Patent ID: 7015053

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a nitride semiconductor light emitting device, the nitride semiconductor light emitting device including: an n-type cladding layer made of an n-type nitride semiconductor; a p-type cladding layer made of a p-type nitride semiconductor; and an active layer provided between the n-type and p-type cladding layers, being made of an nitride semiconductor containing In; the method comprising steps of: forming a first p-type nitride semiconductor layer made of Al a Ga 1−a N (0<a<1) using metal organic chemical vapor deposition with nitrogen atmosphere, after formation of the active layer; forming a second p-type nitride semiconductor layer made of Al a Ga 1−b N (0<b<1) using metal organic chemical vapor deposition with hydrogen atmosphere, after formation of the first p-type nitride semiconductor layer; and forming the p-type cladding layer, after formation of the second p-type nitride semiconductor layer.