Patent ID: 8865492

Claim:
A method for making a light-emitting device, the method comprising: forming a light-emitting active region; forming a tunneling-barrier (TB) structure such that in the light-emitting device the TB structure is facing adjacent the active region; forming a TB grown-epitaxial-metal-mirror (TB-GEMM) structure such that in the light-emitting device the TB-GEMM structure is facing adjacent the TB structure, wherein the TB-GEMM structure includes at least one metal and wherein the TB-GEMM structure is substantially lattice matched to the active region; forming a conductivity type III-nitride crystal structure such that in the light-emitting device the conductivity type III-nitride crystal structure is facing adjacent the active region opposite the TB structure; and forming a current-conducting contact such that in the light-emitting device the current-conducting contact is electrically connected to the conductivity type III-nitride.