Sterilizing apparatus
A sterilizing apparatus having both excellent safety and operability is provided. A sterilizing apparatus ( 1 ) according to an aspect for carrying out the present invention is a sterilizing apparatus ( 1 ) that radiates light including ultraviolet rays onto an affected area ( 6 ), wherein first wavelength light (L λ1 ) having a peak wavelength in a wavelength range of 190 nm or more and 230 nm or less, and second wavelength light (L λ2 ) having a peak wavelength in a wavelength range of 400 nm or more and 780 nm or less are emitted.
1. A sterilizing apparatus radiating light including ultraviolet rays onto a target object, comprising:
a laser light source oscillating second wavelength light having a peak wavelength in a range of 400 nm or more and 460 nm or less;
a light frequency converter receiving the second wavelength light oscillated from the laser light source, the light frequency converter converting a portion of the second wavelength light into first wavelength light having a peak wavelength in a range of 190 nm or more and 230 nm or less,
the light frequency converter emitting the first wavelength light and the second wavelength light not being converted into the first wavelength light; and
a light intensity reducer changing the ratio of the light intensity of the first wavelength light to the light intensity of the second wavelength light while the sterilizing apparatus is operated, wherein
light intensity of the ultraviolet rays of a wavelength range of more than 230 nm and less than 400 nm radiated onto the target object is less than 3 mW/cm 2 ,
the ultraviolet rays of the wavelength range of more than 230 nm and less than 400 nm radiated onto the target object with less than 3 mW/cm 2 of the light intensity suppresses harm to somatic cells, and
the light intensity reducer reduces the second wavelength light by absorbing or reflecting a portion of the second wavelength light emitted from the light frequency converter, and, the light intensity reducer transmits, without reducing, the first wavelength light emitted from the light frequency converter.
2. The sterilizing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the light intensity reducer changes the ratio of the light intensity of the first wavelength light to the light intensity of the second wavelength light while maintaining the light intensity of the ultraviolet rays of the wavelength range of more than 230 nm and less than 400 nm to be less than 3 mW/cm 2 .
3. The sterilizing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the light frequency converter being a light frequency doubling converter,
and being provided with the light intensity reducer that reduces the second wavelength light.
4. The sterilizing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the light intensity reducer receives the first wavelength light and the second wavelength light emitted from the light frequency converter and the light intensity reducer emits the first wavelength light and the second wavelength light to outside of the sterilizing apparatus.
5. The sterilizing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the first wavelength light and the second wavelength light emitted from the light intensity reducer to outside of the sterilizing apparatus are both substantially parallel light.