Complete solid-state lighting (SSL) solutions require technical expertise in myriad technologies — several distinct, high-level areas are easily identified (see Fig. 1). Knowledge in one area can be ...

The National Research Council (NRC) appoints a committee and conducts a study of the status of advanced solid state lighting (SSL). The report considered the basic science and engineering needed to ...

Dr. Wessner introduced Mr. McFadden, who has played a major role in industry-government partnerships, including SEMATECH. Mr. McFadden said that the current STEP initiative, under the leadership of ...

Ideal for reducing maintenance and energy costs as well as handling harsh environments, a family of wedge-based LED lamps from JKL Lamps (Pacoima, CA) provides a performance improvement over ...

Solid state lighting literally promises to change the way we see the world. But before a new generation of efficient LED lighting can step forward to replace incandescent, fluorescent and other ...

(Left) Schematic of BSB:Ce3+ GC synthesis via melt-quenching and in-situ crystallization, showing the transformation of [BO3]/[BO4] in the glass network. (Right) Performance Comparison and ...

On January 5, the DesignLights Consortium put into effect the first major update to its Solid-State Lighting (SSL) technical requirements in over five years, as well as revisions to its Light Usage ...

The pace of innovation is sometimes so swift that technologies that emerged a decade or so ago are now fixtures of daily life. Take light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for example. A January 2012 U.S.