Patent ID: 7326965
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: H01S

Abstract:
1. A surface-emitting type device comprising: a substrate including a first face, a second face that is tilted with respect to the first face and has a plane index different from a plane index of the first face, and a third face that is tilted with respect to the second face and has a plane index equal to the plane index of the first face; an emission section formed above the first face; and a rectification section formed above each of the second face and the third face, wherein the emission section includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, an active layer formed above the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed above the active layer, the rectification section includes a first semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type formed above the second face, and a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type formed continuously with the first semiconductor layer above the third face, at least a portion of the first semiconductor layer of the emission section, the first semiconductor layer of the rectification section, and the second semiconductor layer of the rectification section are formed by a common process and include the same impurity, the emission section and the rectification section are electrically connected in parallel with each other, and the rectification section has a rectification action in a reverse direction with respect to the emission section.