Abstract
A low Etendue (6.1 mm2) yellow-green solid-state light source with optical conversion efficiency up to 101.3 lumen/Watt is demonstrated by through high power laser diode pumping of a static LuAG:Ce transparent ceramic plate. A 443 nm blue laser diode array with a full-width-half-maximum (FWHM) of <1.5 nm and maximum output power of 15.2 W is used to attain a high spectral absorption efficiency. The output from the high power laser diode array is collimated, shaped, despeckled and focused to display a Gaussian-like profile with a 1.5 mm beam waist (1/e2 radius) to stimulate a 1.2 mm thick LuAG:Ce transparent ceramic plate with an emission FWHM spectra at 505-585 nm. No thermal quenching, pump absorption saturation and obvious luminous flux decrease is found during test.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 939-942 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
Volume | 30 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 May 2018 |
Keywords
- Ceramics
- diode laser
- Laser beams
- Laser excitation
- Light sources
- Measurement by laser beam
- Mirrors
- optical pumping
- phosphor ceramic
- Phosphors
- photoluminescence