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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2003
Alok Mani Srivastava, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Anant Achyut Setlur, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Darryl Stephen Williams, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mohan Manoharan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Alok Mani Srivastava, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Anant Achyut Setlur, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Sergio Paulo Martins Loureiro, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
Darryl Stephen Williams, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mohan Manoharan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A light source comprises: (a) a source of plasma discharge that emits electromagnetic radiation, a portion of which has wavelengths shorter than about 200 nm; and (b) a phosphor composition that comprises particles, each of the particles comprising at least a first phosphor and at least a second phosphor, the phosphor composition is disposed such that the first phosphor absorbs substantially the portion of EM radiation having wavelengths shorter than about 200 nm, and the first phosphor emits EM radiation having wavelengths longer than about 200 nm.