Patent ID: 8357557

Claim:
A process for production of a semiconductor light-emitting device having a semiconductor layer the surface of which a relief structure and an electrode are formed on and light is extracted from, comprising: stacking an active layer and said semiconductor layer on a substrate, providing said semiconductor layer with such a contact layer as brings said electrode and the surface of said semiconductor layer into ohmic contact with each other, forming an oxide film on the surface of said semi-conductor layer in an area where said electrode is to be formed, forming a protective film on said semiconductor layer in the whole surface area including the area where said oxide film is formed, forming a self-assembled film on said protective film, fabricating said protective film by dry etching through said self-assembled film as a mask, to form a protective film mask, fabricating said semiconductor layer by dry etching through said protective film mask, to form said relief structure, and removing said oxide film in the area where said electrode is to be formed, followed by depositing there an electro-conductive material on said contact layer to form said electrode.