Patent ID: 8445186

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a light emitting element with an improved luminous efficiency with a luminous body, comprising the steps of: forming a thermally deformable heat mode recording material layer over a light emission surface; and forming a plurality of recessed portions with a pitch between adjacent recessed portions in the recording material layer by a recessed portion forming method which comprises: a recessed portion forming step of applying condensed light with a scanning relative motion to the recording material layer to form the recessed portions, the condensed light being emitted from an optical system which includes a light source; an inspection light illumination step of applying inspection light only to each recessed portion during or after formation of the recessed portion in the recording material layer; a detection step of detecting a light quantity of the inspection light reflected or diffracted from the recessed portion; and an output regulation step of regulating an output of the light source based upon the light quantity so that the light quantity becomes a predetermined value.