IP Library Granted Patent US 8,186,864
Granted Patent B2
US 8,186,864 · App. 12/651,648 · Granted May 29, 2012

Light source device

Assignee: Olympus Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,186,864
App. No.
12/651,648
Granted
May 29, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light source device includes an excitation light source which generates excitation light, a fluorescent member containing a fluorescent substance which absorbs the excitation light to generate fluorescence, an emitting side optical member which is provided on an emitting end face of the fluorescent member, and a reflector which is provided on the side surface of the fluorescent member. The reflector has an optical property of reflecting the excitation light and the fluorescence. The emitting side optical member has an optical property of reflecting the excitation light and transmitting the fluorescence.

Claims (8)

1. A light source device comprising:

an excitation light source which generates excitation light;

a fluorescent member containing a fluorescent substance which absorbs the excitation light to generate fluorescence;

an emitting side optical member which is provided on an emitting end face of the fluorescent member and which has an optical property of reflecting the excitation light and transmitting the fluorescence;

a reflector which is provided on the side surface of the fluorescent member and which has an optical property of reflecting the excitation light and the fluorescence;

an incident side optical member provided on an incident end face of the fluorescent member, the incident side optical member including a transmission portion which has an optical property of transmitting the excitation light, and a reflection portion which has an optical property of reflecting the excitation light and the fluorescence; and

an optical fiber which guides the excitation light generated from the excitation light source to the incident side optical member, the incident side optical member including a through-hole, the through-hole forming the transmission portion, the optical fiber being inserted in the through-hole of the incident side optical member.

2. The light source device according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorescent member includes a bore aligned with the through-hole of the incident side optical member, the optical fiber being inserted in the through-hole and the bore, an end of the optical fiber on an emitting end side including a light scattering portion on the side surface of the optical fiber, the light scattering portion being located in the bore of the fluorescent member.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2010
From: KOMAZAKI, IWAO; YAMAMOTO, EIJI
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023728/0537 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-001992 · Jan 7, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100172148A1 · Jul 8, 2010