Patent ID: 8415870

Claim:
A semiconductor light emitting device that emits: a blue light component having an emission peak in a wavelength range of 430 nm to less than 490 nm, a green light component having an emission peak in a wavelength range of 500 nm to less than 550 nm, a red light component having an emission peak in a wavelength range of 600 nm to less than 660 nm, wherein the blue light component is a light component emitted by a first solid light emitting element that emits light having an emission peak in a blue wavelength range of 430 nm to less than 490 nm, the green light component is light emitted by a second solid light emitting element that emits light having an emission peak in a near-ultraviolet-violet wavelength range of 360 nm to less than 420 nm that is converted into wavelength-converted light by a green phosphor, the red light component is light emitted by at least one solid light emitting element selected from the first solid light emitting element and the second solid light emitting element that is converted into wavelength-converted light by a red phosphor, the green phosphor emits green light on the basis of an electronic energy transition of Mn 2+ the green light component has a spectrum half-width of 20 nm or more and less than 60 nm, and of output light emitted by the semiconductor light emitting device, each of blue-green light having a wavelength of 490 nm and yellow light having a wavelength of 575 nm has an energy intensity that is 20% or less of a peak of a spectral distribution of the output light.