Patent ID: 7695991

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a GaN semiconductor light-emitting element comprising: forming, by crystal growth, a first GaN compound semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, the top face of which corresponds to the A plane, an active layer composed of In x Ga (1−x) N, the top face of which corresponds to the A plane, and a second GaN compound semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, the top face of which corresponds to the A plane, in that order on a base which is a nonpolar plane, wherein the active layer is formed at a crystal growth rate of 0.3 nm/sec or more, wherein the first GaN compound semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the second GaN compound semiconductor layer are formed in that order using metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, wherein during the crystal growth of the active layer using metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, the feed rate per square centimeter of the base per minute of an In source gas is set at 5×10 −7 mol·cm −2 ·min −1 or more, and wherein during the crystal growth of the active layer using metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, the temperature of the base is set at 700° C. to 800° C.