Development of quantum cutting phosphor materials for efficacy improvement of mercury-free fluorescent lamps

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For the purpose of efficacy improvement of mercury-free light sources, the authors focused on quantum cuttingprocess in a special phosphor materials, in which two visible photons were emitted by one-photon excitation. During optimization of the mixtures of raw materials and sintering conditions, it is found that existence of STE (self-trapped excitation) band in the hand structure of sintered quantum cutting phosphor lowers its quantum efficiency. A Xe DBD lamp with the developed phosphor (SrAl12O19:Pr3+) showed high color temperature (7360 K) emission, which showed a possibility of a practical use as a white light emission phosphor. Another host crystal (SrAl2O4) with Pr3+dopant showed UV-C (252 nm) emission, which will be utilized for sterilization or cleaning purpose.