US 12,464,858 B2
High efficiency visible and ultraviolet nanowire emitters
Zetian Mi, Verdun (CA); Songrui Zhao, Montreal (CA); and Renjie Wang, Montreal (CA)
Assigned to The Royal Institution for the Advacement of Learning/Mcgill University, Montreal (CA)
Filed by The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University, Montreal (CA)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,570.
Application 16/372,946 is a division of application No. 15/177,608, filed on Jun. 9, 2016, granted, now 10,290,767, issued on May 14, 2019.
Application 18/101,570 is a continuation of application No. 17/111,184, filed on Dec. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,581,456.
Application 17/111,184 is a continuation of application No. 16/696,012, filed on Nov. 26, 2019, granted, now 10,892,379.
Application 16/696,012 is a continuation of application No. 16/372,946, filed on Apr. 2, 2019, granted, now 10,553,751, issued on Feb. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/172,874, filed on Jun. 9, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0369536 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H10H 20/812 (2025.01); H01S 5/10 (2021.01); H01S 5/323 (2006.01); H10H 20/01 (2025.01); H10H 20/813 (2025.01); H10H 20/818 (2025.01); H10H 20/825 (2025.01); H01S 5/02 (2006.01); H01S 5/40 (2006.01)
CPC H10H 20/812 (2025.01) [H01S 5/1042 (2013.01); H01S 5/32341 (2013.01); H10H 20/01335 (2025.01); H10H 20/813 (2025.01); H10H 20/818 (2025.01); H10H 20/825 (2025.01); H01S 5/021 (2013.01); H01S 5/4006 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a plurality of nanowires including at least a Group III element and a Group V element, the plurality of nanowires further including:
a core structure including a plurality of heterostructures; and
a shell structure surrounding the core structure establishing a radial carrier confinement;
wherein the plurality of nanowires emit an ultraviolet (UV) spectrum.