Patent ID: 7118930

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a light emitting device, comprising: (a) preparing a semiconductor element and a temporary element, the semiconductor element including a crystalline substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, and an epitaxial layer formed on the top surface of the crystalline substrate, the temporary element including a laser-transmissive substrate and a laser-dissociable layer formed on the laser-transmissive substrate; (b) attaching the laser-dissociable layer of the temporary element to the epitaxial layer of the semiconductor element through a first adhesive layer; (c) thinning the crystalline substrate from the bottom surface of the crystalline substrate; (d) applying a laser beam to the temporary element so as to dissociate the laser-dissociable layer of the temporary element, and removing the temporary element from the first adhesive layer; and (e) removing the first adhesive layer from the epitaxial layer of the semiconductor element.