SURFACE PLASMON LIGHT EMITTER STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

摘要

A method (and resulting structures) for manufacturing light emitting semiconductor devices. The method includes providing a substrate (150) comprising a surface region and forming a metal layer (111) overlying the surface region of the substrate. In a specific embodiment, the metal layer (111) and the surface region are characterized by a spatial spacing between the metal layer and the substrate to cause a coupling between electron-hole pairs generated in the substrate and a surface plasmon mode at an interface region (151) between the metal layer and the surface region. Additionally, the interface region has a textured characteristic between the surface region and the metal layer. The textured characteristics causes emission of electromagnetic radiation through the surface plasmon mode or like mechanism according to a specific embodiment.