SBIR Phase II: Laser-Stimulated Phosphor Light Sources for Next-Generation Solid-State Lighting

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目的广泛影响/商业潜力是多方面的，包括商业、社会、环境和教育影响。在商业上，这种规模的创新将实现灵活的设计照明，对光放置、光束形状、杂散光和光污染进行很好的控制，同时降低所需光学元件和夹具的尺寸和复杂性。这将影响照明用电量，有助于降低全球能源消耗，保护我们的环境，并创造经济和社会效益。该项目还将雇佣几名技术人员来实现项目的技术目标。教育外展将继续影响当地社区、附近机构的学生和研究人员，以及通过关于固态照明、材料研究和创业的研讨会和讲习班访问的游客。此外，这些技术成果还可能为未来材料研究提供参考，开发具有最佳性能的坚固材料、元件和器件结构，以推动固态照明研究的其他领域。拟议的项目旨在实现激光刺激荧光粉技术在商业市场上的部署。固态照明领域的研究正朝着超高效、智能照明的目标迈进。探索激光激发的荧光粉发射可能会带来下一代节能光源，超越当前照明技术的限制。光学建模和热模拟将用于优化光学、荧光粉材料和器件架构，以实现窄光束角、低展度和高色质白光光源，同时保持高效的工作温度。将设计二次部件，包括电子、包装、散热器；与夹具和制造工艺的兼容性测试；以及在设计和功能与客户特定应用相兼容的轻型发动机中的实施。将完成监管、安全和性能测试，以达到行业特定的标准，方法是与监管机构合作，测试运行条件下的寿命和耐用性，实施安全机制，并进行光度测试以确保性能指标。最后，产品在实际生活条件下的现场试验测试的规划、合作、执行、数据收集和报告将产生一个全面部署和测试的产品，为实施做好准备。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project are numerous and include commercial, societal, environmental, and educational impacts. Commercially, an innovation of this magnitude would enable flexible design illumination, with great control over light placement, beam shape, stray light, and light pollution, all while decreasing the size and complexity of the optics and fixtures required. This will impact the amount of electricity used for lighting, helping to reduce global energy consumption, preserve our environment, and create economic and societal benefits. This project will also result in the employment several technical personnel to carry out the project's technical goals. Educational outreach will continue to impact the local community, students and researchers at nearby institutions, as well as visitors through seminars and workshops on solid-state lighting, materials research, and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, the technical results may also inform future materials research in the development of robust materials, components, and device architectures with optimal properties to advance other areas of solid-state lighting research.The proposed project is aimed at achieving deployment of laser-stimulated phosphor technology for illumination in the commercial marketplace. Research in the field of solid-state lighting is advancing towards the goal of ultra-efficient and smart lighting. Exploring laser-stimulated phosphor emission could lead to next generation, energy-efficient light sources, surpassing the limitations of current lighting technologies. Optical modeling and thermal simulations will be used to optimize the optics, phosphor materials, and device architectures to achieve narrow-beam angle, low-etendue, and high color-quality white light sources, while maintaining efficient operating temperature. Secondary components will be designed, including the electronics, packaging, heat sinks; compatibility tested with fixtures and manufacturing processes; and implementation into a light engine compatible in design and functionality with customer-specific applications. Regulatory, safety, and performance testing will be completed to achieve industry-specific standards, by working with regulatory bodies to test lifetime and durability in operating conditions, implementation of safety mechanisms, and photometric testing to ensure performance metrics. Lastly, planning, partnerships, execution, data collection, and reporting of field trail testing of products in real life conditions will result in a fully deployed and tested product, ready for implementation.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.