An n-type doping concentration of the n?-type lifetime reduced layer 22 is lower than an n-type doping concentration of the first and the third n?-type layers 21, 23. In other words, a portion in the n?-type drift layer 3 where the n-type doping concentration is lower is the n?-type lifetime reduced layer 22. Portions respectively adjacent to a cathode side and an anode side (a side facing toward the p-type anode layer 4) of the portion where the n-type doping concentration is lower in the n?-type drift layer 3 are the first and the third n?-type layers 21, 23, respectively. Therefore, a thickness (dimension in the depth direction), the n-type doping concentration, and a depth from the pn junction surface 12 between the p-type anode layer 4 and the n?-type drift layer 3, of the portion where the n-type doping concentration is lower in the n?-type drift layer 3 are detected by CV measurement, thereby enabling the thickness t5 of the n?-type lifetime reduced layer 22, vanadium concentration, and the depth d1 from the pn junction surface 12 between the p-type anode layer 4 and the n?-type drift layer 3 to be detected.