Solid-state lighting - Lamps, chips, and materials for tomorrow

Solid-state lighting technology based on inorganic light-emitting diodes (SSL-LEDs) is a rapidly advancing technology set to enter general illumination applications. Key for this technology to fulfill its promise for general illumination is a focus on the constraints imposed by some of the simplest but most important lamp, chip, and materials design choices. Quantifying these constraints depends on physical models and assumptions about the relationships between design and performance. These constraints not only provide interim guidance to lamp, chip, and materials technologists, but also stimulate development of improved physical models and assumptions by semiconductor scientists.