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Brighter and More Efficient Solid-State Lighting using Laser Diodes

Article on using laser diodes to proved more efficient lighting than the LEDs found in consumer lights. This was written for the Decoded Science website on August 18, 2013 and transferred to Medium when the site went down.

Two consumer LED (light emitting diode) light bulbs from Philips. The high-efficiency “L-prize” bulb is on the right. Photo by Geoffrey A. Landis.