Patent ID: 8395169

Claim:
A light emitting device, comprising: a semiconductor light emitting element to emit a first light; a mounting member, the semiconductor light emitting element being placed on the mounting member; a first wavelength conversion layer provided between the semiconductor light emitting element and the mounting member in contact with the mounting member, the first wavelength conversion layer absorbing the first light and emitting a second light having a wavelength longer than a wavelength of the first light; and a first transparent layer provided between the semiconductor light emitting element and the first wavelength conversion layer in contact with the semiconductor light emitting element and the first wavelength conversion layer, the first transparent layer being transparent to the first light and the second light, a refractive index of a portion of the semiconductor light emitting element contacting the first transparent layer being higher than a refractive index of the first transparent layer, and a refractive index of a portion of the first wavelength conversion layer contacting the first transparent layer being not higher than the refractive index of the first transparent layer.