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In a nitride semiconductor device having an active layer 12 between a first electrically conductive type of layer and a second electrically conductive type of layer, a quantum well structure is adopted in which an active layer 12 has at least a well layer 11 formed of a nitride semiconductor containing In and Al and a barrier layer 2 formed of a nitride semiconductor containing Al, whereby a laser device excellent in emitting efficacy at a short wavelength region is obtained. It is particularly preferable that said well layer 1 is formed of AlxInyGa1−x−yN (0<x≦1<0<y≦1, x+y<1) and said barrier layer 2 is formed of AluInvGa1−u−vN (0<u≦1, 0≦v≦1, u+v<1).