SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES ON LATTICE-MATCHED METAL SUBSTRATES
First Claim
1. A light-emitting device comprising:
- a first mirror having a first face, wherein the first mirror includes a metal and is a grown-epitaxial metal mirror (GEMM); and
an epitaxial structure, wherein the epitaxial structure is lattice matched with and in contact with at least a first portion of the first face of the first mirror, wherein the epitaxial structure includes an active region configured to emit light at a wavelength a, wherein the active region is located a first non-zero distance away from the first face of the first mirror such that there is plasmonic coupling between the active region and the first mirror.
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Abstract
Light-emitting devices and methods, wherein, in some embodiments, the devices each include a first mirror having a first face, wherein the first mirror includes a metal and, in some embodiments, is a grown-epitaxial metal mirror (GEMM); and an epitaxial structure, wherein the epitaxial structure is lattice matched with and in contact with at least a first portion of the first face of the first mirror, wherein the epitaxial structure includes an active region configured to emit light at a wavelength λ, and wherein the active region is located a first non-zero distance away from the first face of the first mirror such that there is plasmonic coupling between the active region and the first mirror.
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20 Claims
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1. A light-emitting device comprising:
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a first mirror having a first face, wherein the first mirror includes a metal and is a grown-epitaxial metal mirror (GEMM); and an epitaxial structure, wherein the epitaxial structure is lattice matched with and in contact with at least a first portion of the first face of the first mirror, wherein the epitaxial structure includes an active region configured to emit light at a wavelength a, wherein the active region is located a first non-zero distance away from the first face of the first mirror such that there is plasmonic coupling between the active region and the first mirror. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19)
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17. A method of fabricating a light-emitting device, the method comprising:
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epitaxially growing a first mirror having a first face, wherein the first mirror includes a metal and is a grown-epitaxial metal mirror (GEMM); and epitaxially growing an epitaxial structure, wherein the epitaxial structure is lattice matched with and in contact with at least a first portion of the first face of the first mirror, wherein the epitaxial structure includes an active region configured to emit light at a wavelength λ
, wherein the active region is located a first non-zero distance away from the first face of the first mirror such that there is plasmonic coupling between the active region and the first mirror.
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20. A light-emitting device comprising:
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a first mirror having a first face, wherein the first mirror includes a metal and is a grown-epitaxial metal mirror (GEMM); a second mirror, wherein the second mirror has a first width; and an epitaxial structure, wherein the epitaxial structure is in contact with at least a first portion of the first face of the first mirror, wherein the epitaxial structure includes an active region configured to emit light at a wavelength a, wherein the light emitted by the active region is laterally confined to a second width that is smaller than the first width of the second mirror.
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