Broadband white light emission from Ce:AlN ceramics: High thermal conductivity down-converters for LED and laser-driven solid state lighting

We introduce high thermal conductivity aluminum nitride (AlN) as a transparent ceramic host for Ce3+, a well-known active ion dopant. We show that the Ce:AlN ceramics have overlapping photoluminescent (PL) emission peaks that cover almost the entire visible range resulting in a white appearance unde...

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Main Authors: A. T. Wieg, E. H. Penilla, C. L. Hardin, Y. Kodera, J. E. Garay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2016-12-01
Series:APL Materials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4971846