A light source apparatus includes a first light source configured to emit first color light, a second light source configured to emit second color light having a different wavelength from that of the first color light, a wavelength conversion element configured to convert the first color light into third color light having a wavelength different from that of the first color light and to emit the third color light, and to emit the second color light as it is, and an optical system including a light guide surface configured to guide the first color light from the first light source and the second color light from the second light source to the wavelength conversion element, and the optical system being configured to emit combined light of the second color light and the third color light from the wavelength conversion element.

A light outputting apparatus includes a light source that outputs a first light flux, a collimator that parallelizes the first light flux, a light separator that separates the first light flux into a first partial light flux and a second partial light flux, a first light flux width expander, and a second light flux width expander. The light separator causes the first partial light flux to exit in a first direction and the second partial light flux to exit in a second direction. When a first plane is assumed to be a plane containing the first direction and the second direction, the first light flux width expander expands a width of the first partial light flux in a direction along the first plane, and the second light flux width expander expands a width of the second partial light flux in a direction along the first plane.

A projection optical apparatus includes a projection system projecting light and including a resin lens, a degradation suppressor configured to suppress degradation of the resin lens, and a projection controller configured to control the degradation suppressor.

An optical device includes a first optical system having an optical element, a second optical system having a lens and disposed at a reduction side of the first optical system, a first holding member holding the optical device, a second holding member holding the lens, and a movement mechanism configured to move the first holding member in optical axis directions. The optical element has a reflection surface. The first holding member has a first holding portion holding the optical element and a first coupling portion extending from the first holding portion to a second optical system side. The movement mechanism has a transport mechanism configured to move the first coupling portion along the optical axis directions, and a guide mechanism configured to guide the first holding member in the optical axis directions. The guide mechanism restricts rotation of the first holding member around the optical axis.

An illuminator includes a light source that outputs first light, a wavelength converter that converts the first light into second light, an optical element that reflects the first light toward the wavelength converter and transmits the second light, and an illumination system which is disposed on the opposite side of the optical element from the wavelength converter. The wavelength converter includes a substrate, a reflection layer facing a first surface of the substrate, a wavelength conversion layer having a second surface and facing the reflection layer, and a structural element facing the second surface and having a plurality of protrusions that reflect part of the first light. The plurality of protrusions each have an inclining surface that inclines with respect to the second surface, and at least part of the first light and reflected off the inclining surface enters the illumination system without traveling via the optical element.

An image projector with a high optical efficiency projects an image at an arbitrary distance from an observer. The image projector includes an illumination module having at least one spatially coherent light source; a phase image generator with an array of optical phase shifting elements; an electronic image controller connected electrically to the phase image generator; and a waveguide which includes at least one embedded partial reflector. The waveguide may be positioned either between the illumination module and the waveguide, or between the waveguide and the observer. The phase image generator may include phase shifts for canceling speckle, correcting optical aberrations, and/or compensating interference caused by light rays having different optical path lengths.

An illumination device according to the present disclosure includes: a first light source that outputs first illumination light subjected to phase modulation to have desired intensity distribution; a second light source that outputs second illumination light; an integrator optical system that uniformizes intensity distribution of the second illumination light; a polarization conversion element that aligns polarization directions of incident light in one polarization direction; and a reflection element disposed on an optical path between the integrator optical system and the polarization conversion element, the reflection element multiplexing the first illumination light and the second illumination light and causing each of the first illumination light and the second illumination light to enter the polarization conversion element.

[Object] To provide a light source device, a headlight, a display apparatus, and an illumination apparatus having excellent heat dissipation. [Solving Means] The light source device includes a substrate, a phosphor, a light emitting element, and a wavelength-selective reflecting member. The phosphor is disposed in contact with the substrate. The light emitting element emits excitation light for exciting the phosphor. The wavelength-selective reflecting member partially reflects the excitation light emitted from the light emitting element to be guided to the phosphor and transmits fluorescence emitted from the phosphor by excitation caused by incidence of the excitation light and the excitation light reflected by the phosphor.

A laser projection apparatus includes a laser source assembly, an optical engine and a projection lens. The laser source assembly includes a laser device and a combining lens group. The laser device includes a first laser-exit region emitting laser beams of first color, a second laser-exit region emitting laser beams of second color, and a third laser-exit region emitting laser beams of third color. The combining lens group includes a plurality of combining lenses and a beam spot adjustment structure. The beam spot adjustment structure is disposed in beam paths of the laser beams of first color and the laser beams of second color before being combined with the laser beams of third color, and the beam spot adjustment structure is configured to increase a divergence angle of at least one of the laser beams of first color or the laser beams of second color.

A wavelength conversion element includes a turntable, a first spoiler structure and a second spoiler structure. The turntable has a supporting surface and a back surface opposite to the supporting surface. The first spoiler structure is disposed on the supporting surface and arranged along a first track surrounding a center of the turntable. The second spoiler structure is disposed on the back surface and arranged along a second track surrounding the center. A centroid of at least one of the first spoiler structure and the second spoiler structure is deviated from the center. A projection device adopting the aforementioned wavelength conversion element is also provided. The wavelength conversion element of the invention can reduce the initial unbalance and the projection device of the invention can improve the durability.