Abstract: A light emitting element includes an LED element that emits an excitation light having a single peak wavelength within a range of greater than or equal to 380 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm; a fluorescent body to which at least a portion of the excitation light enters to emit fluorescence; and a light extraction surface that emits an output light formed by superimposing the excitation light and the fluorescence. The output light exhibits light emission over a range of at least greater than or equal to the peak wavelength of the excitation light and less than or equal to 1050 nm, and all of the output light have a light emission intensity of greater than or equal to a light emission intensity at 1050 nm within a range of at least the peak wavelength of the excitation light to 1050 nm.

Abstract: A light emitting element includes an LED element that emits an excitation light having a single peak wavelength within a range of greater than or equal to 380 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm; a fluorescent body to which at least a portion of the excitation light enters to emit fluorescence; and a light extraction surface that emits an output light formed by superimposing the excitation light and the fluorescence. The output light exhibits light emission over a range of at least greater than or equal to the peak wavelength of the excitation light and less than or equal to 1050 nm, and all of the output light have a light emission intensity of greater than or equal to a light emission intensity at 1050 nm within a range of at least the peak wavelength of the excitation light to 1050 nm.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide an electron-beam-pumped light source capable of irradiating one surface of a semiconductor light-emitting device uniformly with an electron beam, and capable of obtaining a high light output without increasing an accelerating voltage of the electron beam and, in addition, capable of efficiently cooling the semiconductor light-emitting device. An electron-beam-pumped light source of the present invention includes: an electron beam source and a semiconductor light-emitting device excited by an electron beam emitted from the electron beam source, and characterized in that the electron beam source includes a planar electron beam emitting portion and arranged in the periphery of the semiconductor light-emitting device, and light exits from a surface through which the electron beam from the electron beam source of the semiconductor light-emitting device enters.

Abstract: A illuminating device used for an document reading apparatus that has two rod shape light guides and light emitting elements where each of the light guides has a light emitting face and two flat light reflection faces, which may have a group of minute prisms that are formed along the longitudinal direction of the faces, and where light from each light emitting element is guided in the longitudinal direction by the light guide and reflected by that faces, such that the light is emitted from the light emitting face of each light guide and a virtual plane that is vertical to a longitudinal direction of each of the two light guides has two light intensity peaks.

Abstract: Provided is a compact ultraviolet irradiation apparatus which is capable of emitting ultraviolet radiation with high efficiency. This ultraviolet irradiation apparatus includes, in a vessel, a semiconductor multi-layered film element and an electron beam irradiation source for irradiating the semiconductor multi-layered film element with an electron beam, the vessel being hermetically sealed to have a negative internal pressure and having an ultraviolet transmitting window. Furthermore, the semiconductor multi-layered film element includes an active layer having a single quantum well structure or a multi quantum well structure of InxAlyGa1-x-yN (0?x<1, 0<y?1, x+y?1), and the active layer of the semiconductor multi-layered film element is irradiated with an electron beam from the electron beam irradiation source. This allows the semiconductor multi-layered film element to emit ultraviolet radiation out of the vessel through the ultraviolet transmitting window.

Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide an electron-beam-pumped light source capable of irradiating one surface of a semiconductor light-emitting device uniformly with an electron beam, and capable of obtaining a high light output without increasing an accelerating voltage of the electron beam and, in addition, capable of efficiently cooling the semiconductor light-emitting device. An electron-beam-pumped light source of the present invention includes: an electron beam source and a semiconductor light-emitting device excited by an electron beam emitted from the electron beam source, and characterized in that the electron beam source includes a planar electron beam emitting portion and arranged in the periphery of the semiconductor light-emitting device, and light exits from a surface through which the electron beam from the electron beam source of the semiconductor light-emitting device enters.

