To provide an
electron beam excitation type light-emitting element that can be easily mounted on a substrate such as a printed board, and a
light irradiation device including the light-emitting element.SOLUTION: A light-emitting element 10 includes an
electron beam source 11, and a light-emitting unit 21 including a light-emitting layer 21L excited by an
electron beam of the electron
beam source 11. The electron
beam source 11 is mounted on a board 31, and an outline part 51 that surrounds the electron beam source 11 from above is disposed on an upper surface 31A of the substrate 31. The light-emitting unit 21 is disposed over the outline part 51. The space surrounded by the substrate 31, the outline part 51, and the light-emitting unit 21 is vacuum. The light-emitting unit 21 includes an
anode electrode 41 to which the
high voltage for accelerating the electron beam is applied. A
cathode terminal TC and a gate terminal TG that electrically connect to the electron beam source 11, and an
anode terminal TA that electrically connects to the
anode electrode 41 are disposed planarly on a lower surface 31 of the substrate 31 so that the substrate 31 can be mounted planarly.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2