Photon recycling semiconductor light emitting diode

被引:8
作者
Guo, XY [1 ]
Graff, JW [1 ]
Schubert, EF [1 ]
Karlicek, RF [1 ]
机构
[1] Boston Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Boston, MA 02215 USA
来源
LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES: RESEARCH, MANUFACTURING, AND APPLICATIONS IV | 2000年 / 3938卷
关键词
LED; white LED; photon recycling; efficiency;
D O I
10.1117/12.382814
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A new white light emitting diode, the photon recycling semiconductor light emitting diode (PRS-LED) is demonstrated. The device consists of a GaInN/GaN LED emitting in the blue spectral range and an AlGaInP photon recycling semiconductor emitting at the complementary color. Thus the PRS-LED has two emission peaks, one in the blue and one in the amber wavelength range. The theoretical luminous performance of the PRS-LED exceeds 300 lm/W, higher than the performance of phosphor-based white LEDs.
引用
收藏
页码:60 / 67
页数:8
相关论文
共 11 条
[1]  
[Anonymous], COLOR RES APPL
[2]  
CIE . C, 1932, COMM INT ECL P 1931
[3]   COLOR AND EFFICIENCY OF LUMINESCENT LIGHT SOURCES [J].
IVEY, HF .
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 1963, 53 (10) :1185-&
[4]  
JUDD DB, 1951, CIE P, V1, P11
[5]  
MACADAM, 1985, COLOR MEASUREMENT
[6]   MAXIMUM ATTAINABLE LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY OF VARIOUS CHROMATICITIES [J].
MACADAM, DL .
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 1950, 40 (02) :120-120
[7]  
Nakamura S., 1997, BLUE LASER DIODE GAN
[8]   30-PERCENT EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY FROM SURFACE TEXTURED, THIN-FILM LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODES [J].
SCHNITZER, I ;
YABLONOVITCH, E ;
CANEAU, C ;
GMITTER, TJ ;
SCHERER, A .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1993, 63 (16) :2174-2176
[9]   ULTRAHIGH SPONTANEOUS EMISSION QUANTUM EFFICIENCY, 99.7-PERCENT INTERNALLY AND 72-PERCENT EXTERNALLY, FROM ALGAAS/GAAS/ALGAAS DOUBLE HETEROSTRUCTURES [J].
SCHNITZER, I ;
YABLONOVITCH, E ;
CANEAU, C ;
GMITTER, TJ .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1993, 62 (02) :131-133
[10]  
WALTER W, 1971, APPL OPTICS, V10