A light emitting device includes a substrate, and a stacked body provided to the substrate, and including a columnar part aggregate constituted by p columnar parts, wherein the stacked body includes a plurality of the columnar part aggregates, the p columnar parts each have a light emitting layer, a diagram configured by respective centers of the plurality of columnar parts has rotation symmetry when viewed from a stacking direction of the stacked body, a diametrical size of q columnar parts out of the p columnar parts is different from a diametrical size of r columnar parts out of the p columnar parts, a shape of the columnar part aggregate is not rotation symmetry, the p is an integer not less than 2, the q is an integer not less than 1 and less than the p, and the r is an integer satisfying r=pq.

A surface-emitting semiconductor light-emitting device includes a first semiconductor layers, an active layer on the first semiconductor layer, a photonic crystal layer on the active layer and a second semiconductor layer on the photonic crystal layer. The photonic crystal layer include first protrusions in a first region and second protrusions in a second region. A spacing of adjacent first protrusions is greater than a spacing of adjacent second protrusions. The second semiconductor layer includes a first layer and a second layer on the first layer. The first layer covers first and second protrusions so that a first space remains between the adjacent first protrusions. The first layer includes a first portion provided between the adjacent second protrusions. The second layer includes a second portion provided between the adjacent first protrusions. The first space between the adjacent first protrusions is filled with the second portion of the second layer.

A light emitter includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, a light emitting layer provided between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer and capable of emitting light when current is injected into the light emitting layer, and a third semiconductor layer provided between the substrate and the first semiconductor layer and having the second conductivity type, in which the first semiconductor layer is provided between the third semiconductor layer and the light emitting layer, and the third semiconductor layer has a protruding/recessed structure.

Provided is a metamaterial-based reflector including a first metamaterial layer including an array of first nanostructures, and a second metamaterial layer provided on the first metamaterial layer, the second metamaterial layer including an array of second nanostructures, wherein an arrangement of the second nanostructures is different from an arrangement the first nanostructures.

Provided is a back side emitting light source array device and an electronic apparatus, the back side emitting light source array device includes a substrate, a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) provided on a first surface of the substrate, a plurality of gain layers which are provided on the DBR, the plurality of gain layers being spaced apart from one another, and each of the plurality of gain layers being configured to individually generate light, and a nanostructure reflector provided on the plurality of gain layers opposite to the DBR, and including a plurality of nanostructures having a sub-wavelength shape dimension, wherein a reflectivity of the DBR is less than a reflectivity of the nanostructure reflector such that the light generated is emitted through the substrate.

A light emitting device has a columnar portion including a light emitting layer, and: (ba)/L1>(dc)/L2; a<b; c<d; and a<d, where a is the columnar portion's maximum width as viewed in a laminating direction, at a first position of the columnar portion closest to the substrate in the laminating direction, b is the columnar portion's maximum width, at a second position of the light emitting layer closest to the substrate, c is the columnar portion's maximum width, at a third position of the light emitting layer farthest from the substrate, d is the columnar portion's maximum width, at a fourth position of the columnar portion farthest from the substrate, and L1 is a distance between the first and second positions and L2 is a distance between the third and fourth positions.

Alight emitting device includes a substrate, and a stacked body provided to the substrate, and including a columnar part aggregate constituted by p columnar parts, wherein the stacked body includes a plurality of the columnar part aggregates, the p columnar parts each have a light emitting layer, a diagram configured by respective centers of the plurality of columnar parts has rotation symmetry when viewed from a stacking direction of the stacked body, a diametrical size of q columnar parts out of the p columnar parts is different from a diametrical size of r columnar parts out of the p columnar parts, a shape of the columnar part aggregate is not rotation symmetry, the p is an integer not less than 2, the q is an integer not less than 1 and less than the p, and the r is an integer satisfying r=pq.

To provide a two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser capable of improving characteristics of light to be emitted, in particular, optical output power. The two-dimensional photonic crystal surface emitting laser includes: a two-dimensional photonic crystal including a plate-shaped base member and modified refractive index regions where the modified refractive index regions have a refractive index different from that of the plate-shaped base member and are two-dimensionally and periodically arranged in the base member; an active layer provided on one side of the two-dimensional photonic crystal; and a first electrode and a second electrode provided sandwiching the two-dimensional photonic crystal and the active layer for supplying current to the active layer, where the second electrode covers a region equal to or wider than the first electrode.

Embodiments are notably directed to a vertical microcavity. The vertical microcavity includes a first reflector and a second reflector, each of which includes one or more material layers extending perpendicular to a vertical axis x. The cavity may further include a confinement region extending between the first reflector and the second reflector, so as to be able to confine an electromagnetic wave. The confinement region may include a single layer material, which is structured so as to create an effective refractive index variation for the electromagnetic wave to be confined, in an average plane of the single layer material, perpendicularly to said vertical axis x. Additional examples are further directed to related microcavity systems and methods of fabrication.

A laser device is provided for generating a helical-shaped optical wave and includes: (i) a gain region located between one first end defined by a first mirror and a second end defined by an exit region, (ii) a second mirror arranged so as to form with the first mirror an optical cavity including the gain region and a gap between the exit region and the second mirror, (iii) apparatus for pumping the gain region so as to generate the optical wave, wherein the laser device further includes at least one apparatus for shaping the light intensity and/or phase profiles of the optical wave and arranged for selecting at least one rotary-symmetrical transverse mode of the optical wave, the rotary-symmetrical transverse mode being chosen between those with a radial index equal to zero and with an azimuthal index being an integer with a module higher or equal to 1.