Patent ID: 8860067

Claim:
A semiconductor light emitting device which includes a semiconductor film including a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, and an active layer provided between said first semiconductor layer and said second semiconductor layer; a first electrode formed on an exposed surface of said first semiconductor layer exposed by removing parts of said second semiconductor layer, of said active layer, and of said first semiconductor layer from the surface side of said second semiconductor layer; and a second electrode formed on the surface of said second semiconductor layer, said semiconductor light emitting device comprising: a current guide portion provided in said first semiconductor layer over said second electrode and having a conductivity higher than that of said first semiconductor layer, said current guide portion being disposed in a recess formed in a direction of lamination of semiconductor layers from a surface of said first semiconductor layer, wherein said first electrode has a buried portion formed of a conductor buried in said first semiconductor layer.