Patent ID: 8130803

Claim:
A light emitting device comprising: a semiconductor laser element having a first emission face for emitting laser light; a supporting base having a concave portion on a surface, and supporting the semiconductor laser element in such a manner that the first emission face is exposed to a bottom face of the concave portion; a light guiding body buried in the concave portion of the supporting base, guiding the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser element, and having an incident face to which the laser light enters, and a second emission face from which the laser light traveling through the light guiding body is emitted, the incident face of the light guiding body being such a curved face that an incident angle of the laser light is within a predetermined range including the Brewster angle in a plane formed by a traveling direction of the laser light and a short axis of a light emitting spot of the laser light; and a fluorescent substance scattered in the light guiding body, absorbing the laser light, and emitting the light having a different wavelength from a wavelength of the laser light, wherein the predetermined range is the range of θ B −10° to θ B +5°, with θ B representing the Brewster angle.