A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element; and a wavelength conversion member including: a wavelength conversion part configured to convert light emitted from the light emitting element into light having a different wavelength and to output the light having the different wavelength, an enclosing part enclosing the wavelength conversion part, and a conducting layer disposed on the enclosing part and surrounding the wavelength conversion part. The conducting layer comprises ruthenium oxide.

A light emitting device includes one or more electrical components and a base member. The electrical components include a first semiconductor laser element, which has a light emission end surface. The base member has a first surface on which the first semiconductor laser element is disposed. The base member includes a plurality of metal films including a first metal film and a second metal film. The first metal film is electrically connected to at least one of the electrical components, and defines a first alignment mark for aligning the first semiconductor laser element. The second metal film is electrically connected to at least one of the electrical components, and defines a second alignment mark for aligning the first semiconductor laser element. A straight line connecting the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark extends parallel to the light emission end surface of the first semiconductor laser element.

A multi-emitter laser diode device includes a carrier chip singulated from a carrier wafer. The carrier chip has a length and a width, and the width defines a first pitch. The device also includes a plurality of epitaxial mesa dice regions transferred to the carrier chip from a substrate and attached to the carrier chip at a bond region. Each of the epitaxial mesa dice regions is arranged on the carrier chip in a substantially parallel configuration and positioned at a second pitch defining the distance between adjacent epitaxial mesa dice regions. Each of the plurality of epitaxial mesa dice regions includes epitaxial material, which includes an n-type cladding region, an active region having at least one active layer region, and a p-type cladding region. The device also includes one or more laser diode stripe regions, each of which has a pair of facets forming a cavity region.

An optical member holding device including a holding member, an optical member and an elastic member. The holding member has a recess defined by one or more lateral surfaces and a bottom surface with a through-hole opening at the bottom surface. The optical member is disposed on the bottom surface, and includes a light transmissive part. The optical member has an upper surface and one or more lateral surfaces. The elastic member consists of an inorganic material, and has a wavelike shape and disposed between the one or more lateral surfaces of the recess and the one or more lateral surfaces of the optical member so as to be in contact with the one or more lateral surfaces of the recess and the one or more lateral surfaces of the optical member to exert elastic force that secures the optical member to a predetermined location in the recess.

A light source device with a safety mechanism includes a wavelength converting device and a laser light source configured to provide a laser beam. The wavelength converting device includes a substrate facing toward the laser light source, an optical converting layer disposed on the substrate, and a safety examination layer disposed on one side of the optical converting layer. After the laser beam passes through the safety examination layer, the laser beam enters the optical converting layer. The safety examination layer includes a first conductive film arranged along a first direction and a second conductive film arranged along a second direction. The first conductive film and the second conductive film intersect each other.

A laser-based fiber-coupled wide-spectrum light system is provided. The system includes a laser device and one or more phosphor members configured and arranged to provide wide-spectrum emissions. One or more fibers are configured and arranged to receive the wide-spectrum emissions.

An optical member includes: a main body having transparency or heat dissipation properties; an optical film disposed on an upper face of the main body; a metal film disposed on the upper face of the main body in a region other than a region where the optical film is disposed; a surrounding part joined via the metal film; and a wavelength conversion part surrounded by the surrounding part. The wavelength conversion part is positioned inward of a periphery of the optical film in a top view. The wavelength conversion part is not directly bonded to the optical film and the main body.

A light emitting device (1) is a light emitting device for use in a photodynamic therapy. The light emitting device includes: a solid-state light-emitting element (2) that emits primary light in which an energy density is 0.5 W/mm.sup.2 or more; and a wavelength converter (3) including a first phosphor (4) that emits first wavelength-converted light (7). The first wavelength-converted light has a light component across at least a whole of a wavelength range of 700 nm or more and less than 800 nm. Energy of fluorescence emitted from the wavelength converter is 100 mW or more. A medical device includes the light emitting device.

The present invention is directed to display technologies. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide projection display systems where one or more laser diodes are used as a light source.

A light source unit includes: a first light emission point from which a first beam is emitted; a second light emission point from which a second beam is emitted and which is disposed apart from the first light emission point in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction; a deflection element that deflects the first and/or second beam; and a first condensing optical element that focuses, on a light collection surface, the first and second beams. The first beam at the first light emission point overlaps the second beam at the second light emission point in a third direction, and on the light collection surface, the first and second beams overlap each other in the second direction and are separate from each other in the third direction.