Patent ID: 7468528

Claim:
A semiconductor light-emitting device comprising: a laminated semiconductor structure portion including a first cladding layer of a first conductivity type, an active layer and a second cladding layer of a second conductivity type, wherein an outer peripheral surface of said laminated semiconductor structure portion is shaped as a curved surface protrusively curved or bent toward an outside with respect to the laminated direction thereof, wherein the laminated semiconductor structure portion further includes a first electrode formed on a major surface of the second cladding layer and a second electrode directly formed on a major surface of the first cladding layer, wherein said first cladding layer has the major surface formed as a light emitting surface of said semiconductor light-emitting device, and wherein said curved surface is shaped such that angles of inclination of tangents to said curved surface relative to said light emitting surface range from about 45° to about 55°.