The impact of light scattering on the radiant flux of phosphor-converted high power white light-emitting diodes

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2285-2291

  Sommer, Christian ^a   Reil, Frank ^a   Krenn, Joachim R ^a   Hartmann, Paul ^a   Pachler, Peter ^b   Hoschopf, Hans ^b   Wenzl, Franz P ^a  

^a JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b Tridonic Jennersdorf GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Light emitting diodes; simulation; solid state lighting

Indexed keywords

COLOR CONVERSIONS; HIGH-POWER; MATRIX; PHOSPHOR MATERIALS; PHOSPHOR PARTICLES; RADIANT FLUX; SIMULATION; SOLID STATE LIGHTING; WHITE LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

DIODES; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOSPHORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 79960686018     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2158987     Document Type: Article

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