An illumination apparatus includes at least one laser diode, an illumination section, and a light control circuit. The illumination section uses light emitted from the laser diode as illumination light. The light control circuit controls light intensity of the laser diode by pulse-modulating a drive current supplied to the laser diode. The light control circuit controls the light intensity of the laser diode in combination with a duty ratio and a peak current of the pulse-modulated pulse drive current in combination in a multi-oscillation mode region in which a wavelength spectrum width of the light emitted from the laser diode is equal to or larger than a threshold wavelength width.
