structure during chip separation can be suppressed.
- the propagation of cracks entering from the side of the laminated film along the cavity D structure damage can be suppressed. Further, the element capacitance can be reduced, and the laser characteristics can be improved.
- FIG. 3 shows an example in which a groove is formed by mask growth.
- the device structure is the same as that of the semiconductor laser shown in Figs.
- a pair of element isolation grooves 614 reaching the self-supporting GaN substrate 61 are formed in the laminated film.
- the n-type cladding layer 602 made of A 1 GaN is exposed on the side surface of the element isolation groove 614.
- the side surface of the element isolation groove 614 is inclined in the direction in which the resonator width becomes smaller from the self-standing GaN substrate 61 toward the lamination direction.
- An LD structure including a multiple quantum well (MQW) layer 604 serving as an active layer is formed in a region interposed between a pair of isolation trenches 614.
- MQW multiple quantum well
- the side surface of the element isolation groove 614 is a growth surface of a semiconductor layer selectively grown from the mask 613, and has an inclination of about 60 degrees with respect to the substrate surface. Due to such a structure, in addition to the effects described for the semiconductor laser of FIG. 2, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of damage or internal distortion in the laminated film in the groove forming step.
- semiconductor lasers having the cross-sectional structures shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 10 were fabricated and evaluated.
- the semiconductor laser of FIG. 1 is referred to as type A
- the semiconductor laser of FIG. 2 is referred to as type B
- the semiconductor laser of FIG. 10 is referred to as type C.
- the substrate used was an n-type GaN (0001) substrate grown by the FIEL0 method (A. Usui et al., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 36 (1997) L899).
- the GaN layer peeled off due to the difference in the thermal expansion coefficient between sapphire and GaN during the cooling of the substrate after HVPE growth, and the GaN substrate became a 200 m-thick free-standing GaN substrate.
- a 300 hPa reduced pressure M0VPE device was used to fabricate the device structure.
- TMG trimethylgallium
- TMG trimethylaluminum
- TMI trimethylindium
- n-type dopant are used as the Ga, A1, and In sources, respectively.
- SiH 4 trimethylgallium
- Cp 2 Mg biscyclopentagenenyl magnesium
- an LD structure shown in FIG. 4A was manufactured.
- the self-supporting GaN substrate 501 On the self-supporting GaN substrate 501,
- N-type clad layer 502 consisting of Si-doped n-type A 1 ⁇ Ga N Si concentration 4X10 17 cm- 3 , 1.2 m thick
- N-type optical confinement layer 503 composed of Si-doped n-type GaN (Si concentration 4 ⁇ 10 17 cm- 3 , thickness 0.1 m),
- P-type optical confinement layer 506 composed of Mg doped p-type GaN (Mg concentration 2X10 19 cm- 3 , thickness 0.1 m),
- P-type contact layer made of Mg-doped p-type GaN (Mg concentration 2X10 2Q cm- 3 , thickness 0.1 m) 508
- a mesa portion 509 including a P-type cladding layer 507 and a p-type contact layer 508 was formed by dry etching to obtain a ridge-type LD in which active layer stripes were formed every 300 ⁇ 111 (Fig. 4 ( b)).
- dry etching is performed using a resist mask, but a dielectric mask such as SiO 2 may be used.
- three types of semiconductor lasers of types A, B and C were produced as follows. In the type A semiconductor laser, the LD structures on both sides of the mesa section 509 are removed in a groove shape by dry etching from the state shown in Fig.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a cross-sectional structure at this stage.
- FIG. 5 (a) shows a cross section of type A
- FIG. 5 (b) shows a cross section of type B.
- Each of the mesas was 10 m wide, and the distance between the pair of element isolation grooves was 300 m for type A and 50 m for type B.
- the direction in which the groove extends was ⁇ 1-100>.
- the dry etching at this time was performed using a dry etching apparatus using ICP plasma, and the dry etching conditions were as follows for both types A and B.
- a mask made of a silicon oxide film was used.
- the mask had a thickness of 150 nm, which was thinner than usual, and had a substantially trapezoidal cross section perpendicular to the direction in which the mask extended, and the side surfaces of the opening were inclined.
- the mask opening width gradually increases during the etching process, and the side surface of the groove is inclined from the free-standing GaN substrate 501 toward the top of the LD structure in the direction in which the width between the grooves becomes smaller.
- the body is obtained.
- both the tie type B and the tie type B had the inclined surface of about 60 degrees with respect to the substrate surface formed on the groove side surface. Note that the mask with the trapezoidal cross section described above can be made thinner, and when the mask is patterned using buffered hydrofluoric acid, It is important to reduce etching.
- a SiO 2 insulating film 510 was deposited, and the crest of the mesa portion was exposed by an exposure technique to form a ridge structure.
- An n-electrode 511 of Ti / A1 was formed on the back of the n-type substrate, and a p-electrode 512 of i / Au was formed on the P-contact.
- Direction perpendicular to these elements in the active layer stripe, i.e., the isolation trenches 513, 514 is cleaved by a vertical (1 100) plane, and the width 600 Iotapai the path one shaped, T i 0 2 / Si0 on one side
- a high-reflection coating (95% reflectance) with two films was applied.
