Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Conversionless efficient and broadband laser light diffusers for high brightness illumination applications

  • Fabian Schütt,
  • Maximilian Zapf,
  • Stefano Signetti,
  • Julian Strobel,
  • Helge Krüger,
  • Robert Röder,
  • Jürgen Carstensen,
  • Niklas Wolff,
  • Janik Marx,
  • Tian Carey,
  • Marleen Schweichel,
  • Maik-Ivo Terasa,
  • Leonard Siebert,
  • Hyo-Ki Hong,
  • Sören Kaps,
  • Bodo Fiedler,
  • Yogendra Kumar Mishra,
  • Zonghoon Lee,
  • Nicola M. Pugno,
  • Lorenz Kienle,
  • Andrea C. Ferrari,
  • Felice Torrisi,
  • Carsten Ronning,
  • Rainer Adelung

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14875-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Laser-based lighting typically relies on wavelength conversion materials that reduce efficiency. The authors present a 3D boron nitride hollow-tube based foam structure that acts as a broadband diffuser with engineered disorder for conversionless white light generation from laser-diode light sources