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METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTONIC CRYSTAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SURFACE-EMITTING LASER

  • US 20130252360A1
  • Filed: 03/12/2013
  • Published: 09/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of manufacturing a photonic crystal formed by periodically arranging media having different refractive indices, the media including a semiconductor layer and one of pores and grooves, the method comprising:

  • a first step of forming, on a surface of a substrate, a protective mask for selective growth, the protective mask having an opening pattern opened therein;

    a second step of selectively growing a columnar semiconductor from an exposed portion of the surface of the substrate not having the protective mask formed thereon, laterally overgrowing the semiconductor layer on the protective mask, and embedding the protective mask;

    a third step of forming a photonic crystal in the semiconductor layer so that openings in the opening pattern and the one of pores and grooves which form the photonic crystal are at least partly overlapped each other when seen from a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate;

    a fourth step of removing at least part of the columnar semiconductor; and

    a fifth step of removing at least part of the protective mask.

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