Abstract
This chapter introduces the subject of luminescence in inorganic materials and the physical mechanisms that are responsible for the light-emitting behavior of fluorescent and phosphorescent phosphors, including Stokes (and anti-Stokes) emission, spontaneous emission, electric dipole transitions, oscillator strength, and emission lifetimes.
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Abbreviations
- CL:
-
Cathodoluminescence
- CRT:
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Cathode ray tube
- EL:
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Electroluminescence
- LED:
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Light-emitting diode
- OLED:
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Organic light-emitting diode
- PL:
-
Photoluminescence
Further Reading
Blasse G, Grabmeier BC (1994) Luminescent materials. Springer, Berlin
Einstein A (1917) Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung. Phys Z 18:121
Kitai AH (ed) (1993) Solid state luminescence. Chapman & Hall, London
Kitai AH (ed) (2008) Luminescent materials. Wiley, Chichester
Nakazawa E (2007) Fundamentals of luminescence, Chapter 2. In: Phosphor handbook, 2nd edn. CRC Press, Boca Raton
Ronda C (ed) (2008) Luminescence. Wiley VCH, Weinheim
Steinfeld JI (1986) An introduction to modern molecular spectroscopy, 2nd edn. MIT Press, Cambridge
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Withnall, R., Silver, J. (2016). Luminescence of Phosphors. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14346-0_67
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