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AssigneeUniversity of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsAlfred D. Ducharme, Michael Bass, Alexandra Rapaport
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Upconversion methods and devices that converts near-infrared light to the visible spectrum using a rare-earth-doped crystalline host for use as general and decorative lighting. The pseudo-monochromatic output of the processes can be specified by altering the amount and type of rare-earth material used and by selection of an appropriate host. Using rare-earth materials such as ytterbium-erbium or ytterbium-thulium can produce red, green and blue emissions, where the additive mixture of these colors yields a high-quality white light. The materials can be adjusted to achieve white light with any color temperature and high color-rendering index (CRI) for any general and decorative lighting applications both indoors and outdoors.
A method of forming visible light sources with up conversion materials, comprising the steps of:
A method of forming visible light using upconversion comprising the steps:
An upconversion visible light source for general and decorative lighting, comprising:
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