A welding apparatus is provided with a lamp unit having a light source
such as a halogen lamp and a multiple reflection surface. The light
source applies incoherent electromagnetic waves that belong to a visible
region and a near-infrared region in which a wavelength is 500 nm
(nanometer) or more. The multiple reflection surface reflects and
collects the light from the light source in the shape of a desired dot or
line. The housing and the transparent cover are superimposed, and the
light from the light source is collected by the multiple-reflection
surface on the portion where the housing is superimposed on the
transparent cover.