Patent ID: 8351479

Claim:
An optoelectronic semiconductor component having a semiconductor body comprising: a surface emitting vertical emitter region comprising a vertical emitter layer; at least one pump source provided for optically pumping the vertical emitter layer; and a radiation passage area through which electromagnetic radiation generated in the vertical emitter layer leaves the semiconductor body, wherein the pump source and the vertical emitter layer are at a distance from one another in a vertical direction, the vertical emitter is arranged in a mesa of the semiconductor body, a material containing a metal is applied to the semiconductor body at least in places in a vicinity of the mesa, the material is applied to the mesa such that the material molds over the mesa, and the material is applied with a thickness to at least a same height as the mesa; wherein the semiconductor includes a region outside the mesa having a larger lateral extension than a region inside the mesa; and wherein the pump source is arranged in-line between the vertical emitter layer and the radiation passage area and wherein the pump source is an edge emitting laser.