Abstract: Provided is a compact ultraviolet irradiation apparatus which is capable of emitting ultraviolet radiation with high efficiency. This ultraviolet irradiation apparatus includes, in a vessel, a semiconductor multi-layered. film element and an electron beam irradiation source for irradiating the semiconductor multi-layered film element with an electron beam, the vessel being hermetically sealed to have a negative internal pressure and having an ultraviolet transmitting window. Furthermore, the semiconductor multi-layered film element includes an active layer having a single quantum well structure or a multi quantum well structure of InxAlyGa1-x-yN (0?x<1, 0<y?1, x+y?1), and the active layer of the semiconductor multi-layered film element is irradiated with an electron beam from the electron beam irradiation source. This allows the semiconductor multi-layered film element to emit ultraviolet radiation out of the vessel through the ultraviolet transmitting window.

Abstract: A light source apparatus includes first and second light direction changing faces that extend in a longitudinal direction, a light guiding member having first and second light emitting faces that are formed to respectively face the first and second light direction changing faces and a light source that is arranged on one end face of the light guiding member. A first vertical plane extending in a longitudinal direction with respect to the first light direction changing face and a second vertical plane extending in a longitudinal direction with respect to the second light direction changing face intersect. A groove which extends in a longitudinal direction of the light guiding member is formed between the first and second light direction changing faces. A surface forming the groove may be parabolic in a cross section.

Abstract: An ultraviolet irradiation device having a simple structure without using a pn junction, which can efficiently utilize a surface plasmon polariton and can emit ultraviolet light of a specific wavelength at a high efficiency. The device has at least one semiconductor multilayer film element and an electron beam irradiation source which are provided in a container having an ultraviolet-ray transmitting window and is vacuum-sealed, wherein the film element has an active layer formed of InxAlyGa1-x-yN (wherein 0?x?1, 0?y?1, and x+y?1) and having a single or multiple quantum well structure and a metal film formed on an upper surface of the active layer, composed of metal particles of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and having a nano-structure formed of the metal particles, wherein ultraviolet light is emitted to the outside through the transmitting window by irradiating the film element with electron beams from the irradiation source.

Abstract: A light guiding member in a shape of a rod shape comprises a light receiving portion formed on an end thereof in an axial direction thereof, and a knurled recess portion which extends in the axial direction, is formed on a side face thereof, wherein the knurled recess portion has two or more recesses, a side face of each recess in a light receiving portion side is a reflective surface, the reflective surface of at least one of the recesses having a primary reflective surface and a secondary reflective surface.

Abstract: A light guiding member having a light direction changing face which extends in a longitudinal direction of the light guiding member and a light emitting face which faces the light guiding member, wherein the light direction changing face includes two faces arranged so that vertical faces which extend in the longitudinal direction and are respectively vertical to the two faces, intersect with each other. Also, a bifurcated linear light source apparatus comprises a LED, a light guiding member which is made up of a transparent rod shape member, and which emits light generated by the LED, in two directions, from a longitudinal direction side face of the transparent rod shape member, and a reflection mirror which reflects the light emitted in one of the two directions, to the other direction of the two directions.

Abstract: A illuminating device used for an document reading apparatus that has two rod shape light guides and light emitting elements where each of the light guides has a light emitting face and two flat light reflection faces, which may have a group of minute prisms that are formed along the longitudinal direction of the faces, and where light from each light emitting element is guided in the longitudinal direction by the light guide and reflected by that faces, such that the light is emitted from the light emitting face of each light guide and a virtual plane that is vertical to a longitudinal direction of each of the two light guides has two light intensity peaks.

Abstract: An LED light source device using light from luminescent elements at a high level of uniformity and efficiency, and to conduct irradiation with a high level of design freedom an LED light source device is equipped with luminescent elements and a translucent light-guiding member. The translucent light-guiding member has a central convex lens with a first cylindrical light-guiding part formed on the outer periphery of the central convex lens and a second cylindrical light-guiding part formed on the outer periphery of the first cylindrical light-guiding part, such that an air layer is formed between the outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical light-guiding part and the inner peripheral surface of the second cylindrical light-guiding part, the outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical light-guiding part and the outer peripheral surface of the second cylindrical light-guiding part being rotated quadratic surfaces with the same focal point.

