To provide a surface emitting laser device including a substrate; an optical resonator arranged on the substrate, the optical resonator including a lower multilayer reflector and an upper multilayer reflector; a strained active layer arranged in the resonator, the strained active layer having a multiple quantum well structure formed with a quantum well layer and a barrier layer; and a current confinement layer arranged on an upper side of the strained active layer, the current confinement layer including a selectively oxidized portion, where the current confinement layer is arranged at a position where a strain in the selectively oxidized portion influences the strained active layer.