Patent ID: 8552448

Claim:
A light emitting device comprising: a semiconductor light emitting element including a semiconductor layer that emits primary light; and a fluorescent material layer disposed on the light emitting side of the semiconductor light emitting element, that absorbs a part of the primary light and emits secondary light having a wavelength longer than that of the primary light, the light emitting device emitting light of blended color of the primary light and the secondary light, wherein the light emitting device further comprises a scattering layer, in which particles are dispersed in a transparent medium, on the light emitting side of the fluorescent material layer, said particles having a mean particle size D that satisfies Inequality equation 1: 20 nm< D≦ 0.4×λ/π wherein λ is the wavelength of the primary light propagating in the transparent medium, and the scattering layer scatters the primary light and causes the primary light to emit from the light emitting device.