Incorporation of custom - designed nanomaterial into nanophotonic devices and components in optoelectronic systems enables the realization of optical functionalities favorably controlled with external optical and electrical ...

White light sources using discrete emitters require careful design and optimization. The first step of the design should be determining the intended use of the light source so that application specific requirements can be ...

In this part of this brief, we summarize the metrics that need to be considered for designing light sources. We start with metrics on the shade of color and then continue with color rendering and photometry.

In this Chapter, we summarize the structure of the human eye and introduce the sensitivity functions of various photoreceptors and present the visual regimes and corresponding eye sensitivity functions.

In this Chapter, we explain the basics of colorimetry and introduce the colorimetric tools useful for designing light sources.

In this final Chapter, we present a future perspective for the light source design. We discuss the existing problems and briefly introduce new material systems and device architectures that can overcome the current issues.

In this Chapter we describe the features of common light sources. We first present the spectral features of the sun and discuss its colorimetric properties. Next, we summarize the properties of traditional light sources ...