Patent ID: 8835951

Claim:
A light emitting device comprising: a package having a recess portion opening upwardly, the recess portion comprising a side surface and a bottom surface; a light emitting element comprising a light emitting layer comprising a semiconductor; a wavelength converting member configured to absorb part of light emitted from the light emitting element, convert the absorbed light into light of a different wavelength and emit the converted light, the light emitted from the light emitting element and the light converted by the wavelength converting member being mixed and emitted from an opening of the recess portion, the wavelength converting member comprising a first wavelength converting member disposed under the light emitting element and a second wavelength converting member disposed on at least the light emitting element, the first wavelength converting member being of a plate shape and comprising a composite of an inorganic material and a fluorescent material; a supporting member disposed between the first wavelength converting member and the bottom surface of the package; and a light scattering surface formed on at least a portion of the side surface of the recess portion which is irradiated with incident light emitted from a side surface of the first wavelength converting member in a direction parallel to a principal surface of the first wavelength converting member, wherein the light emitting element and the wavelength converting member are apart from the side surface of the package.