A beam splitting element as provided includes an optical substrate and a diffuse reflection layer. The optical substrate is configured to reflect or allow the incident beam to pass through. The diffuse reflection layer is disposed on a portion of a surface of the optical substrate. The incident beam is split into first and second split beams through the beam splitting element and satisfies one of the following conditions: field angles of the first and second split beams exit from the beam splitting element are different; the field angles of the first and second split beams exit from the beam splitting element are the same, and exit directions of the first and second split beams are parallel to each other. A projection device having the beam splitting element is also provided.

A phosphor wheel according to the present disclosure includes: a first substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, the first substrate including a metal material; a phosphor ring provided on the first main surface of the first substrate; a second substrate having a third main surface and a fourth main surface being opposite to the third main surface, the second substrate including a metal material; a plurality of heat dissipation fins disposed on the fourth main surface of the second substrate; and a motor mounted on the first substrate. The second main surface of the first substrate and the third main surface of the second substrate are joined by brazing. The motor is mounted on the first substrate with a gap interposed between the motor and the second substrate.

The invention provides an assembly (2000) comprising a luminescent body (200), a thermally conductive element (400), and a coating layer (500), wherein: the luminescent body (200) comprises a luminescent material (210), wherein the luminescent body (200) comprises a ceramic luminescent body, and wherein the luminescent body (200) comprises an external surface (220); the thermally conductive element (400) comprises metal material (410); at least 25% of the external surface (220) is in thermal contact with the thermally conductive element (400); and—the coating layer (500) is configured between the luminescent body (200) and the thermally conductive element (400).

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 laser reflection unit for a laser phosphor projector. The unit includes a housing and a wheel rotatably drivably received in the housing. The wheel has a top side provided with a phosphor layer for an converting incident laser light beam into a reflected light beam. Further, the wheel has a bottom side opposite to the top side, the bottom side being provided, at a radial outward annular portion from a center axis of the wheel, with cooling fins inducing an air flow flowing in a radial outward direction. The laser reflection unit further includes a heat exchanger received in the housing for cooling the air flow flowing from the wheel, the heat exchanger extending along a mainly circumferential contour coaxial with the center axis of the wheel. The housing is provided with an inner surface guiding the air flow from the wheel towards and along the heat exchanger.

A light source lighting device includes: a laser light source unit; a converging lens that converges a plurality of light beams emitted from the laser light source unit; a diffuser plate that diffuses a plurality of light beams converged by the converging lens; and a second collimating lens that collimates a light beam diffused by the diffuser plate. The converging lens has an aspherical surface, the second collimating lens has a spherical surface, the aspherical surface of the converging lens has an aspherical surface coefficient that is set to cancel a positive spherical aberration of the second collimating lens. A luminous flux density in a proximity of an optical axis is lower than a luminous flux density in a peripheral part away from the optical axis, the optical axis being an axis of a light beam emitted from the second collimating lens.

Provided is an array light source. The array light source includes light-emitting modules, a wavelength conversion apparatus configured to convert excitation light into excited light, a control apparatus configured to transmit a light modulation signal, and a light modulation apparatus configured to modulate the excited light based on the light modulation signal, emit the modulated light, and form a modulated image. Each light-emitting module is configured to emit the excitation light. The light-emitting modules include edge light emitting modules distributed along an edge of the array light source and center light-emitting modules surrounded by the edge light-emitting modules. A maximum luminous intensity of the edge light-emitting modules is greater than that of the center light-emitting modules.

A system includes: a phosphor configured to receive first light having a first color, to produce second light having a second color responsive to the first light, and to transmit at least a first portion of the first light; a color wheel comprising a first colored segment configured to transmit light having a third color and a second colored segment configured to transmit light having a fourth color; a light tunnel optically coupled between the phosphor and the color wheel configured to transmit combined light including least a portion of the first light and the second light; wherein the first segment is configured to transmit the third color as first transmitted light and the second segment to transmit light of the fourth color as second transmitted light; and a spatial light modulator configured to modulate the first transmitted light and the second transmitted light.

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.

[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.