Imperial College London
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ProfessorNeilAlford

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Materials

Professor of Materials
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6724n.alford

 
 
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Assistant

 

Ms Karen Murphy +44 (0)20 7594 3330

 
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Location

 

2..05 (in RSM)Royal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Sathian:2017:10.1364/OE.25.013714,
author = {Sathian, J and Breeze, J and Richards, B and Alford, N and Oxborrow, M},
doi = {10.1364/OE.25.013714},
journal = {Optics Express},
pages = {13714--13727},
title = {Solid-state source of intense yellow light based on a Ce:YAG luminescent concentrator},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.013714},
volume = {25},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - A luminescent concentrator functioning as a bright source of yellow light is reported. It comprises a waveguide made of cerium-doped YAG crystal, in the form of a long-thin rectangular strip, surrounded by flowing air and optically pumped from both sides with blue light from arrays of high-efficiency InGaN LEDs. Phosphor-converted yellow light, generated within the strip, is guided to a glass taper that is butt-coupled to one of the strip’s end faces. Up to 20 W of optical power, centered on 575 nm with a linewidth of 76 nm, can be continuously radiated into air from the taper’s 1.67 mm × 1.67 mm square output aperture. The intensity of the outputted light is significantly greater than what any yellow (AlGaInP) LED can directly produce (either singly or arrayed), with only a modest increase in linewidth. Furthermore, the wall-plug efficiency of the source exceeds that of any yellow laser. The concept allows for further substantial increases in intensity, total output power and wall-plug efficiency through scaling-up and engineering refinements.
AU  - Sathian,J
AU  - Breeze,J
AU  - Richards,B
AU  - Alford,N
AU  - Oxborrow,M
DO  - 10.1364/OE.25.013714
EP  - 13727
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 1094-4087
SP  - 13714
TI  - Solid-state source of intense yellow light based on a Ce:YAG luminescent concentrator
T2  - Optics Express
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.013714
UR  - https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-25-12-13714&id=367395
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/48274
VL  - 25
ER  -
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