Abstract: An electronic mirror device 100 according to an aspect of the present disclosure displays a user's facial mirror image, and can shift, according to the user's facial orientation or line of sight, the location where the facial image is displayed to a location where he or she can view his or her own facial image easily. The electronic mirror device 100 according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an image capturing section 102 which captures the user's facial image, an image data generating section 120 which outputs image data representing the user's facial mirror image based on image data representing the user's facial image that has been captured, a display section 103 which displays the image data representing the user's facial mirror image, and a display location shifting section 130 which shifts a location where the mirror image is displayed on the display section.

Abstract: Provided is a digital mirror apparatus including: a camera that captures an image of a user; a display having a display surface located at a position that allows the user to visually identify the display; a controller; a memory; and a control panel operable by the user, wherein the controller: horizontally flips a live image of the user that is being captured by the camera to generate a mirror image; reads a reference image to be compared with the mirror image; superimposes the reference image on the mirror image to display on the display a display image in a region of the display in which the reference image and the mirror image overlap one another; and stores one frame of the live image in the memory, based on an operation performed on the control panel by the user while the display image is displayed on the display.

Abstract: Provided is a digital mirror apparatus including: a camera that captures an image of a user; a display having a display surface located at a position that allows the user to visually identify the display; a controller; a memory; and a control panel operable by the user, wherein the controller: horizontally flips a live image of the user that is being captured by the camera to generate a mirror image; reads a reference image to be compared with the mirror image; superimposes the reference image on the mirror image to display on the display a display image in a region of the display in which the reference image and the mirror image overlap one another; and stores one frame of the live image in the memory, based on an operation performed on the control panel by the user while the display image is displayed on the display.

Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device includes: a nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure including a p-type semiconductor region having an m-plane as a growing plane; and an Ag electrode provided so as to be in contact with the growing plane of the p-type semiconductor region, wherein the Ag electrode has a thickness in a range of not less than 200 nm and not more than 1,000 nm; an integral intensity ratio of an X-ray intensity of a (111) plane on the growing plane of the Ag electrode to that of a (200) plane is in a range of not less than 20 and not more than 100; and the Ag electrode has a reflectance of not less than 70%.

Abstract: An electronic mirror device 100 according to an aspect of the present disclosure displays a user's facial mirror image, and can shift, according to the user's facial orientation or line of sight, the location where the facial image is displayed to a location where he or she can view his or her own facial image easily. The electronic mirror device 100 according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an image capturing section 102 which captures the user's facial image, an image data generating section 120 which outputs image data representing the user's facial mirror image based on image data representing the user's facial image that has been captured, a display section 103 which displays the image data representing the user's facial mirror image, and a display location shifting section 130 which shifts a location where the mirror image is displayed on the display section.

Abstract: This nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element includes: a nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure including a p-type semiconductor region, the nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure having a growing plane which is an m-plane; and an electrode which is arranged on an AldGaeN layer. The AldGaeN layer is formed of a GaN-based semiconductor. The electrode includes Ag as the principal component and also includes Ge and at least one of Mg and Zn.

Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a p-type contact layer, of which the growing plane is an m plane; and an electrode which is arranged on the growing plane of the p-type contact layer. The p-type contact layer is a GaN-based semiconductor layer which has a thickness of 26 nm to 60 nm and which includes oxygen at a concentration that is equal to or higher than Mg concentration of the p-type contact layer. In the p-type contact layer, the number of Ga vacancies is larger than the number of N vacancies.

Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor device includes a p-type AldGaeN layer 25 whose growing plane is an m-plane and an electrode 30 provided on the p-type AldGaeN layer 25. The AldGaeN layer 25 includes a p-AldGaeN contact layer 26 that is made of an AlxGayInzN (x+y+z=1, x?0, y>0, z?0) semiconductor, which has a thickness of not less than 26 nm and not more than 60 nm. The p-AldGaeN contact layer 26 includes a body region 26A which contains Mg of not less than 4×1019 cm?3 and not more than 2×1020 cm?3 and a high concentration region 26B which is in contact with the electrode 30 and which has a Mg concentration of not less than 1×1021 cm?3.

Abstract: This nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element includes: a nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure including a p-type semiconductor region, the nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure having a growing plane which is an m-plane; and an electrode which is arranged on an AldGaeN layer. The AldGaeN layer is formed of a GaN-based semiconductor. The electrode includes Ag as the principal component and also includes Ge and at least one of Mg and Zn.

Abstract: A method includes the step of preparing a GaN-based substrate 10, the step of forming on the substrate a nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure including a p-type AldGaeN layer (p-type semiconductor region) 26, the p-type AldGaeN layer 26 being made of an AlxInyGazN semiconductor (x+y+z=1, x?0, y?0, z?0), and a principal surface of the p-type AldGaeN layer 26 being an m-plane, the step of forming a metal layer 28 which contains at least one of Mg and Zn on the principal surface of the p-type AldGaeN layer 26 and performing a heat treatment, the step of removing the metal layer 28, and the step of forming a p-type electrode on the principal surface of the p-type AldGaeN layer 26, wherein the heat treatment causes a N concentration to be higher than a Ga concentration in the p-type AldGaeN layer 26.

Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor device includes a p-type AldGaeN layer 25 whose growing plane is an m-plane and an electrode 30 provided on the p-type AldGaeN layer 25. The AldGaeN layer 25 includes a p-AldGaeN contact layer 26 that is made of an AlxGayInzN (x+y+z=1, x?0, y>0, z?0) semiconductor, which has a thickness of not less than 26 nm and not more than 60 nm. The p-AldGaeN contact layer 26 includes a body region 26A which contains Mg of not less than 4×1019 cm?3 and not more than 2×1020 cm?3 and a high concentration region 26B which is in contact with the electrode 30 and which has a Mg concentration of not less than 1×1021 cm?3.

Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a p-type contact layer, of which the growing plane is an m plane; and an electrode which is arranged on the growing plane of the p-type contact layer. The p-type contact layer is a GaN-based semiconductor layer which has a thickness of 26 nm to 60 nm and which includes oxygen at a concentration that is equal to or higher than Mg concentration of the p-type contact layer. In the p-type contact layer, the number of Ga vacancies is larger than the number of N vacancies.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device includes a step (a) of forming a nitride-based semiconductor multi-layer structure (20) including a p-type AldGaeN layer (25) having an m-plane as a growing plane, and a step (b) of forming an Ag electrode (30) so as to be in contact with a growing plane (13) of the p-type AldGaeN layer (25). The step (b) includes a step (b1) of forming the Ag electrode (30) having a thickness in the range of 200 nm or more to 1,000 nm or less, and a step (b2) of heating the Ag electrode (30) to a temperature in the range of 400° C. or more to 600° C. or less.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device according to the present invention includes: a GaN substrate 1 containing an n-type impurity and being made of silicon carbide or a nitride semiconductor; a multilayer structure 10 provided on a main surface of the GaN substrate 1; a p-electrode 17 formed on the multilayer structure 10; a first n-electrode 18 substantially covering the entire rear surface of the GaN substrate 1; and a second n-electrode 20 provided on the first n-electrode 18 so as to expose at least a portion of the periphery of the first n-electrode 18.

Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor device includes a p-type AldGaeN layer 25 whose growing plane is an m-plane and an electrode 30 provided on the p-type AldGaeN layer 25. The AldGaeN layer 25 includes a p-AldGaeN contact layer 26 that is made of an AlxGayInzN (x+y+z=1, x?0, y>0, z?0) semiconductor, which has a thickness of not less than 26 nm and not more than 60 nm. The p-AldGaeN contact layer 26 includes a body region 26A which contains Mg of not less than 4×1019 cm?3 and not more than 2×1020 cm?3 and a high concentration region 26B which is in contact with the electrode 30 and which has a Mg concentration of not less than 1×1021 cm?3.

Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor device includes: a nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure including a p-type semiconductor region, a surface of the p-type semiconductor region being an m-plane; and an electrode that is arranged on the p-type semiconductor region, wherein the p-type semiconductor region is made of an AlxGayInzN semiconductor (where x+y+z=1, x?0, y?0, and z?0), and the electrode contains Mg, Zn and Ag.

Abstract: A nitride compound semiconductor element according to the present invention is a nitride compound semiconductor element including a substrate 1 having an upper face and a lower face and a semiconductor multilayer structure 40 supported by the upper face of the substrate 1, such that the substrate 1 and the semiconductor multilayer structure 40 have at least two cleavage planes. At least one cleavage inducing member 3 which is in contact with either one of the two cleavage planes is provided, and a size of the cleavage inducing member 3 along a direction parallel to the cleavage plane is smaller than a size of the upper face of the substrate 1 along the direction parallel to the cleavage plane.

Abstract: A nitride compound semiconductor element according to the present invention is a nitride compound semiconductor element including a substrate 1 having an upper face and a lower face and a semiconductor multilayer structure 40 supported by the upper face of the substrate 1, such that the substrate 1 and the semiconductor multilayer structure 40 have at least two cleavage planes. At least one cleavage inducing member 3 which is in contact with either one of the two cleavage planes is provided, and a size of the cleavage inducing member 3 along a direction parallel to the cleavage plane is smaller than a size of the upper face of the substrate 1 along the direction parallel to the cleavage plane.

Abstract: A nitride-based semiconductor device includes: a nitride-based semiconductor multilayer structure including a p-type semiconductor region, a surface of the p-type semiconductor region being an m-plane; and an electrode that is arranged on the p-type semiconductor region, wherein the p-type semiconductor region is made of an AlxGayInzN semiconductor (where x+y+z=1, x?0, y?0, and z?0), and the electrode contains Mg, Zn and Ag.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device according to the present invention includes: a GaN substrate 1 containing an n-type impurity and being made of silicon carbide or a nitride semiconductor; a multilayer structure 10 provided on a main surface of the GaN substrate 1; a p-electrode 17 formed on the multilayer structure 10; a first n-electrode 18 substantially covering the entire rear surface of the GaN substrate 1; and a second n-electrode 20 provided on the first n-electrode 18 so as to expose at least a portion of the periphery of the first n-electrode 18.