Patent ID: 8299451

Claim:
A semiconductor light-emitting diode comprising: a silicon single crystal substrate, an intervening layer formed of an aluminum-containing Group III nitride semiconductor and stacked on the silicon single crystal substrate, a light-emitting part formed with a p-n junction hetero junction structure and stacked on the intervening layer, a superlattice structure interposed between the intervening layer and the light-emitting part and formed of a plurality of Group III nitride semiconductor layers that contain aluminum and have mutually different composition ratios of aluminum, and an intermediate layer formed of an aluminum-containing Group III nitride semiconductor and interposed between the intervening layer and the superlattice structure, wherein the intervening layer possesses an aluminum composition ratio of X 1 (0<X 1 ≦1), the plurality of Group III nitride semiconductor layers of the superlattice structure possess aluminum composition ratios of X 2 and X 3 not exceeding X 1 and mutually differing to satisfy (0<X 2 <X 3 ≦X 1 ), and the intermediate layer possesses an aluminum composition ratio of X 4 that is greater than X 2 and equal to or smaller than X 3 (0<X 2 <X 4 ≦X 3 ).