A light emitting diode includes a substrate tilted toward first and second directions simultaneously, a first cladding layer formed with a semiconductor material of a first conductive type on the substrate, an active layer formed on the first cladding layer, and a second cladding layer formed with a semiconductor material of a second conductive type on the active layer, wherein concavo-convexes are formed on the interfaces of the first cladding layer, the second cladding layer, and the active layer, and the (100) substrate is a III-V or a IV-IV group semiconductor substrate, and has a crystal orientation such that a (100) plane of the (100) substrate is inclined 2 to 20.degree. toward the [0-1-1] direction and 1 to 8.degree. toward the [0-11] direction.