Patent ID: 7501663

Claim:
A semiconductor light-emitting device comprising: a substrate including a substrate surface oriented along a substrate surface plane; a first grown layer including a first grown layer conductivity type formed on the substrate; a single masking layer formed on the first grown layer; a second grown layer of a second grown layer conductivity type formed by selective growth through an opening in the masking layer and including a crystal surface oriented along a crystal surface plane, wherein the crystal surface plane of the second grown layer diagonally intersects the substrate surface plane; a first cladding layer including a first cladding layer conductivity type formed along at least a portion of the crystal surface plane; an active layer; a second cladding layer including a second cladding layer conductivity type, wherein at least one of the first cladding layer, the active layer, and the second cladding layer cover the masking layer surrounding the opening; and an electrode for reflecting light generated by the active layer, the electrode being formed along at least a portion of the crystal surface plane, wherein the opening in the masking layer is sufficiently apart from adjacent openings in the masking layer that the electrode of the semiconductor light-emitting device is not in contact with an electrode of another semiconductor-light emitting device formed on the substrate.