Semiconductor light emitting device

The invention relates to a radiation-emitting semiconductor component which has a semiconductor layer sequence (1) with an active zone (2) for generating radiation and a first mirror arranged downstream of the active zone, the first mirror comprising a metal layer (4) and one on the active zone On the opposite side of the metal layer (4) arranged intermediate layer (3) consists of a radiation-transparent and electrically conductive material, the radiation-emitting semiconductor device for operation with an optical resonator and for generating predominantly incoherent radiation as RCLED is provided or the radiation-emitting semiconductor device for operation with an external optical Resonator and for generating predominantly coherent radiation is provided as VECSEL.