COMPOSITE WAVELENGTH CONVERSION POWDER, RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING COMPOSITE WAVELENGTH CONVERSION POWDER, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE

摘要

Provided are: a composite wavelength conversion powder which has high utilization efficiency of light and high utilization efficiency of a constituent material, and which is capable of achieving a good balance between highly efficient light emission and high reliability; and a resin composition which contains this composite wavelength conversion powder. This composite wavelength conversion powder is obtained by dispersing phosphor particles having a refractive index of 1.6 or more in a matrix particle which contains fine magnesium fluoride particles or fine calcium fluoride particles. Also provided is a light emitting device which is capable of improving the utilization efficiency of light produced by phosphor particles that are excited by primary irradiation light irradiated from a light emitting element, and which is capable of improving the optical output of light emission by increasing the amount of secondary irradiation light produced by the phosphor particles, while suppressing the occurrence of color unevenness or color variation of the light discharged to the outside of the device. A light emitting device (1) of the present invention is provided with a substrate (2), a light emitting element (3) that is mounted on the surface of the substrate (2), and a light transmitting member (4) that covers the light emitting element (3). This light transmitting member (4) contains composite wavelength conversion particles (12) which are composed of phosphor particles that have an average particle diameter of 500 nm or less and inorganic particles that are transparent to visible light and have an average particle diameter of 500 nm or less.