Patent ID: 8354685

Claim:
A semiconductor light emitting device which comprises a support substrate; a semiconductor film including a light emitting layer provided on said support substrate; surface electrodes provided on a surface on the light-extraction-surface side of said semiconductor film; and a reflecting film forming a reflecting surface and provided between said support substrate and said semiconductor film, wherein said reflecting film includes reflecting electrodes that are in ohmic contact with said semiconductor film and that form current paths between the reflecting electrodes and said surface electrodes in said semiconductor film, wherein said reflecting electrodes are in contact with said semiconductor film at such positions that said surface electrodes are not over the reflecting electrodes along a direction of the thickness of said semiconductor film, wherein said semiconductor film has, at least at the surface on the side facing said reflecting surface, reflecting-surface-side recesses made in regions containing regions directly under said surface electrodes and recessed toward said light-extraction-surface side, and reflecting-surface-side protrusions provided in regions containing parts of said semiconductor film in contact with said reflecting electrodes and bonded to said support substrate via said reflecting film, and wherein said reflecting film covers surfaces of said reflecting-surface-side recesses and said reflecting-surface-side protrusions.