A wavelength conversion device, etc., for laser light according to the present disclosure includes: a first substrate that is light-transmissive; a second substrate that is light-transmissive; and a phosphor layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and including a phosphor that converts the wavelength of incident laser light having a predetermined wavelength. The laser light has a laser irradiation power density of at least 0.03 W/mm.sup.2, and each of the first substrate and the second substrate has a thermal conductivity higher than the thermal conductivity of the phosphor layer.

A method for producing a wavelength converting member that emits light under irradiation of excitation light, and a wavelength converting member. The method for producing a wavelength converting member, including: providing a green body prepared by a process comprising molding a mixed powder containing a Ca--SiAlON fluorescent material and alumina, and depending on necessity an YAG fluorescent material; and primarily sintering the green body at a temperature in a range of 1,000 C. or more and 1,600 C. or less to obtain a first sintered body.

A wavelength converting apparatus includes a moving device including a crystal holder holding a nonlinear crystal for converting a wavelength of laser light incident thereon and outputting the laser light, and a driving unit including a voice coil motor and moving the holder at least in a direction orthogonal to a first direction that is an optical path axis direction of the laser light. The driving unit turns the holder to change an incident angle of the laser light on the crystal. The driving unit includes: a two-dimensional driving unit including a planar voice coil motor, and a one-dimensional driving unit including a cylindrical voice coil motor. The two-dimensional driving unit performs linear driving in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and rotary driving around a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions. The one-dimensional driving unit performs linear driving in the third direction.

The invention provides a light generating device (1000) configured to generate device light (1001), wherein the light generating device (1000) comprises: a first light source (110) configured to generate one or more of UV and blue first light source light (111), wherein the first light source (110) is a first laser light source (10); a second light source (120) configured to generated green second light source light (121), wherein the second light source (120) is a second laser light source (20); a third light source (130) configured to generate red third light source light (131), wherein the third light source (130) is a third laser light source (30); a fourth light source (140) configured to generate blue fourth light source light (141), wherein the fourth light source (140) is a fourth laser light source (40); a first luminescent material (210) configured to convert at least part of the first light source light (111) into first luminescent material light (211) having an emission band having wavelengths in one or more of (a) the green spectral wavelength range and (b) the yellow spectral wavelength range, wherein the first luminescent material (210) comprises a luminescent material of the type A3B5O12:Ce, wherein A comprises one or more of Y, La, Gd, Tb and Lu, and wherein B comprises one or more of Al, Ga, In and Sc; an optical element (430) configured to combine (i) optionally unconverted first light source light (111), (ii) the second light source light (121), (iii) the third light source light (131), (iv) the fourth light source light (141), and (v) the first luminescent material light (211), to provide device light (1001), wherein the light generating device (1000) is configured to provide in an operational mode white device light (1001) comprising at least the luminescent material light (211) and the fourth light source light (141); and a control system (300) configured to control one or more of the light sources (110, 120, 130, 140).

A laser system includes a first semiconductor laser device configured to output first CW laser light, a first semiconductor optical amplification device configured to amplify the first CW laser light and output second CW laser light, an optical parametric amplification device configured to amplify the second CW laser light and output first pulse laser light, and a wavelength conversion device configured to perform wavelength conversion on the first pulse laser light and output second pulse laser light in a deep ultraviolet wavelength region.

A light-emitting device includes a light source, a lens disposed above the light source, and a light-receiving element disposed at a position not intersecting with an optical axis of the lens and receiving external light via the lens. The lens includes a light adjustment part in a region overlapping the light-receiving element in a top view, and the light adjustment part for adjusting an amount of external light received by the light-receiving element.

The invention relates to an optoelectronic component, comprising at least one semiconductor emitter having an active region designed for emitting electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range. The optoelectronic component also comprises at least one wavelength conversion plate, having a decoupling surface and a lateral surface arranged laterally to same and orientated transverse to same, as well as a substrate on which the semiconductor emitter and the wavelength conversion plate are arranged. The decoupling surface is facing away from the substrate. The semiconductor emitter is designed to irradiate the wavelength conversion plate with electromagnetic radiation on the lateral surface. The wavelength conversion plate is designed to emit a mixed radiation out of the decoupling surface, said mixed radiation comprising at least one portion of the radiation of the first wavelength range and a converted radiation of a second wavelength range.

A phosphor element includes an incident face for an excitation light, an emitting face opposing the incident face and a side face, and the element converts at least a part of the incident excitation light incident onto the incident face to fluorescence and emits the fluorescence from the emitting face. The emitting face has an area larger than an area of the incident face. The phosphor element comprises an inclination region in which an inclination angle of the side face with respect to a vertical axis perpendicular to the emitting face is monotonously increased from the incident face toward the emitting face, viewed in a cross-section perpendicular to the emitting face and along the longest dividing line halving the emitting face.

A phosphor plate includes a plate-shaped sintered body having a light incident surface and a light exit surface, and a glass coating layer provided at the light exit surface, and the sintered body includes (Y.sub.1-x-y, Gd.sub.x, Ce.sub.y).sub.3Al.sub.5O.sub.12 particles, where x and y fall within ranges 0.018x0.054 and 0.018y0.025, and Al.sub.2O.sub.3 particles, the (Y.sub.1-x-y, Gd.sub.x, Ce.sub.y).sub.3Al.sub.5O.sub.12 particles and the Al.sub.2O.sub.3 particles have an overall average particle diameter of 3.0 m to 5.0 m, the (Y.sub.1-x-y, Gd.sub.x, Ce.sub.y).sub.3Al.sub.5O.sub.12 particles have a concentration of 15 vol % to 25 vol % with respect to a total amount 100 vol % of the (Y.sub.1-x-y, Gd.sub.x, Ce.sub.y).sub.3Al.sub.5O.sub.12 particles and the Al.sub.2O.sub.3 particles, the sintered body has a thickness of 90 m to 160 m.