Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device comprises a semiconductor layer structure disposed over a substrate. The layer structure includes an active region disposed between a first layer and a second layer. One or more cavities are present in the layer structure, each cavity being coincident with a threading dislocation and extending from an upper surface of the layer structure through at least the second layer and the active region. Removing material where a threading dislocation is present provides effective suppression of the tendency of the threading dislocations to act as non-radiative centres, thereby improving the light output efficiency of the device. The device may be manufactured by a first step of selectively etching the layer structure at the locations of one or more threading dislocation to form a pilot cavity at the or each location. A second etching step is applied to increase the depth of each pilot cavity.

Abstract: An InGaAsN solar cell includes an InGaAsN structure having a bandgap between 1.0 eV to 1.05 eV, and a depletion region width of at least 1.0 ?m.

Abstract: A laser diode structure that includes two different insulator layers, one to maintain good optical confinement, typically located at the sides of the laser ridge, and another to improve the heat dissipation properties, typically located on the etched surfaces away from the ridge.

Abstract: A light emitting diode device which includes at least one light emitting diode, a heat-sink chassis having a surface upon which the at least one light emitting diode is mounted, and a waveguide having one end coupled to the at least one light emitting diode for receiving light therefrom. The waveguide has another end which includes a light extraction and redistribution region, and the waveguide is configured to guide light received from the at least one light emitting diode away from the heat-sink chassis and towards the light extraction and redistribution region. The light extraction and redistribution region is configured to extract and redistribute the light from the waveguide.

Abstract: A III-nitride compound device which has a layer of AlInN (7) having a non-zero In content, for example acting as a current blocking layer, is described. The layer of AlInN (7) has at least aperture defined therein. The layer of AlInN (7) is grown with a small lattice-mismatch with an underlying layer, for example an underlying GaN layer, thus preventing added crystal strain in the device. By using optimised growth conditions the resistivity of the AlInN is made higher than 102 ohm·cm thus preventing current flow when used as a current blocking layer in a multilayer semiconductor device with layers having smaller resistivity. As a consequence, when the AlInN layer has an opening and is placed in a laser diode device, the resistance of the device is lower resulting in a device with better performance.

Abstract: A laser diode structure that includes two different insulator layers, one to maintain good optical confinement, typically located at the sides of the laser ridge, and another to improve the heat dissipation properties, typically located on the etched surfaces away from the ridge.