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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2005
Satoshi Tamura, Osaka, JP;
Norio Ikedo, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Tamura, Osaka, JP;
Norio Ikedo, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor laser device of the present invention includes: an active layer formed on a substrate; a first semiconductor layer formed on the active layer and made of a nitride semiconductor of a first conductivity type; a multilayer film formed on the first semiconductor layer and having a groove; and a second semiconductor layer formed on the multilayer film to fill the groove and made of a nitride semiconductor of the first conductivity type. The multilayer film is composed of a plurality of thin films containing a nitride semiconductor of a second conductivity type, and one of the thin films formed as the uppermost film is made of gallium nitride.