Patent ID: 7145180

Claim:
A light emitting device having a light emitting layer portion and a current spreading layer, respectively composed of a Group III-V compound semiconductor, formed on a single substrate, wherein: the light emitting layer portion is formed by a metal organic vapor-phase epitaxy process; and the current spreading layer, on the light emitting layer portion, is composed of GaP formed as an n-type semiconductor layer by a hydride vapor-phase epitaxy process which is different from the metal organic vapor-phase epitaxy process; herein the current spreading layer and a portion of the light emitting layer portion in contact with the current spreading layer are composed of Group III-V compound semiconductors differing from each other in the lattice constants, and the current spreading layer has an MO layer portion formed by a metal organic vapor-phase epitaxy process in a portion in contact with the light emitting layer portion, and has an HVPE layer portion formed by a hydride vapor-phase epitaxy process in a residual portion; and wherein a high-concentration doped layer is formed in a surficial area including the main surface on the electrode forming side of the current spreading layer, so as to have a carrier concentration of one or more selected from the group consisting of Si, S, Se and Te as the dopant higher than that in the residual portion of the current spreading layer.