Light-emitting device, white light-emitting device, illuminator, and image display

A white light emitting device comprising:

• a light source configured to emit light;
• and
• at least one wavelength converting-material configured to absorb at least a part of the light emitted from the light source and configured to emit light having different wavelengths,
• wherein the white-light emitting device emits white light comprising the light emitted by the wavelength-converting material,
• a maximum intensity of an emission spectrum of the white light at a wavelength range of 500 nm to 650 nm is not higher than 150% of a minimum intensity in the wavelength range, and
• said wavelength converting-material comprises at least one green phosphor and comprises at least one red phosphor represented by formula (3):
• MaAbDcEdXe (3)
• where M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm and Yb;
• A represents one or two elements selected from the group consisting of divalent metallic elements other than the M;
• D represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of quadrivalent metallic elements;
• E represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of trivalent metallic elements;
• X represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of 0, N, and F;
• and a, b, c, d, and e are numbers satisfying:
• 0.00001≦a≦0.1,
• a+b=1,
• 0.5≦c≦4,
• 0.5≦d≦8,
• 0.8×(⅔+ 4/3×c+d)≦e, and
• e≦1.2×(⅔+ 4/3×c+d).