The invention discloses an optical engine, and belongs to the technical field of projection. The optical engine comprises a light source, an optical-mechanical system and a lens. The light source comprises a light source shell, a light-emitting device and a fluorescent wheel. The fluorescent wheel comprises a fluorescent piece, a heat dissipation plate, a substrate and a driving part. The light-emitting device and the driving part are fixed in the light source shell, the substrate is fixedly connected with a rotating shaft of the driving part, the heat dissipation plate and the fluorescent sheet are sequentially fixed on the substrate, and a light outlet of the light-emitting device faces the fluorescent sheet; the light inlet side of the optical-mechanical system faces the light outlet side of the light source shell; the lens is fixed on the light outlet side of the optical-mechanical system. In the embodiment of the invention, the heat gathered on the fluorescent sheet can be transferred to the heat dissipation plate for heat dissipation, and meanwhile, part of the heat transferred to the heat dissipation plate can be continuously transferred to the substrate for heat dissipation, so that the heat dissipation efficiency of the heat on the fluorescent sheet is improved, the problem of poor transmission imaging effect of the lens is avoided, and the transmission imaging effect of the optical engine is ensured.