Patent ID: 8754432

Claim:
A light emitting device configured to achieve a white color by mixing light from respective phosphors, the light emitting device comprising: a light emitting element for emitting ultraviolet or short-wavelength visible light having a peak wavelength in a wavelength range of 380 to 420 nm; a first phosphor excited by the ultraviolet or short-wavelength visible light to emit visible light having a peak wavelength in a wavelength range of 560 nm to 600 nm; a second phosphor excited by the ultraviolet or short-wavelength visible light to emit visible light having a complementary relationship with visible light emitted by the first phosphor; and a light transmitting member which is a light transmitting layer for covering the light emitting element, and has the first phosphor and the second phosphor dispersed therein, wherein the volume concentration of all of the phosphors contained in the light transmitting member is 0.05 vol % or more and 10 vol % or less, the light transmitting member is configured to have an optical path length of 0.4 mm or more and 20 mm or less from incidence of light from the light emitting element to exit thereof to the outside, the first phosphor has an average grain size of 0.5 μm or more and 100 μm or less, and the second phosphor has an average grain size of 0.5 μm or more and 100 μm or less.