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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2014
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoki Ono, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A light-emitting element includes a light-emitting region which is made from a stacked structure configured from a first compound semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second compound semiconductor layer, and a light propagation region which is made from the stacked structure, extends from the light-emitting region, and has a light-emitting end surface. The light-emitting region is configured from a ridge stripe structure and ridge stripe adjacent portions positioned at both sides of the ridge stripe structure, and when a thickness of the second compound semiconductor layer in the ridge stripe adjacent portions is set to d, a thickness of the second compound semiconductor layer in the light propagation region is set to d, and a thickness of the second compound semiconductor layer in the ridge stripe structure is set to d, d>d>dis satisfied.