Single-crystal phosphors for high-brightness white LEDs/LDs

Encarnación G. Víllora; Stelian Arjoca; Daisuke Inomata; Kiyoshi Shimamura

doi:10.1117/12.2212233

8 March 2016 Single-crystal phosphors for high-brightness white LEDs/LDs

Encarnación G. Víllora, Stelian Arjoca, Daisuke Inomata, Kiyoshi Shimamura

Proceedings Volume 9768, Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XX; 976805 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2212233
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

White light-emitting diodes (wLEDs) are the new environmental friendly sources for general lighting purposes. For applications requiring a high-brightness, current wLEDs present overheating problems, which drastically decrease their emission efficiency, color quality and lifetime. This work gives an overview of the recent investigations on single-crystal phosphors (SCPs), which are proposed as novel alternative to conventional ceramic powder phosphors (CPPs). This totally new approach takes advantage of the superior properties of single-crystals in comparison with ceramic materials. SCPs exhibit an outstanding conversion efficiency and thermal stability up to 300°C. Furthermore, compared with encapsulated CPPs, SCPs possess a superior thermal conductivity, so that generated heat can be released efficiently. The conjunction of all these characteristics results in a low temperature rise of SCPs even under high blue irradiances, where conventional CPPs are overheated or even burned. Therefore, SCPs represent the ideal, long-demanded all-inorganic phosphors for high-brightness white light sources, especially those involving the use of high-density laser-diode beams.

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Encarnación G. Víllora, Stelian Arjoca, Daisuke Inomata, and Kiyoshi Shimamura "Single-crystal phosphors for high-brightness white LEDs/LDs", Proc. SPIE 9768, Light-Emitting Diodes: Materials, Devices, and Applications for Solid State Lighting XX, 976805 (8 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2212233

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