US Patent 7312475 Optical element and its manufacturing method

To improve the reliability of an optical element and its manufacturing method. An optical element includes a substrate, a columnar section formed above the substrate and having an upper surface for light emission or incidence, a resin layer including a first section formed above the substrate and around the columnar section, and a second section formed at an end section of the upper surface of the columnar section, and an electrode that passes above the first and second sections, of the resin layer and is electrically connected to an end section of an exposed area in the upper surface of the columnar section.