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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Nishioka, Chino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
In a light emitting device, a second electrode is provided over a ridge portion having a constant width in a plan view, a second cladding layer includes an electrical connection region electrically connected to the second electrode, the active layer constitutes a light waveguide through which light is guided in a region overlapping the ridge portion in the plan view, the light waveguide is provided with a first light emission surface and a second light emission surface from which the light is emitted, and, in the plan view, a width of the electrical connection region at a central position equidistant from the first light emission surface and the second light emission surface is smaller than a width of an end of the electrical connection region in an extending direction of the light waveguide.