In a buried type structure including an active layer sandwiched between an
n-type cladding layer and a p-type cladding layer and a current blocking
layer having an opening for confining a current flowing to the active
layer, a regrown layer made of a nitride semiconductor doped with a
p-type impurity is formed on the current blocking layer so as to cover
the opening of the current blocking layer, and a portion of the regrown
layer buried in the opening disposed to be adjacent to a side face of the
opening and having a given width W is changed to have the n-type
conductivity. Accordingly, the opening of the current blocking layer is
effectively narrowed, so as to realize a self-pulsation nitride
semiconductor laser device.