According to the present invention, a first p-side electrode 7A made of
metal which is provided with regularly arranged holes 10 having a
diameter smaller than a laser oscillation wavelength and a second p-side
electrode 7B arranged around the periphery of the first p-type electrode
7A are used as a p-side mirror of a surface-emitting laser. Light in a
resonator formed of a p-side electrode 7 and an n-type mirror 2 is first
converted to a surface plasmon and then reconverted to the light by the
p-side electrode 7A, and then emitted outside the resonator.