- element separation was performed by scribing to produce a semiconductor laser chip. The scribing was performed at the isolation groove for the type A device and at the center of the adjacent active layer stripe for the type B and C devices.
- the wafer 800 is cleaved on the cleavage plane 802 along a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the mesa unit 509 and the separation groove (not shown) extend, thereby forming a laser bar (FIG. 8A).
- each bar is scribed along the scribe line 806 in the direction in which the mesa portion 509 and the separation groove (not shown) extend, and separated into semiconductor laser chips (FIGS. 8B and 8C). )).
- a semiconductor laser having a cross-sectional structure shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 10 was manufactured.
- the p-electrode was removed with aqua regia and observed by an optical microscope. As a result, cracks were observed across the average of four stripes in the type C device. On the other hand, no cracks were observed in any of the observed type A devices. In the type B device, cracks generated from the scribed portion were observed to the same extent as in the type C device. However, propagation was suppressed by crack prevention grooves, and no crack crossing the active layer was observed. Type C element threshold The reason why the characteristics such as high current density and slope efficiency are worse than others is probably because the internal loss increased due to the crack.
- the type A semiconductor laser according to the present embodiment is separated into chips in an element isolation groove 513 reaching the self-standing GaN substrate 501.
- the element isolation groove 513 performs element isolation at a location where the region where the A 1 GaN clad layer has been removed is formed, and cracks can be effectively suppressed. Further, the semiconductor laser has the following effects because the element isolation groove 513 has a slope as described above.
- the type B semiconductor laser according to the present embodiment has a pair of element isolation grooves 514 reaching the self-standing GaN substrate 501. Since the active layer is formed in the area sandwiched by the element isolation grooves 514, cracks do not propagate to the LD structure including the active layer, and a high-quality semiconductor laser is realized. Further, in the present embodiment, since the side surface of the element isolation groove 514 has an inclined structure, the residual strain in the semiconductor layer is reduced, and the effect of preventing crack propagation is more remarkably exhibited. In particular, by forming the groove side surfaces as slopes, an effect of dispersing the strain at a portion where the strain is concentrated, such as the periphery of the chip, is produced.
- an example is shown in which an element isolation groove is formed by selective growth to produce an element.
- the semiconductor laser according to the present embodiment has a structure shown in FIG. Below, this half The manufacturing process of the conductor laser will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 (a) to 7 (d).
- Si0 2 insulating film was 300 congregation deposited same autonomous G a N substrate 601 as that used in Example 1, the exposure technique of width 20 zm stripes consisting of Si0 2 of the mask 6 1 3 300 They were formed with m pitches (Fig. 6 (a)).
- the mask 6 13 was formed so as to extend in the 1-100> direction.
- n-type cladding layer 602 consisting of Si-doped n-type A 1 uGa ⁇ NGi concentration 4X10 17 cnr 3 , thickness 1.2 m), Si-doped n-type GaN (Si concentration 4X10 17 cm- 3 , thickness 0.1 m) n-type optical confinement layer 603, In. . 15 Ga. . 85 N (thickness 3 nm) well layers and Si de one flops In 0. 01 Ga 0. 99 N (Si concentration 5X10 18 cm- 3, thickness 4 nm) 3 cycles multiquantum well as the active layer of the barrier layer (MQW) layer 604, Mg-doped p-type A 1 Q. 2 Ga. .
- MQW barrier layer
- capping layer 605 made of N, Mg-doped p-type G aN (Mg concentration 2X10 19 cm- 3, 0.1 m thickness) p-type light confinement layer 606 made of, a thickness of the p-type A 1 0., Ga 0 . 9 N cladding layer (Mg concentration 2Xl0 19 cnf 3) 607, Mg-doped p-type G a N (Mg concentration 2X10 2D cm- 3, 0.1 m thick) by sequentially growing a P-type contact layer 608 made of, LD A laminated film having the structure was formed (FIG. 6 (b)).
- a ridge-type LD was manufactured through the same steps as in the device shown in Example 1.
- a mesa portion 609 including a p-type cladding layer 607 and a p-type contact layer 608 was formed by dry etching (FIG. 7 (c)).
- Depositing a Si0 2 insulating film 610 followed carried out by exposure technique the beginning of the mesa portion was formed a ridge structure.
- An n-electrode 611 made of Ti / A1 was formed on the back of the n-type substrate, and a p-electrode 612 made of Ni / Au was formed on the p-contact.
- FIG. 7D shows this state.
- the semiconductor laser shown in FIG. 3 was obtained.
- Typical values of the oscillation threshold current density of the fabricated LD were 2.5 kAcm- 2 , and the slope efficiency was 1.3 W / A / facet.
- the GaN substrate is used in the above embodiment, an A1 GaN substrate having a lower aluminum composition than the n-type cladding layer may be used.
- the generation and propagation of cracks becomes a problem, as in the above embodiment, due to the magnitude relationship of the lattice constants.
- the present invention can effectively solve such problems.
- the ridge type semiconductor laser is described as an example.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to semiconductor lasers having various structures.
- the p-electrode may be formed on the side surface of the laminated film other than the light emitting surface via an insulating film.
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