Patent ID: 9515455
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: B82Y,H01S

Claim Text:
1. A method of manufacturing a light-emitting element comprising, sequentially: (a) forming a mask layer for selective growth formed from a material different from a material that configures a first compound semiconductor layer on a region outside an element forming region on a substrate for manufacturing a light-emitting element; (b) forming a layered structure body by layering a first compound semiconductor layer formed from a GaN-based compound semiconductor, which has a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, wherein the first surface contacts the substrate between portions of the mask layer, an active layer formed from a GaN-based compound semiconductor, which contacts the second surface of the first compound semiconductor layer, and a second compound semiconductor layer formed from a GaN-based compound semiconductor, which has a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, and in which the first surface contacts the active layer on the element forming region; (c) forming, on the second surface of the second compound semiconductor layer, a second electrode, and forming, on the second electrode, a second light-reflecting layer formed from a multilayer film; (d) fixing the second light-reflecting layer to a support substrate; (e) removing the substrate for manufacturing the light-emitting element, and exposing the first surface of the first compound semiconductor layer and the mask layer; and (f) forming a first light-reflecting layer formed from a multilayer film and a first electrode on a convexity of the first surface of the first compound semiconductor layer, wherein the first electrode is formed on a concavity of the first surface of the first compound semiconductor layer.