Highly-efficient, tunable green, phosphor-converted LEDs using a long-pass dichroic filter and a series of orthosilicate phosphors for tri-color white LEDs

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 101, 2012, Pages A1-A12

  Oh, Ji Hye ^a   Oh, Jeong Rok ^a   Park, Hoo Keun ^a   Do, Young Rag ^a   Sung, Yeon Goog ^b  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^b PSI Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; SEMICONDUCTOR;

COLOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; LIGHTING; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICATES;

BARIUM; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EUROPIUM; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LUMINANCE; PHOSPHORS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

BLUE LEDS; COLOR RENDERING INDEX; CORRELATED COLOR TEMPERATURE; DICHROIC FILTERS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; GREEN COLOR; HIGH LUMINOUS EFFICACY; LUMINOUS EFFICACY; ORTHOSILICATE; PEAK WAVELENGTH; SEMICONDUCTOR-TYPE; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WHITE LED;

COLOR;

EID: 84855431256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.0000A1     Document Type: Article

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