Patent ID: 8890199

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device comprising: applying a resin liquid onto a first major surface of a workpiece, the workpiece having the first major surface and including a plurality of element units aligned in a plane parallel to the first major surface and a resin layer holding the plurality of element units, each of the plurality of element units including: a conductive first columnar unit extending in a first direction perpendicular to the first major surface; a conductive second columnar unit provided apart from the first columnar unit in a second direction parallel to the first major surface and extending in the first direction; and a light emitting unit including: a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type including a first semiconductor portion opposed to at least part of the first columnar unit and a second semiconductor portion opposed to at least part of the second columnar unit; a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type provided between the second columnar unit and the second semiconductor portion; and a light emitting layer provided between the second semiconductor portion and the second semiconductor layer, the resin liquid including a light transmissive resin and a plurality of particles dispersed in the light transmissive resin and configured to absorb at least part of a first light emitted from the light emitting layer and emit a second light of a wavelength different from a wavelength of the first light; causing the plurality of particles in the resin liquid to sink while keeping a state where a temperature of the workpiece on which the resin liquid is applied is raised to a first temperature and forming a first region on a surface side of the resin liquid and a second region provided between the first region and the workpiece and including the particle in a concentration higher than a concentration of the particle in the first region; raising a temperature of the workpiece on which the first region and the second region are formed to a second temperature higher than the first temperature to cure the resin liquid to form an optical layer including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being formed from the first region, the second portion being formed from the second region and including the particle at a concentration higher than a concentration of the particle in the first portion, there being no seam between the first portion and the second portion; and dividing the optical layer and the resin layer for the plurality of element units.