Sapphire single crystal, semiconductor laser diode using the same for substrate, and method for manufacturing the same

摘要

The present invention relates to a sapphire monocrystalline body to be used as the substrate for a semiconductor for electronic parts or component parts, and to a monocrystalline sapphire substrate. The invention also relates to a method for working the same. The invention is based cleavage along the plane R of the sapphire monocrystalline body which cleavage is easy to accomplish and provides a surface high in precision. The inventive process includes forming linear crack parallel or vertical to a reference plane of the substrate, with a microcrack line as a starting point, to develop a crack in a thickness direction of the body.