Owner The Regents of the University of California

Inventors Russo, Richard E.; Fan, Rong; Shakouri, Ali; Wu, Yiying; Feick, Henning; Majumdar, Arun; Yan, Haoquan; Weber, Eicke R.; Kind, Hannes; Yang, Peidong; Mao, Samuel S.; Huang, Michael; Sands, Timothy D.

Agent Pizzeys

Pub. Number AU-B-2002307008

PCT Number PCT/US02/10002

PCT Pub. Number WO2002/080280

Priority 60/349,206 15.01.02 US; 60/280,676 30.03.01 US

Filing date 29 March 2002

Wipo publication date 15 October 2002

Acceptance publication date 24 April 2008

B82B 1/00 (2006.01) Nano-structures

B82B 3/00 (2006.01) Manufacture or treatment of nano-structures

H01L 23/49 (2006.01) Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices

H01L 29/06 (2006.01) Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier

H01L 29/12 (2006.01) Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier

H01L 33/00 (2006.01) Semiconductor devices with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier specially adapted for light emission

H01L 35/00 (2006.01) Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effect with or without other thermoelectric effects or thermomagnetic effects

H01L 41/09 (2006.01) Piezo-electric elements in general -

H01L 41/18 (2006.01) Piezo-electric elements in general - for piezo-electric or electrostrictive elements

H01L 21/20 (2006.01) Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof

H01S 5/34 (2006.01) Semiconductor lasers