A UV-emitting diode composed of a hetero-SrCu2O2/ZnO pit junction was fabri
cated by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). On injecting an electrical current
through a pn heterojunction of p-SrCu2O2/n-ZnO, an emission peak centred at
387 nm was observed, originating from excitons or the electron hole plasma
in ZnO.