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Second Edition
PHOSPHOR
HANDBOOK
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Laser and Optical Science and Technology Series
The CRC Press
Editor-in-Chief: Marvin J. Weber
Alexander A. Kaminskii
Crystalline Lasers:
Physical Processes and Operating Schemes
A.V. Dotsenko, L.B. Glebov, and V.A. Tsekhomsky
Valentina F. Kokorina
Glasses for Infrared Optics
Physics and Chemistry of Photochromic Glasses
Marvin J. Weber
Handbook of Laser Wavelengths
Marvin J. Weber
Handbook of Lasers
Marvin J. Weber
Handbook of Optical Materials
Michael C. Roggemann and Byron M. Welsh
Imaging Through Turbulence
Andrei M. Efimov
Optical Constants of Inorganic Glasses
Physical Processes in Inorganic Scintillators
Piotr A. Rodnyi
William M. Yen, Shigeo Shionoya, and Hajime Yamamoto
Phosphor Handbook, Second Edition
Hiroyuki Yokoyama and Kikuo Ujihara
Spontaneous Emission and Laser Oscillation
in Microcavities
Sergei V. Nemilov
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects
of the Vitreous State
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Second Edition
PHOSPHOR
HANDBOOK
Edited by
William M. Yen
Shigeo Shionoya (Deceased)
Hajime Yamamoto
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Dedication
Dr. Shigeo Shionoya 1923–2001
This handbook is a testament to the many contributions Dr. Shionoya made to
phosphor art. The revised volume is dedicated to his memory.
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In Memoriam
Kenzo Awazu
Formerly of Mitsubishi
Electric Corp.
Amagasaki, Japan
Kiyoshi Morimoto
Formerly of Futaba Corp.
Chiba, Japan
Shigeharu Nakajima
Formerly of Nichia Chemical
Industries, Ltd.
Tokashima, Japan
Shigeo Shionoya
Formerly of the University of Tokyo
The Institute for Solid State Physics
Tokyo, Japan
Shosaku Tanaka
Tottori University
Department of Electrical & Electronic
Engineering
Tottori, Japan
Akira Tomonaga
Formerly of Mitsubishi Electric Corp.
Amagasaki, Japan