Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol.101, No.1, 40-44, 2018
Nd3+-Doped Silicate Glasses as an Efficient Color Filter to Improve the Color Gamut of a White LED
Nd3+-doped silicate glass (Nd-glass) was employed as a color filter for a white LED based on red and green phosphor (RG-LED), to manipulate the photoluminescence spectral shape and thus to provide a wider color gamut. The hypersensitive transition of Nd3+:(4)I(9/2)(4)G(5/2),(2)G(7/2) was adjusted via glass composition and Nd concentration, and improved absorbance as well as reduced the absorption bandwidth. The effective absorption of the Nd-glass at similar to 580nm reduced the spectral linewidth of the green and red emissions, improving the color reproduction range. The color gamut of the RG-LED was improved from 75.3% to 81.6% NTSC by the introduction of Nd-glass as a color filter. Reliability under high operating current and high temperature were also examined and discussed.