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以下では、本実施形態の紫外線発光素子10について、図1及び2に基づいて説明する。
1a 一表面
3 n型AlGaN層
3a 表面
3aa 部位
4 発光層
41 井戸層
42 障壁層
5 第1のp型AlGaN層
6 第2のp型AlGaN層
6a 表面
60 最表層領域
8 負電極
9 正電極
10、10a、10b 紫外線発光素子
20 積層体
Claims (8)
- n型AlGaN層、発光層、第1のp型AlGaN層及び第2のp型AlGaN層の順に並んでいる積層体と、
前記n型AlGaNの前記発光層側の表面において前記発光層で覆われていない部位に直接設けられている負電極と、
前記第2のp型AlGaN層の表面上に直接設けられている正電極と、
を備え、
前記発光層は、複数の障壁層と複数の井戸層とが交互に並んでいる多重量子井戸構造を有し、
前記複数の井戸層の各々は、第1のAlGaN層により構成され、
前記複数の障壁層の各々は、前記第1のAlGaN層よりもAlの組成比が大きな第2のAlGaN層により構成され、
前記n型AlGaN層は、前記第1のAlGaN層よりもAlの組成比が大きく、
前記第1のp型AlGaN層は、前記第1のAlGaN層よりもAlの組成比が大きく、
前記第2のp型AlGaN層は、前記第1のAlGaN層よりもAlの組成比が大きく、
前記第1のp型AlGaN層及び前記第2のp型AlGaN層は、Mgを含有しており、
前記第2のp型AlGaN層は、前記第1のp型AlGaN層よりもMgの最大濃度が高く、
前記第2のp型AlGaN層は、前記第2のp型AlGaN層の厚さ方向において、前記第1のp型AlGaN層からの距離が長くなるにつれてMgの濃度が増加する領域を含む、
ことを特徴とする紫外線発光素子。 - 前記第2のp型AlGaN層の前記厚さ方向の途中においてMgの濃度が極大となる、
ことを特徴とする請求項1記載の紫外線発光素子。 - 前記第2のp型AlGaN層の前記厚さ方向に沿ったMgの濃度プロファイルでは、Mgの濃度の極大値が3×1020cm-3よりも高く6×1020cm-3よりも低い、
ことを特徴とする請求項1又は2記載の紫外線発光素子。 - 前記第2のp型AlGaN層の前記正電極側の領域である最表層領域のMgの濃度は、前記極大値よりも高い、
ことを特徴とする請求項3記載の紫外線発光素子。 - 前記最表層領域の厚さは、1nm以上10nm以下である、
ことを特徴とする請求項4記載の紫外線発光素子。 - 前記濃度プロファイルでは、前記最表層領域のMgの濃度の最大値が6×1020cm-3以上8×1020cm-3以下である、
ことを特徴とする請求項5記載の紫外線発光素子。 - 前記第2のp型AlGaN層のAlの組成比は、前記第2のp型AlGaN層の前記厚さ方向においてMgの濃度が高くなるにつれて大きくなる、
ことを特徴とする請求項1乃至6のいずれか一項に記載の紫外線発光素子。 - 前記積層体を支持する基板を備え、
前記積層体は、前記基板の一表面上に設けられ、
前記n型AlGaN層、前記発光層、前記第1のp型AlGaN層及び前記第2のp型AlGaN層は、前記一表面からこの順に並んでいる、
ことを特徴とする請求項1乃至7のいずれか一項に記載の紫外線発光素子。
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