Abstract: A semiconductor light emitter device for emitting light having a photon energy, comprises a mechanical carrier made substantially of a material that is an absorbant of the light with the photon energy, and having a carrier bottom side and a carrier top side opposite to the carrier bottom side, a layer structure epitaxially deposited on the carrier bottom side of the mechanical carrier and comprising an active-layer stack with at least two semiconductor layers of opposite conductivity types, which is configured to emit light upon application of a voltage to the active-layer stack, and at least one opening in the mechanical carrier, the opening reaching from the carrier bottom side to the carrier top side and being arranged and shaped to allow a passage of light, which is emitted from the active-layer stack, through the opening in the mechanical carrier.