Patent ID: 7187702

Claim:
A surface-emitting light emitting device capable of emitting light in a direction perpendicular to a substrate, comprising: an emitting surface that emits the light; a base member that is provided on the emitting surface, the base member being made of resin; an optical member that is provided on an upper surface of the base member, the optical member having a maximum cross section and a lower surface, the maximum cross section being parallel with the lower surface, the lower surface being in contact with the upper surface of the base member, the maximum cross section being at a distance from the upper surface of the base member, a width of the maximum cross section being larger than a width of the lower surface; the surface-emitting light emitting device being a surface-emitting semiconductor laser; the substrate being a semiconductor substrate; the surface-emitting semiconductor laser being formed on the semiconductor substrate, including a resonator having a pillar portion, and the emitting surface provided on a top surface of the pillar portion; and a diameter of a bottom surface of the base member being smaller than a diameter of the top surface of the pillar portion.