Patent ID: 7115907

Claim:
A radiation-emitting semiconductor component, having a layer structure ( 12 ) which includes at least one photon-emitting active zone ( 16 ) arranged between a cladding layer ( 14 ) that is n-conductively doped and a cladding layer ( 18 ) that is p-conductively doped, an n-type contact connected to the cladding layer ( 14 ) that is n-conductively doped, and a mirror layer ( 20 ) arranged on the side, facing away from the active zone ( 16 ), of the cladding layer ( 18 ) that is p-conductively doped, wherein the mirror layer ( 20 ) is formed by an alloy of silver comprising one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Ru, Os, Ir, Cu, Ti, Ta and Cr.