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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2001
Tetsuhiro Tanabe, Kyoto, JP;
Norikazu Ito, Kyoto, JP;
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
When a laminated semiconductor portion of nitride based compound semiconductor is formed so as to constitute a portion forming a light emitting layer forming portion on a sapphire substrate, the sapphire substrate has an off orientation angle having a tilt relative to an A axis or a M axis in such a way that 0.2°≦&thgr;={&thgr; +&thgr; } ≦0.3°, wherein 0°≦&thgr; ≦0.3°, 0°≦&thgr; ≦0.3°, when taking the angle tilted relative to the A axis as &thgr; and to the M axis as &thgr; , and the foregoing nitride based compound semiconductor layers are laminated onto the surface of the off-oriented C plane. Therefore, it is possible to attain a semiconductor light emitting device having the superior characteristic of light emitting by growing the nitride based compound semiconductor on a sapphire substrate with the degree of flatness high and furthermore to attain a semiconductor laser of a small threshold current by forming a cleavage surface finely while improving the degree of flatness by off-orienting a sapphire substrate.