Four-color laser white illuminant demonstrating high color-rendering quality

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 104, 2011, Pages A982-A990

  Neumann, A ^a   Wierer, J J ^b   Davis, W ^c   Ohno, Y ^c   Brueck, S R J ^a   Tsao, J Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHTING; PHOSPHORS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; HIGH POTENTIAL; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; SPECTRAL LINE WIDTH; WHITE LIGHT;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 79959883593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A982     Document Type: Article

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