Abstract: A light source apparatus includes first and second light direction changing faces that extend in a longitudinal direction, a light guiding member having first and second light emitting faces that are formed to respectively face the first and second light direction changing faces and a light source that is arranged on one end face of the light guiding member. A first vertical plane extending in a longitudinal direction with respect to the first light direction changing face and a second vertical plane extending in a longitudinal direction with respect to the second light direction changing face intersect. A groove which extends in a longitudinal direction of the light guiding member is formed between the first and second light direction changing faces. A surface forming the groove may be parabolic in a cross section.

Abstract: In order to avoid irregular irradiation of a substrate, a light irradiation device is provided, comprised of a plurality of adjacently arranged segment light sources wherein a plurality of LEDs is arranged on a substrate, wherein said segment light source comprises an integrator lens arranged such as to be irradiated with light of said plurality of LEDs and a condenser lens arranged such as to be irradiated with light transmitted by said integrator lens, said integrator lens consisting of a plurality of cell lenses, whose aperture sizes at that side of said integrator lens that opposes said LEDs have different dimensions. Alternatively, a mask is provided at that side of said integrator lens which opposes said LEDs, said mask having apertures at positions corresponding to a respective one of said cell lenses, the mask apertures having sizes of different dimensions.

Abstract: An illumination device is provided. The illumination device includes: a light guide comprising: an outer peripheral face; one end face; and the other end face, wherein a groove is formed in the outer peripheral face along a longitudinal direction of the light guide; a light source provided to face the one end face of the light guide; and a diffusion reflector provided to face the other face of the light guide.

Abstract: A light guiding member in a shape of a rod shape comprises a light receiving portion formed on an end thereof in an axial direction thereof, and a knurled recess portion which extends in the axial direction, is formed on a side face thereof, wherein the knurled recess portion has two or more recesses, a side face of each recess in a light receiving portion side is a reflective surface, the reflective surface of at least one of the recesses having a primary reflective surface and a secondary reflective surface.

Abstract: An LED light source device using light from luminescent elements at a high level of uniformity and efficiency, and to conduct irradiation with a high level of design freedom an LED light source device is equipped with luminescent elements and a translucent light-guiding member. The translucent light-guiding member has a central convex lens with a first cylindrical light-guiding part formed on the outer periphery of the central convex lens and a second cylindrical light-guiding part formed on the outer periphery of the first cylindrical light-guiding part, such that an air layer is formed between the outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical light-guiding part and the inner peripheral surface of the second cylindrical light-guiding part, the outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical light-guiding part and the outer peripheral surface of the second cylindrical light-guiding part being rotated quadratic surfaces with the same focal point.

Abstract: A light guiding member having a light direction changing face which extends in a longitudinal direction of the light guiding member and a light emitting face which faces the light guiding member, wherein the light direction changing face includes two faces arranged so that vertical faces which extend in the longitudinal direction and are respectively vertical to the two faces, intersect with each other. Also, a bifurcated linear light source apparatus comprises a LED, a light guiding member which is made up of a transparent rod shape member, and which emits light generated by the LED, in two directions, from a longitudinal direction side face of the transparent rod shape member, and a reflection mirror which reflects the light emitted in one of the two directions, to the other direction of the two directions.

Abstract: A radiant heating apparatus for heating one or more workpieces, comprises at least one flash discharge lamp, a discharge circuit having a condenser, connected in series to the at least one flash discharge lamp, for supplying voltage to the at least one flash discharge lamp; and a non-contact current detecting sensor provided in the discharge circuit wherein the current detecting sensor detects in a non-contact state discharge current flowing through the discharge circuit whereby it is possible to compensate condenser deterioration and also it is possible to detect an abnormal state of the discharge circuit based on outputs from the non-contact current detecting sensor.