Adjustable YAG : Ce3+ photoluminescence from photonic crystal microcavity

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作者
Li, Yigang [1 ]
Almeida, Rui M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tecn Lisboa, Inst Super Tecn, Dept Engn Quim ICEMS, P-1049001 Lisbon, Portugal
关键词
LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODES; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; ENHANCEMENT; PHOSPHORS; ER3+;
D O I
10.1088/0022-3727/46/16/165102
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Four different photonic bandgap (PBG) structures embedding a YAG:Ce3(+) layer inside two three-period Bragg mirrors were prepared by sol-gel processing, forming Fabry-Perot microcavities whose defect peaks moved from red to green. Under irradiation of blue Ar+ laser light, the typical broad YAG:Ce3+ photoluminescence (PL) emission band was highly narrowed in these four samples, with the new position of the modified PL peaks corresponding to the resonance wavelength of each microcavity sample, while the simultaneous colour changes could be easily observed by the human eye. The adjustable range demonstrated here was wide enough to generate white light with colour temperatures from warm white (similar to 2700 K) to daylight white (similar to 5600 K), by mixing the modified PL with light from any usual blue LED excitation source. This result provides a novel technique to solve the red-deficiency problem in the white LED industry: instead of relying on the development of new phosphors, the well-known PL of YAG:Ce3+ can be conveniently adjusted by 1D PBG structures.
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