Patent ID: 11862939
Assignee: KYOCERA SLD LASER, INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. The ultraviolet laser diode device of claim 1, further comprising:
an n-type contact region overlying an exposed portion of the n-type aluminum, gallium, and nitrogen containing material or overlying an exposed portion of an n-type gallium and nitrogen containing material overlying the n-type aluminum, gallium, and nitrogen containing material;
a patterned transparent oxide region overlying a portion of the n-type contact region; and
a metal material overlying the patterned transparent oxide region;
wherein the p-type aluminum, gallium, and nitrogen containing material is configured as a ridge waveguide structure to form a p-type ridge structure; and
wherein the patterned transparent oxide region is comprised of gallium oxide.