Abstract
This course presents an introduction as well as reference materials for professionals working in solid-state lighting. Course materials include the operating principles, device physics, fabrication, and applications of light-emitting diodes. Course materials also include a detailed discussion of daylight illumination sources, planckian sources, human vision, eye sensitivity, photometric and radiometric quantities, and color rendering capabilities of light sources. After completing this course you should be able to develop and understanding of: The operating principles of light-emitting diodes; The principles of human vision, planckian sources, photometric and radiometric quantities, color rendering, and the color-rendering index; Areas for present and future applications of solid-state lighting devices.

Educational Course Subject Areas
Lasers & Optics

Keywords
chip shaping ,  external quantum efficiency ,  extraction efficiency ,  internal quantum efficiency ,  luminous efficacy of radiation ,  luminous efficiency of a source ,  Planckian radiator ,  power efficiency ,  radiometric units ,  wavelength converter