Patent ID: 8498319

Claim:
A surface emitting laser device comprising: a light emitting section having a mesa structure where a lower reflection mirror, an oscillation structure, and an upper reflection mirror are laminated on a substrate, the oscillation structure including an active layer, the upper reflection mirror including a current confined structure where an oxide surrounds a current passage region, wherein the surface emitting ser device further includes: a first dielectric film that coats the entire surface of an emitting region of the light emitting section, the first dielectric film including a central part where the reflectance rate is relatively high and a part where the reflectance rate is relatively low; and a second dielectric film that coats a peripheral part on the upper surface of the mesa structure, wherein each of the first and second dielectric films includes a lower dielectric film and an upper dielectric film, and the lower dielectric film is coated with the upper dielectric film.