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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2016
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kita, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An illumination device includes: an excitation light source that emits excitation light having a first wavelength; and a fluorescent member that includes a fluorescent substance that, when it is irradiated with the excitation light, emits light having a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength, transmits a part of the excitation light and reflects another part of the excitation light, and a first reflective film provided at a side of the fluorescent substance, which is opposite to an excitation light incidence side, the fluorescent member emitting multiplexed light including an excitation light component reflected from the fluorescent substance and the first reflective film and a light component emitted from the fluorescent substance.